The mayor of London is head of London City Council. The 65th and current mayor of the city is Josh Morgan. London was incorporated as a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
in 1848, and became a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.
The following is a list of
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 ...
s of
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
:
Chain of office
Since 1957, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. The chain of office is to be worn by the mayor during council sessions and other official occasions, including opening and closing ceremonies such as London's hosting of national and international sports and athletic competitions. The chain contains medallions engraved with subjects of local significance. The chain is also engraved with the names of the mayors who have worn it since it was commissioned. There are currently eleven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain.
Marcus Holmes Marcus Holmes (1805 – October 23, 1872) was a manufacturer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 mil ...
(1854)
City of London
*Murray Anderson (1855)
*William Barker (1856)
* Elijah Leonard, Jr. (1857)
* David Glass (1858)
*William McBride (1859)
*James Moffatt (1860)
* Francis Evans Cornish (1861–1864)
*David Glass (1865–1866)
* Frank Smith (1867)
*William Simpson Smith (1868)
*John Christie (1869)
*Simpson Hackett Graydon (1869–1870)
*James Mitchell Cousins (1871)
* John Campbell (1872)
*Andrew McCormick (1873)
*Benjamin Cronyn, Jr. (1874–1875) - (b. 1840 to Bishop
Benjamin Cronyn
Benjamin Cronyn (11 July 1802 – 21 September 1871) was the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Huron.
Cronyn was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, ...
) fled Canada for
Vermont
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due to fraud and died 1905; he is related to actor
Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer.
Early life
Cronyn, one of five children, was born in London, Ontario, Canada. His father, Hume Blake Cronyn, Sr., was a businessman an ...
*Duncan Cameron Macdonald (1876)
*Robert Pritchard (1877)
*Robert Lewis (1878–1879)
*John Campbell (1880–1881)
*Edmund Meredith (1882–1883)
* Charles Smith Hyman (1884)
*Henry Becher (1885)
*Thomas Daniel Hodgens (1886)
*James Cowan (1887–1888)
*George Taylor (1889–1891)
*William Melville Spencer (1892)
* Emanuel Thomas Essery (1893–1894)
*
John William Little
Colonel John William Little(JW) was a businessman and mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from 1895 to 1897. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 18, 1848, the first-born child of Thomas Little and Rebecca Robinson.
He was raised and e ...
Clarence Thomas Campbell
Doctor Clarence Thomas Campbell (December 27, 1843 – 1922) was a physician, historian and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of London in 1905.
The son of Thomas Campbell, a native of Ireland who was of Scottish
Scottish ...
(1905)
* Joseph Coulson Judd (1906–1907)
*Samuel Stevely (1908–1909)
*John Henry Alfred Beattie (1910–1911)
*Charles Milton Richardson Graham (1912–1914)
*
Hugh Allan Stevenson
Doctor Hugh Allan Stevenson (October 2, 1870 – May 28, 1942) was a physician and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of London in 1915 and from 1916 to 1917. Stevenson represented London in the Legislative Assembly of On ...
(1915)
*William Moir Gartshore (1916)
*Hugh Allan Stevenson (1916–1917)
* Charles Ross Somerville (1918–1919)
*
Edgar Sydney Little
Edgar Sydney Little (November 5, 1885 – December 23, 1943) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
The son of Colonel John William Little and Kate Nicholson Little, he was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth boy out of seven. ...
(1920–1921)
*John Cameron Wilson (1921–1922)
* George Albert Wenige (1923–1925)
*John Mackenzie Moore (1926–1927)
*George Albert Wenige (1928)
*William John Kirkpatrick (1929–1930)
*Edwy George Hayman (1931–1932)
*Ferrier Baker Kilbourne (1933)
*George Albert Wenige (1934–1935)
* Thomas Kingsmill (1936–1938)
*Joseph Allan Johnston (1939–1940)
*William J. Heaman (1941–1945)
*Frederick George McAlister (1946)
*George Albert Wenige (1947–1948)
*Ray Ameredith Dennis (1949)
*George Albert Wenige (1950)
*Allan Johnson Rush (1951–1955)
*George Ernest Beedle (1955)
*Ray Ameredith Dennis (1955–1957)
*Joseph Allan Johnston (1958–1960)
* Gordon Stronach (1961–1968)
*Herbert Joseph McClure (1968–1971)
* James Frederick Gosnell (1972)
* Jane Elizabeth Bigelow (1972–1978)
* Martin Alphonse Gleeson (1979–1985)
* Thomas Charles Gosnell (1986–1994)
* Dianne Haskett (1995–2000)
*
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (born April 1964) was the 60th and longest-serving mayor of London, Ontario, Canada.
Early life and family
DeCicco graduated from Fanshawe College's broadcast journalism program in 1986 and worked for CHYR in Leamingto ...
(2000–2010)
*
Joe Fontana
Joseph Frank Fontana (born January 13, 1950) is an Italian-born Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 2006, and mayor of London, Ontario from 2010 until his 2014 convictions for fraud and f ...
(2010–2014)
*Joni Baechler (June 25, 2014 – November 30, 2014)
* Matt Brown (December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2018)
*
Ed Holder
Edwin Anthony Holder (born July 14, 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian retired politician who served as the 64th Mayor of London, Ontario, mayor of London from 2018 to 2022.Josh Morgan (November 15, 2022 - present)
2017 reform
In spite of some controversy about this move, London was the first city in Canada (in May 2017) to decide to move a ranked choice ballot for municipal elections starting in 2018. Voters will mark their ballots in order of preference, ranking their top three favourite candidates. An individual must reach 50 per cent of the total to be declared elected; in each round of counting where a candidate has not yet reached that target, the person with the fewest votes is dropped from the ballot and their second or third choice preferences reallocated to the remaining candidates, with this process repeating until a candidate has reached 50 per cent."London, Ont., votes to become 1st Canadian city to use ranked ballots"
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Windsor, May 2, 2017.
Sources
*Frederick H. Armstrong and John H. Lutman, ''The Forest City: An Illustrated History of London, Canada''. Burlington, Ontario: Windsor Publications, 1986.
* Orlo Miller, ''London 200: An Illustrated History''. London: London Chamber of Commerce, 1992.
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximat ...