The city of
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
, was incorporated in 1875. The first
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
,
William Jackson Brack
William Jackson Brack (June 17, 1837 – April 30, 1901) was the first mayor of Orlando, Florida from 1875 to 1877. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from Brevard County from 1885 to 1887.
He was born to John and Eliza (McCall) B ...
, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a
nonpartisan
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While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of ''partisan'' includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., in most cases, nonpartisan refers sp ...
election.
The current mayor is
Buddy Dyer, who was first elected in a
special election in
February 2003. Dyer was elected to his first full term in
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
, and after a brief suspension for six weeks in 2005, has subsequently been re-elected in
2008
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,
2012
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,
2015
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, and
2019
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.
List of mayors
Notes
* City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed
city commissioners recall election
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.
Sutherland served for about four weeks until a special election was held. Former mayor
James LeRoy Giles
James LeRoy Giles (June 16, 1863 – May 3, 1946) was the twenty-second, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth Mayor of Orlando, serving non-consecutively from 1916 to 1920, 1924 to 1926, and 1929 to 1932. He also served as an alternate delegate to ...
won the special election and served out the remainder of the term.
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Ernest Page
Ernest Page (born circa 1942) is a former member of the Orlando, Florida, City Council who served as Orlando's interim mayor in March and April 2005 while the elected mayor, Buddy Dyer, was facing charges of electoral fraud. After the charges aga ...
was appointed interim mayor for about six weeks in March–April 2005 while
Buddy Dyer was under investigation for election fraud stemming from the 2004 election. The charges against Dyer were dismissed, and Dyer was reinstated as mayor on April 20, 2005.
See also
*
Timeline of Orlando, Florida
Notes
Works cited
World Statesman - Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W (Orlando)City of Orlando Election Results
References
External links
– Describes the city's exhibit of memorabilia from past mayors.
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Mayors
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