The mayor of Calgary is the chief executive and head of the Calgary City Council, the municipal government of the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While in office, mayors are styled His/Her Worship.
The mayor is directly elected by all eligible residents across the city of Calgary. Until 1961, the mayor was elected using Instant-runoff voting, with the current system being first-past-the-post voting.J. Paul Johnston and Miriam Koene, "Learning History's Lessons Anew. The Use of STV in Canadian Municipal Elections," in Shawn Bowler and Bernard Grofman, Elections in Australia, Ireland and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote, p. 218-219, 229
Mayors were elected annually from 1884 to 1923. Following a 1923 referendum, the mayor's term was extended to 2 years. Following the passage of the Municipal Government Act, the mayor's term was further extended to 3 years. The current 4-year mayoral term was adopted in 2013. In the event of a vacancy in the office, a new mayor is appointed by the City Council until the next election; this occurred after the resignations of Harry Hays and Ralph Klein.
The 38th and current mayor is Jeromy Farkas, who assumed office on October 29, 2025. Farkas was elected in the 2025 Calgary municipal election and is serving his first term in office.
List of mayors of Calgary + Mayors of Calgary Mayor Term began Term ended Time in office1George Murdoch December 4, 1884 October 21, 1886 2 George Clift King November 4, 1886 January 16, 1888 3 Arthur Edwin Shelton January 16, 1888 January 21, 1889 4Daniel Webster Marsh January 21, 1889 January 20, 1890 5James Delamere Lafferty January 20, 1890 January 19, 1891 6James Reilly January 19, 1891 January 18, 1892 7Alexander Lucas January 18, 1892 January 2, 1894 8Wesley Fletcher Orr January 16, 1894 January 6, 1896 9Alexander McBride January 6, 1896 January 4, 1897 8Wesley Fletcher Orr (2nd time) January 4, 1897 January 3, 1898 10Arthur Leslie Cameron January 3, 1898 January 3, 1899 6 James Reilly (2nd time) January 3, 1899 January 2, 1900 11William Henry Cushing January 2, 1900 January 7, 1901 12James Stuart Mackie January 7, 1901 January 6, 1902 13Thomas Underwood January 6, 1902 January 5, 1904 14Silas Alexander Ramsay January 5, 1904 January 2, 1905 15John Emerson January 2, 1905 January 14, 1907 10Arthur Leslie Cameron (2nd time) January 14, 1907 January 2, 1909 16Reuben Rupert Jamieson January 2, 1909 January 2, 1911 17John William Mitchell January 2, 1911 January 2, 1913 18Herbert Arthur Sinnott January 2, 1913 January 2, 1915 19Michael Copps Costello January 2, 1915 January 2, 1919 20Robert Colin Marshall January 2, 1919 January 3, 1921 21Samuel Hunter Adams January 3, 1921 January 2, 1923 22George Harry Webster January 2, 1923 December 31, 1926 23Frederick Ernest Osborne January 3, 1927 December 31, 1929 24Andrew Davison January 1, 1930 December 31, 1945 25James Cameron Watson January 1, 1946 December 31, 1949 26Don Mackay January 1, 1950 October 19, 1959 27Harry Hays October 19, 1959 June 30, 1963 28Grant MacEwan July 4, 1963 October 18, 1965 29Jack Leslie October 18, 1965 October 22, 1969 30Rod Sykes October 22, 1969 October 31, 1977 31Ross Alger October 31, 1977 October 27, 1980 32Ralph Klein October 27, 1980 March 21, 1989 33Don Hartman March 21, 1989 October 23, 1989 34Al Duerr October 23, 1989 October 22, 2001 35Dave Bronconnier October 22, 2001 October 25, 2010 36 Naheed Nenshi October 25, 2010 October 26, 2021 37Jyoti GondekOctober 26, 2021 October 29, 202538Jeromy FarkasOctober 29, 2025Present (as of )
See also List of Calgary municipal elections Calgary City Council
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References
Sources Biographies of Calgary's mayors from the City of Calgary web page A brief history of Calgary's City Council