List of Ottawa mayors

This is a list of the mayors of Ottawa. Until 1854 Ottawa was known as Bytown. Over the course of Ottawa's history the borders of the community have greatly expanded. This most recently occured in 2000 when a number of neighbouring communiteis were amalgamated with Ottawa.

Mayors of Bytown

1847 - John Scott
1848 - John Bower Lewis
1849 - Robert Hervey
1850 - John Scott
1851 - Charles Sparrow
1852 - R.W. Scott
1853 - J.B. Turgeon
1854 - Henry J. Friel

Mayors of Ottawa

1855-1857 - John Bower Lewis
1858-1859 - Edward McGillivray
1860-1862 - Alexander Workman
1863 - Henry J. Friel
1864-1866 - M.K. Dickinson
1867 - Robert Lyon
1868-1869 - Henry J. Friel
1870-1871 - John Rochester
1872-1873 - E. Martineau
1874-1875 - J.P. Featherston
1876 - G.B.L Fellows
1877 - W.H. Waller
1878 - C.W. Bangs
1879-1881 - Charles H. Mackintosh
1882-1883 - Pierre St. Jean, M.D.
1884 - C.T. Bate
1885-1886 - Francis McDougal
1887-1888 - McLeod Stewart
1889-1890 - Jacob Erratt
1891 - Thomas Birkett
1892-1893 - Olivier Durocher
1894 - George Cox
1985-1896 - William Borthwick
1897-1898 - Samuel Bingham
1899-1900 - Thomas Payment
1901 - W.D. Morris
1901 - James Davidson
1902-1903 - Fred Cook
1904-1906 - James A. Ellis
1906 - Robert A. Hastey
1907-1908 - D'Arcy Scott
1908 - Napoleon Champagne
1909-1912 - Charles Hopewell
1912 - Edward H. Hinchey
1913 - James A. Ellis
1914 - Taylor McVeity
1915-1916 - Nelson D. Porter
1917-1920 - Harold Fisher
1921-1923 - Frank H. Plant
1924 - Napoleon Champagne
1924 - Henry Watters
1935-1927 - John P. Balharrie
1928-1929 - Arthur Ellis
1930 - Frank H. Plant
1931-1933 - John J. Allen
1934-1935 - Patrick Nolan
1936-1948 - J.E.S. Lewis
1949-1950 - E.A. Bourque
1951 - Grenville Goodwin
1951-1956 - Charlotte Whitton
1957-1960 - George H. Nelms
1961-1964 - Charlotte Whitton
1965-1969 - Donald B. Reid
1970-1972 - Kenneth H. Fogarty, Q.C.
1972-1974 - Pierre Benoit
1975-1978 - Lorry Greenberg
1978-1985 - Marion Dewar
1985-1991 - James A. Durrell
1991 - Marc Laviolette
1991-1997 - Jacquelin Holzman
1997-2000 - Jim Watson
2001- present - Bob Chiarelli