List of mayors of Clarington

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Mayor of Clarington
File:Logo of Clarington, Ontario.svg
Style
Member ofMunicipal Council
Reports toClarington Municipal Council
ResidenceClarington
SeatClarington Town Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by the residents of Clarington
Term length4 years
Formation1974; 51 years ago (1974)
First holderGarnet Rickard
Websitewww.clarington.net/en/town-hall/Mayor-and-Council.aspx

This is a list of mayors of the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, from its inception in 1974 until the present day. Mayors of townships prior to merger are also listed.

Townships

Town of Bowmanville

No. Photo Mayor
(Birth–Death) 		Terms of office Took office Left office Notes
1 File:James McFeeters.jpg James McFeeters
(1813–⁠1897)		 2 1858 1859
2 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Frederic Cubitt 1 1860
3 File:James McFeeters.jpg James McFeeters 1 1861
4 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg George Haines 3 1862 1865
5 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Frederic Cubitt 9 1866 1874
6 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Francis McArthur 1 1875
7 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Thompson 4 1876 1879
8 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Francis McArthur 4 1880 1883
9 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Robert Lascombe 2 1884 1885
10 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Horsey 2 1886 1887
11 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Abraham Younie 2 1888 1889
12 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Galbraith 1 1890
13 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg William Allen 13 1890 1902
14 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Moses James 2 1903 1904
15 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Archibald Tait 2 1905 1906
16 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Thomas Spry 2 1907 1908
17 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg J. J. Mason 2 1909 1910
18 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Mitchell 2 1911 1912
19 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Soloman Hillier 3 1913 1915
20 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Mitchell 3.5 1916 June 1919
21 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Arthur McMillan 0.5 June 2 1919 1919
22 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg H. L. Quinn 4 1920 1923
23 File:Thomas Holgate.jpg Thomas Holgate
(1882–1935)		 5 1924 1928
24 File:Milton J. Elliot.jpg Milton Elliot 3 1929 1931
25 File:Geo W. James.jpg Geo. W. James 2 1932 1933
26 File:Ross Strike, 1935.jpg Ross Strike 4 1934 1937
27 File:Reginald O. Jones.jpg Reginald O. Jones 4 1938 1941
28 File:G. Alex Edmondstone.jpg Alex Edmondstone 0.5 January 1942 July 1942
29 File:CG Morris 1945.jpg C. G. Morris 0.5 July 1942 December 1942 Became acting mayor upon the departure of Alex Edmondstone.
30 File:Reginald O. Jones.jpg Reginald O. Jones 1 1943
31 File:CG Morris 1945.jpg C. G. Morris 3 1944 1946
32 File:Sidney Little 1946.jpg Sidney Little 2 1947 1948
33 File:Lawrence C Mason 1948.jpg Lawrence C. Mason 3 1949 1951 [1]
34 File:Sidney Little 1946.jpg Sidney Little 1 1952 Elected in 1952.[2]
35 File:Morley Vanstone 1952.jpg Morley Vanstone 2 1953 1954 Elected in 1953.[3] Acclamation in 1954.[4]
36 File:Nelson Osborne 1954.jpg Nelson E. Osborne 4 1955 1958 Acclaimed in 1955,[5] 1956,[6] 1957.[7]
37 File:Wilfred Carruthers 1959.jpg Wilfred Carruthers
(1904–⁠1969)		 3 1959 1961 Acclaimed in 1959,[8] 1960[9]
38 File:Ivan Hobbs 1961.jpg Ivan M. Hobbs
(1912–⁠1998)		 13 1962 1974 Acclaimed[10]

Darlington Township

No. Photo Mayor
(Birth–Death) 		Terms of office Took office Left office Notes
File:Reeve Roy Nichols.jpg Roy W. Nichols 1 1959 1960 [11]
File:Garnet B. Rickard 1957 (cropped).jpg Garnet B. Rickard
(1916–1994)		 1 1960 1962 [12]
File:A.L. Blanchard.jpg A.L. Blanchard 1 1963 1966
Harold C. Muir 1 1967 1969
Carl Down 1 1970 1972
File:Garnet Rickard 1968.jpg Garnet B. Rickard
(1916–1994)		 1 1973 1974

Clarke Township

No. Photo Mayor
(Birth–Death) 		Terms of office Took office Left office Notes
James T. Brown 1 1959 1960 [13]
H. E. Walkey 1 1961 1964 [14][15]
John Stone 1 1965 1966 [16]
Roy A. Foster 1 1967 1969 [17]
John Stone 1 1970 1972
Ed Woodyard 1 1973 1974 [18]

Municipality (1974–present)

Town of Newcastle (1974⁠–1993)

No. Photo Mayor
(Birth–Death) 		Terms of office Took office Left office Notes
1 File:Garnet Rickard 1968.jpg Garnet Rickard
(1916–1994)		 5 January 3, 1974 November 30, 1985 • The Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville, ON is named in his honour.
2 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg John Winter 1 December 1, 1985 November 30, 1988
3 File:Marie Hubbard 1983.jpg Marie Hubbard
(1935–2022)[19]		 1 December 1, 1988 November 30, 1991 • Served as councillor from 1980 to 1982.
• First female mayor of the municipality.
• Appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board in 1997, Appointed Interim Chair in 2003.[20]

Clarington (1993–present)

No. Photo Mayor
(Birth–Death) 		Terms of office Took office Left office Notes
4 File:Diane Hamre 1993.jpg Diane Hamre
(1939–2017)[21]		 3 December 1, 1991 November 30, 2000 • Newcastle Recreation Complex renamed in her honour, after her death in 2017.[22]
5 File:John Mutton 2018 IMG 8302.jpg John Mutton
(b. 1966)		 2 December 1, 2000 November 30, 2006 Also known as "Mr. X" for his role in Ontario's greenbelt scandal.[23]
6 File:Male portrait placeholder cropped.jpg Jim Abernethy
(b. 1952)		 1 December 1, 2006 November 30, 2010
7 File:Adrian Foster Courtice Flea Market 2022 IMG 5049 (cropped).jpg Adrian Foster
(b. 19??)		 4 December 1, 2010 Incumbent • Longest serving mayor of Clarington by time in office, as of 2022.

References

  1. ↑ "Bowmanville Mayors List 1951" (PDF). Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Dec 1951, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA.
  3. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 4 Dec 1952, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 3 Dec 1953, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 2 Dec 1954, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 8 Dec 1955, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 29 Nov 1956, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Nov 1958, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 10 Dec 1959, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 22 Nov 1961, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Nov 1958, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 10 Dec 1959, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 4 Dec 1958, p. 23". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Orono Weekly Times, 8 Dec 1960, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 5 Dec 1962, p. 2". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Orono Weekly Times, 3 Dec 1964, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "Orono Weekly Times, 8 Dec 1966, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Dec 1972, p. 1". Clarington Digital Newspaper Collection. CPL / CMA. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Marie Hubbard (1935 - 2022)". Clarington Public Library. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  20. ↑ "Marie Hubbard (1935 – 2022)". Clarington Museum and Archives. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "Former Clarington mayor Diane Hamre dies". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "Newcastle rec centre to be renamed for late former mayor Diane Hamre". DurhamRadioNews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  23. ↑ "Greenbelt's 'Mr. X' is a former Ontario mayor: sources". CTV. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
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