This is a list of the past and present mayors and city managers of Brockton, Massachusetts.
Mayors # Mayor Picture Term Party Notes1stZiba Cary Keith 1882–1883 Republican2nd Henry H. Packard 1883–1884 3rdZiba Cary Keith 1884–1885Republican 4th John J. Whipple 1886–1887 Republican 5th Albert R. Wade 1888–1889 6thWilliam Lewis Douglas 1890–1891 Democrat7thZiba Cary Keith 1892–1893 Republican 8th John J. Whipple 1894–1895 9th Charles Williamson 1896–1897 10th Henry E. Garfield 1898–1898 11th Emery M. Low 1899–1899 12th Charles H. Coulter 1900–1901 Socialist Party of America 13th David W. Battles 1902–1902 14th Edward H. Keith 1904–1905 15th Fred O. Bradford 1905–1906 16th John S. Kent 1907–1909 17th William H. Clifford 1910–1910 18th Harry C. Howard 1911–1912 19thCharles M. Hickey 1913–1913 20th Harry C. Howard 1914–1914 21st John S. Burbank 1915–1916 22nd Stewart B. McLeod 1917–1917 23rd William M. Gleason 1918–1920 24th Roger Keith 1921–1922 25th Frank A. Manning 1923 26th William A. Bullivant 1924–1925 Republican 27th Harold D. Bent 1926–1931Republican 28th Horace C. Baker 1932–1935Republican 29th Lawrence E. Crowley 1936–1937Democrat 30th Fred D. Rowe 1938–1941Republican 31st Joseph H. Downey 1942 – November 3, 1949Democrat Died in office Acting Thomas J. Mullins November 3, 1949 – January 2, 1950City Council President. Served as acting mayor following the death of Joseph H. Downey. 32nd Melvin B. Clifford 1950–1951Republican 33rd C. Gerald Lucey 1952–1955Democrat 34th Hjalmar Peterson 1956–1957Republican Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan D Charter. 35th Wilfred A. Derosier 1958–1959First Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government 36th Leonard H. Ellershaw 1960–1961Last Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government37thF. Milton McGrath 1962–1963 Democrat First Mayor after the City Manager form of government was abolished.38th Alvin Jack Sims 1964–1967Republican39thJohn E. Sullivan 1968–1971 Democrat 40th Richard L. Wainwright 1972–1973Republican41stDavid E. Crosby 1974–1982 Democrat Last mayor elected in partisan election.Served as interim mayor from January to June 1982 while the results of the 1981 election were challenged in court.42nd Paul V. Studenski June 1982 – January 1984First mayor elected in nonpartisan election.Elected in special election after the result of the 1981 mayor election was thrown out by the State Appeals Court.43rd Carl D. Pitaro 1984–1992 44th Winthrop Farwell, Jr. 1992–1996 45th Jack Yunits 1996–2006 46th James E. Harrington 2006–2010 47th Linda Balzotti 2010–2014 48th William Carpenter 2014–July 2, 2019 Died in office Acting Moises Rodrigues July 2, 2019 – January 6, 2020Councilor-At-Large. Served as acting mayor following the death of William Carpenter. 49th Robert F. Sullivan January 6, 2020–January 5, 2026 50th Moises Rodrigues January 5, 2026–
City managers From 1958 to 1961, Brockton was led by a City Manager under the Plan D form of government.
# City Manager Term Notes1st William A. Gildea1958–1961TemporaryMelvin B. Clifford1961–1961City Clerk.Named temporary manager after City Council fired Gildea.Removed from office after a judge ruled that Gildea was to be reinstated.2ndWilliam A. Gildea1961–1961ActingMelvin B. Clifford1961–1962Named acting city manager after decision reinstating Gildea was overturned.
See also Brockton history
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