Mayor of London
Incumbent
Josh Morgan
since November 15, 2022
Style
Member ofLondon City Council
Reports toLondon City Council
ResidenceLondon
SeatLondon City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of London
Term lengthFour years, renewable
Inaugural holderSimeon Morrill
Formation1848 (1848)
SalaryCA$104,258 (2013)[1]
WebsiteMayor's Office

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 in 1848, and became a city in 1855. Originally, mayors were elected on January 1 for one-year terms.

The following is a list of mayors of London:

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.[2]

Town of London

    Name Term Start Term End
    Simeon Morrill 1848 1848
    Thomas C. Dixon 1849 1849
    Simeon Morrill 1850 1851
    Edward Adams 1852 1853
    Marcus Holmes 1854 1854

      City of London

      Name Term Start Term End Notes
      Murray Anderson 1855 1855
      William Barker 1856 1856
      Elijah Leonard, Jr. 1857 1857
      David Glass 1858 1858
      William McBride 1859 1859
      James Moffatt 1860 1860
      Francis Evans Cornish 1861 1864
      David Glass 1865 1866
      Frank Smith 1867 1867
      William Simpson Smith 1868 1868
      John Christie 1869 1869
      Simpson Hackett Graydon 1869 1870
      James Mitchell Cousins 1871 1871
      John Campbell 1872 1872
      Andrew McCormick 1873 1873
      Benjamin Cronyn, Jr. 1874 1875 Fled Canada for Vermont due to fraud; he is related to actor Hume Cronyn
      Duncan Cameron Macdonald 1876 1876
      Robert Pritchard 1877 1877
      Robert Lewis 1878 1879
      John Campbell 1880 1881
      Edmund Meredith 1882 1883
      Charles Smith Hyman 1884 1884
      Henry Becher 1885 1885
      Thomas Daniel Hodgens 1886 1886
      James Cowan 1887 1888
      George Taylor 1889 1891
      William Melville Spencer 1892 1892
      Emanuel Thomas Essery 1893 1894
      John William Little 1895 1897
      John Dolway Wilson 1898 1899
      Frederick George Rumball 1900 1901
      Adam Beck 1902 1904
      Clarence Thomas Campbell 1905 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 1915 1915
      William Moir Gartshore 1916 1916
      Hugh Allan Stevenson 1916 1917
      Charles Ross Somerville 1918 1919
      Edgar Sydney Little 1920 1921
      John Cameron Wilson 1921 1922
      George Albert Wenige 1923 1925
      John Mackenzie Moore 1926 1927
      George Albert Wenige 1928 1928
      William John Kirkpatrick 1929 1930
      Edwy George Hayman 1931 1932
      Ferrier Baker Kilbourne 1933 1933
      George Albert Wenige 1934 1935
      Thomas Kingsmill 1936 1938
      Joseph Allan Johnston 1939 1940
      William J. Heaman 1941 1945
      Frederick George McAlister 1946 1946
      George Albert Wenige 1947 1948
      Ray Ameredith Dennis 1949 1949
      George Albert Wenige 1950 1950
      Allan Johnson Rush 1951 1955
      George Ernest Beedle 1955 1955
      Ray Ameredith Dennis 1955 1957
      Joseph Allan Johnston 1958 1960
      Gordon Stronach 1961 1968
      Herbert Joseph McClure 1968 1971
      James Frederick Gosnell 1972 1972
      Jane Elizabeth Bigelow 1972 1978
      Martin Alphonse Gleeson 1979 1985
      Thomas Charles Gosnell 1986 1994
      Dianne Haskett 1995 2000
      Anne Marie DeCicco-Best 2000 2010
      Joe Fontana 2010 2014
      Joni Baechler 2014 2014
      Matt Brown 2014 2018
      Ed Holder 2018 2022
      Josh Morgan 2022

      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.[3]

      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.

      References

      1. "London council hikes its pay 1.5%". London Free Press. April 16, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
      2. "Chain of Office". City of London. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014.
      3. "London, Ont., votes to become 1st Canadian city to use ranked ballots". CBC News Windsor, May 2, 2017.
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