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.

See also

• List of mayors of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the Halifax Regional Municipality, from 1996 - present.
  • List of mayors of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the City of Dartmouth, from 18?? - 1996.
  • List of mayors of Bedford, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the Town of Bedford, from 18?? - 1996.
  • List of wardens of Halifax County, Nova Scotia for a list of wardens for Halifax County, from 17?? - 1996.