List of Ottawa mayors - Definition

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 occurred in 2001 when a number of neighbouring communities 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

Former Municipalities

Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (chairs)

Cumberland

Gloucester

Goulbourn Township

Kanata

Nepean

Osgoode Township

•  ?? - 1995 - Al Bowers
• 1995 - 1998 - Lloyd Chranston
• 1998 - 2001 - Doug Thompson

Rideau Township

Rockcliffe Park

Vanier

West Carleton

City of Ottawa mayoral election results

1978 Ottawa election

1. Marion Dewar 51,791
2. Pat Nicol 32,033
3. Bernard Pelot 8,439
4. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,858
5. Eddie Turgeon 730
6. Ian Orenstein 597

1980 Ottawa election

1. Marion Dewar 49,687
2. Pat Nicol 33,151
3. Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 2,357
4. John C. Turmel 1,928

1982 Ottawa election

1. Marion Dewar 57,168
2. Darrel Kent 48,461
3. T. Joseph McCarthy 2,060
4. Marc Gauvin 1,725
5. Arnold Guetta 487

1985 Ottawa election

1. Jim Durrell 56,988
2. Marlene Catterall 35,711
3. R. Allan Jones 942
4. Walter J. McPhee 886
5. Nabil Fawzry 529

1988 Ottawa election

1. Jim Durrell 69,813
2. Michael Bartholomew 4,800
3. John C. Turmel 3,123
4. John Kroeker 1,704
5. Nabil Fawzry 1,022

1991 Ottawa election

1. Jacquelin Holzman 38,725
2. Nancy Smith 35,525
3. Marc Laviolette 21,101
4. Michael Bartholomew 2,417

1994 Ottawa election

1. Jacquelin Holzman 34,082
2. J. O'Neill 28,748
3. T. Kehoe 24,773
4. D. McIntyre 2,921
5. Alexander Saikaley 1,677

1997 Ottawa election

1. Jim Watson 54,148
2. Robert G. Gauthier 8,037
3. Alexander Saikaley 4,209

2000 Ottawa election

1. Bob Chiarelli 142,972
2. Claudette Cain 102,940
3. Georges Saade 2,597
4. Marc-André Belair 1,846
5. James A. Hall 843
6. Ken Mills 773
7. Paula Nemchin 702
8. John C. Turmel 677
9. Morteza Naini 516

2003 Ottawa election

1. Bob Chiarelli 104,595
2. Terry Kilrea 66,634
3. Ike Awgu 5,394
4. Ron Bruke 2,698
5. John A. Bell 2,027
6. Donna Upson 1,312
7. Paula Nemchin 1,191
8. John C. Turmel 1,166