City Government

Mayors, Past and Present
The Gallery of Mayors, surrounding the Council Chamber, contains portraits of the Mayors who served Winnipeg throughout its history. Up to 1955, the Mayor was elected for a one year term. From then until 1972, the term of office was for two years. After unification of the city in 1972, the term was extended to three years. In1998 the term of office was extended to four years.
From the date of its incorporation in the year 1873:
1800 | |||
1874 | Francis Evans Cornish, Q. C. | 1887-88 | Lyman Melvin Jones |
1875-76 | William Nassau Kennedy | 1889 | Thomas Ryan |
1877-78 | Thomas Scott | 1890-91 | Alfred Pearson |
1879 - 80 | Alexander Logan | 1892 | Alexander Macdonald |
1881 | Elias George Conklin | 1893 - 94 | Thomas William Taylor |
1882 | Alexander Logan | 1895 | Thomas Gilroy |
1883 | Alexander McMicken | 1896 | Richard Willis Jameson |
1884 | Alexander Logan | 1897 | William F. McCreary |
1885 | Charles Edward Hamilton | 1898 - 99 | Alfred Joseph Andrews |
1886 | Henry Shaver Wesbrook |
1900 | |||
1900 | Horace Wilson | 1928 - 29 | Lt. Col. Dan McLean |
1901 - 03 | John Arbuthnot | 1930 - 34 | Lt. Col. Ralph Humphreys Webb, D.S.O., M.C. |
1904 - 06 | Thomas Sharpe | 1935 - 36 | John Queen, M. L. A. |
1907 - 08 | James Henry Ashdown | 1937 | Frederick Edgar Warriner, D. D. S. |
1909 - 11 | William Sanford Evans | 1938 - 40 | John Queen, M. L. A. |
1912 | Richard Deans Waugh | 1941 - 42 | John Queen |
1913 - 14 | Thomas Russ Deacon | 1943 - 54 | Garnet Coulter, Q. C. |
1915 - 16 | Richard Deans Waugh | 1955 - 56 | George Edward Sharpe |
1917 | David J. Dyson Unseated on recount, January 5, 1917 Frederick Harvey Davidson Declared elected on recount, January 8, 1917 |
1957 - 59 | Stephen Juba, M. L. A. |
1918 | Frederick Harvey Davidson | 1960 - 77 | Stephen Juba, OC |
1919 - 20 | Charles Frederick Gray | 1977 - 79 | Robert Steen, Q. C. Died May 10th, 1979 William Norrie, Q. C. Elected June 21st, 1979 |
1921 | Edward Parnell | 1979 - 92 | William Norrie, Q. C. |
1922 | Edward Parnell Died June 9th, 1922 Frank Oliver Fowler Elected June 20th, 1922 |
1992 - 98 | Susan A. Thompson |
1923 - 24 | Seymour James Farmer | 1998 - 99 | Glen Murray |
1925 - 27 | Lt. Col. Ralph Humphries Webb, D.S.O., M.C. |
2000 | |||
2000 - 2004 | Glen Murray | 2014 - present | Brian Bowman |
2004 - 2014 | Sam Katz |
Last up November 5, 2014