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.
Town of London
+NameTerm startTerm endSimeon Morrill18481848Thomas C. Dixon18491849Simeon Morrill18501851Edward Adams18521853Marcus Holmes18541854
City of London +NameTerm startTerm endNotesMurray Anderson18551855William Barker18561856Elijah Leonard, Jr.18571857David Glass18581858William McBride18591859James Moffatt 18601860Francis Evans Cornish18611864David Glass18651866Frank Smith18671867William Simpson Smith 18681868John Christie18691869Simpson Hackett Graydon18691870James Mitchell Cousins18711871John Campbell18721872Andrew McCormick18731873Benjamin Cronyn, Jr.18741875Fled Canada for Vermont due to fraud; he is related to actor Hume CronynDuncan Cameron Macdonald18761876Robert Pritchard18771877Robert Lewis18781879John Campbell18801881Edmund Meredith18821883Charles Smith Hyman 18841884Henry Becher 18851885Thomas Daniel Hodgens18861886James Cowan18871888George Taylor18891891William Melville Spencer18921892Emanuel Thomas Essery18931894John William Little18951897John Dolway Wilson18981899Frederick George Rumball 19001901Adam Beck19021904Clarence Thomas Campbell 19051905Joseph Coulson Judd 19061907Samuel Stevely19081909John Henry Alfred Beattie19101911Charles Milton Richardson Graham19121914Hugh Allan Stevenson19151915William Moir Gartshore19161916Hugh Allan Stevenson19161917Charles Ross Somerville 19181919Edgar Sydney Little19201921John Cameron Wilson19211922George Albert Wenige19231925John Mackenzie Moore19261927George Albert Wenige19281928William John Kirkpatrick19291930Edwy George Hayman19311932Ferrier Baker Kilbourne19331933George Albert Wenige19341935Thomas Kingsmill19361938Joseph Allan Johnston19391940William J. Heaman19411945Frederick George McAlister19461946George Albert Wenige19471948Ray Ameredith Dennis19491949George Albert Wenige19501950Allan Johnson Rush 19511955George Ernest Beedle19551955Ray Ameredith Dennis 19551957Joseph Allan Johnston19581960Gordon Stronach19611968Herbert Joseph McClure19681971James Frederick Gosnell19721972Jane Elizabeth Bigelow19721978Martin Alphonse Gleeson19791985Thomas Charles Gosnell19861994Dianne Haskett19942000Anne Marie DeCicco-Best20002010Joe Fontana20102014Joni Baechler20142014Matt Brown20142018Ed Holder 20182022Josh Morgan2022
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". CBC News 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.
References
External links Office of the Mayor of London, Ontario