List of mayors of Edmonton

This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada.

Mayor of Edmonton
Incumbent Amarjeet Sohi since October 26, 2021
Style	Mayor, His/Her Worship
Member of	City Council
Reports to	City Council
Seat	Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Appointer	Direct election by residents of Edmonton[note 1]
Term length	4 years
Formation	February 10, 1892; 133 years ago (1892-02-10)
First holder	Matthew McCauley
Website	The Mayor of Edmonton

Edmonton was incorporated as a town on January 9, 1892,^[1] with Matthew McCauley acclaimed as its first mayor during the town's first election, held February 10, 1892. On October 8, 1904, Edmonton became a city during the tenure of Mayor William Short. Edmonton was part of the North-West Territories until September 1, 1905, when it became the capital of the newly created province of Alberta, during the tenure of Mayor Kenneth W. MacKenzie. The longest serving mayor is William Hawrelak, who was elected as mayor seven times, serving for a total of 10 years 4 months over three periods: four consecutive terms starting 1951, resigned in 1959 during last month of fourth term; two consecutive terms starting 1963, expelled by the courts in 1964; one term starting in 1974, died in office in 1975.

Mayors of Edmonton

Mayors of Edmonton

Mayor			Date of birth	Term began	Age at term start	Term Ended	Previous office	Date of death and age
1		Matthew McCauley	July 11, 1850	February 10, 1892	41 years, 214 days	January 14, 1895	Co-founder of the Edmonton Board of Trade	October 30, 1930 80 years, 111 days
2		Herbert Charles Wilson	December 7, 1859	January 14, 1895	35 years, 38 days	October 6, 1896	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories (1888–1891)	December 17, 1909 50 years, 10 days
3		Cornelius Gallagher	December 31, 1854	October 27, 1896[2]	41 years, 301 days	December 14, 1896	Alderman (1893–1895)	October 27, 1932 77 years, 301 days
4		John Alexander McDougall	May 20, 1854	December 14, 1896	42 years, 208 days	December 13, 1897	Alderman (1893–1895)	December 17, 1928 74 years, 211 days
5		William S. Edmiston	November 10, 1857	December 13, 1897	40 years, 33 days	December 11, 1899	Alderman (1895–1896)	July 24, 1903 45 years, 256 days
6		Kenneth W. MacKenzie	February 3, 1862	December 11, 1899	37 years, 311 days	December 9, 1901	Alderman (1898–1899)	October 9, 1929 67 years, 248 days
7		William Short	January 11, 1866	December 9, 1901	35 years, 332 days	December 12, 1904	Public school trustee (1899–1901)	January 27, 1926 60 years, 16 days
–		Kenneth W. MacKenzie	February 3, 1862	December 12, 1904	42 years, 313 days	December 11, 1905	Mayor of Edmonton (1899–1901)	October 9, 1929 67 years, 248 days
8		Charles May	June 30, 1858	December 11, 1905	47 years, 164 days	December 10, 1906	Alderman (1903–1905)	March 1, 1932 73 years, 245 days
9		William Antrobus Griesbach	January 3, 1878	December 10, 1906	28 years, 341 days	December 9, 1907	Alderman (1904–1906)	January 21, 1945 67 years, 18 days
–		John Alexander McDougall	May 20, 1854	December 9, 1907	53 years, 203 days	December 14, 1908	Mayor of Edmonton (1896–1897)	December 17, 1928 74 years, 211 days
10		Robert Lee	March 10, 1862	December 14, 1908	46 years, 279 days	December 12, 1910	Alderman (1899–1901 & 1907–1908)	August 5, 1925 63 years, 148 days
11		George S. Armstrong	May 16, 1867	December 12, 1910	43 years, 210 days	December 9, 1912	Alderman (1907–1910)	June 9, 1947 80 years, 24 days
–		William Short	January 11, 1866	December 9, 1912	46 years, 333 days	December 8, 1913	Mayor of Edmonton (1901–1904)	January 27, 1926 60 years, 16 days
12		William J. McNamara	December 27, 1879	December 8, 1913	33 years, 346 days	October 27, 1914	Mayor of Wetaskiwin (1909–1910)	January 1, 1947 67 years, 5 days
13		William Thomas Henry	January 2, 1872	December 14, 1914	42 years, 346 days	December 10, 1917	Alderman (1900–1902)	September 11, 1952 80 years, 253 days
14		Harry Marshall Erskine Evans	August 17, 1876	December 10, 1917	41 years, 115 days	December 9, 1918	President of Edmonton Board of Trade (1916–1917)	September 20, 1973 97 years, 34 days
15		Joseph Clarke	September 20, 1869	December 9, 1918	49 years, 80 days	December 13, 1920	Alderman (1912 & 1913–1915)	July 27, 1941 71 years, 310 days
16		David Milwyn Duggan	May 5, 1879	December 13, 1920	41 years, 222 days	December 10, 1923	None	May 4, 1942 62 years, 364 days
17		Kenny Blatchford	March 5, 1882	December 10, 1923	41 years, 280 days	December 13, 1926	Alderman (1921–1923)	April 20, 1933 51 years, 46 days
18		Ambrose Bury	August 1, 1869	December 13, 1926	57 years, 134 days	December 9, 1929	Member of Parliament for Edmonton East (1925–1926)	March 29, 1951 81 years, 240 days
19		James McCrie Douglas	February 5, 1867	December 9, 1929	62 years, 307 days	November 11, 1931	Alderman (1923–1926)	March 16, 1950 83 years, 39 days
20		Dan Knott	July 1, 1879	November 11, 1931	52 years, 133 days	November 14, 1934	Alderman (1922–1926 & 1929–1931)	November 26, 1959 80 years, 148 days
–		Joseph Clarke	September 20, 1869	November 14, 1934	65 years, 55 days	November 10, 1937	Alderman (1924–1925)	July 27, 1941 71 years, 310 days
21		John Wesley Fry	December 5, 1876	November 10, 1937	60 years, 340 days	November 7, 1945	Alderman (1932–1937)	December 23, 1946 70 years, 18 days
22		Harry Ainlay	January 3, 1887	November 7, 1945	58 years, 308 days	November 2, 1949	Alderman (1931–1935 & 1941–1945)	March 12, 1970 83 years, 68 days
23		Sidney Parsons	April 11, 1893	November 2, 1949	56 years, 205 days	November 7, 1951	Alderman (1938–1949)	April 22, 1955 62 years, 11 days
24		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	November 7, 1951	36 years, 35 days	September 9, 1959	Alderman (1949–1951)	November 7, 1975 60 years, 35 days
25		Frederick John Mitchell	December 4, 1893	September 9, 1959	65 years, 279 days	October 14, 1959	Alderman (1940–1959)	December 25, 1979 86 years, 21 days
26		Elmer Ernest Roper	June 4, 1893	October 14, 1959	66 years, 132 days	October 16, 1963	Leader of Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1942–1955)	November 12, 1994 101 years, 161 days
–		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	October 16, 1963	48 years, 13 days	March 11, 1965	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959)	November 7, 1975 60 years, 35 days
27		Vincent Dantzer	October 2, 1923	March 11, 1965	41 years, 160 days	October 16, 1968	Alderman (1962–1965)	March 13, 2001 77 years, 162 days
28		Ivor Dent	February 7, 1924	October 16, 1968	44 years, 252 days	October 16, 1974	Alderman (1963–1968)	March 29, 2009 84 years, 164 days
–		William Hawrelak	October 3, 1915	October 16, 1974	59 years, 13 days	November 7, 1975	Mayor of Edmonton (1951–1959 & 1963–1965)	November 7, 1975 60 years, 35 days
29		Terry Cavanagh	July 19, 1926	November 14, 1975*	49 years, 118 days	October 19, 1977	Alderman (1971–1975)	December 17, 2017 91 years, 151 days
30		Cec Purves	October 18, 1933	October 19, 1977	44 years, 1 day	October 17, 1983	Alderman (1966–1974)	Living (91 years, 283 days)
31		Laurence Decore	June 28, 1940	October 17, 1983	43 years, 111 days	October 17, 1988	Alderman (1974–1977)	November 6, 1999 59 years, 131 days
–		Terry Cavanagh	July 19, 1926	October 17, 1988*	62 years, 90 days	October 16, 1989	Alderman (1983–1988)	December 17, 2017 91 years, 151 days
32		Jan Reimer	May 23, 1952	October 16, 1989	37 years, 146 days	October 16, 1995	Alderman (1980–1989)	Living (73 years, 66 days)
33		Bill Smith	December 11, 1935	October 16, 1995	59 years, 309 days	October 26, 2004	None	Living (89 years, 229 days)
34		Stephen Mandel	July 18, 1945	October 26, 2004	59 years, 100 days	October 29, 2013	City Councillor (2001–2004)	Living (80 years, 10 days)
35		Don Iveson	May 30, 1979	October 29, 2013[3]	34 years, 152 days	October 26, 2021	City Councillor (2007–2013)	Living (46 years, 59 days)
36		Amarjeet Sohi	March 8, 1964	October 25, 2021	61 years, 142 days	Present	City Councillor (2007–2015)	Living (61 years, 142 days)

• Terry Cavanagh was never elected to the mayor's spot. Twice he sat in the mayor's chair. He was interim or acting mayor after Hawrelak's death and after Decore's resignation.

See also

• List of mayors in Canada
• List of mayors of Strathcona, Alberta
• Timeline of Edmonton history

Notes

1. When a sitting mayor can not finish their term, Edmonton City Council itself votes for a replacement/interim mayor from within its own members