list of mayors of halifax, nova scotia

List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia The City of Halifax is a former municipality in Nova Scotia which was amalgamated with the City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford, and Halifax County to form the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. This is a list of mayors for the City of Halifax from 1841 until amalgamation. Prior to the formation of city's elected government in 1841 the administration of the municipality was left in the hands of a selected group of men. The first mayor was Stephen Binney, who was elected to council and chosen for this position by his peers in council.

Stephen Binney - 1841 - 1842 Edward Kenny - 1842 Thomas Williamson - 1842 - 1843 Alexander Keith - 1843 - 1844 Hugh Bell - 1844 - 1845 Andrew MacKinlay - 1845 - 1846 Joseph Jennings - 1846 - 1847 William Machin Stairs - 1847 - 1848 Adam Hemmeon - 1848 - 1849

Henry Pryor - 1849 - 1850 William Caldwell - 1850 - 1851 Andrew MacKinlay - 1851 - 1852 Alexander Keith - 1852 - 1853 Henry Pryor - 1853 - 1855 Archibad Scott - 1855 - 1857 Henry Pryor - 1857 - 1859 Samuel Richard Caldwell - 1859 - 1861 Philip Carteret Hill - 1861 - 1864 Matthew Henry Richey - 1864 - 1867 Stephen Tobin - 1867 - 1870 William Alexander Henry - 1870 - 1871 William Dunbar - 1871 - 1872 James Duggan - 1872 - 1873 John Archibald Sinclair - 1873 - 1875 Matthew Henry Richey - 1875 - 1878 Stephen Tobin - 1878 - 1881 George Fraser - 1881 - 1884 James Crosskill Mackintosh - 1884 - 1887 Patrick O'Mullin - 1887 - 1889 David McPherson - 1889 - 1892 Michael Edwin Keefe - 1892 - 1895 David McPherson - 1895 - 1897 Alexander Stephen - 1897 - 1899 James Thompson Hamilton - 1899 - 1902 Adam Brown Crosby - 1902 - 1905 Robert Thomas MacIlreith - 1905 - 1908 Adam Brown Crosby - 1908 - 1909 Joseph Andrew Chisholm - 1909 - 1912 Frederick Pennington Bligh - 1912 - 1915 Peter Francis Martin - 1915 - 1918 Arthur Charles Hawkins - 1918 - 1919 John Seakons Parker - 1919 - 1922 John Murphy - 1922 - 1925 Joseph Burke Kenny - 1925 - 1928 Louis Amable Castonguay - 1928 - 1931 George Edwin Ritchie - 1931 - 1932 Albert Audley Thompson - 1932 - 1934 Edward Joseph Cragg - 1934 - 1937 Walter Mitchell - 1937 - 1940 William Edward Donovan - 1940 - 1943 John Edward Lloyd - 1943 - 1945 Allan MacDougall Butler - 1945 - 1946 John Edward Ahern - 1946 - 1949 Gordon Stanley Kinley - 1949 - 1952 Richard Alphonsus Donahoe - 1952 - 1955 Leonard Arthur Kitz - 1955 - 1957 Charles Augustus Vaughan - 1957 - 1960 John Edward Lloyd - 1960 - 1963 Charles Augustus Vaughn - 1963 - 1966 Allan O'Brien - 1966 - 1971 Walter Ronald Fitzgerald - 1971 - 1974 Edmund L. Morris - 1974 - 1980 Ronald Hanson - 1980 Ron Wallace - 1980 - 1991 Moira Leiper Ducharme - 1991 - 1994 Walter Ronald Fitzgerald - 1994 - 1996*

Note that W.R. Fitgerald presided over municipal amalgamation which saw the City of Halifax amalgamated with the City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Halifax County. Fitzgerald subsequently ran for election as mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality and won, becoming the last mayor of the City of Halifax and the first mayor of HRM.

List Of Mayors Of Halifax, Nova Scotia

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