List of mayors of Montreal

This is a list of mayors of Montreal, Quebec, since the city was incorporated in 1832. Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.

Mayors of Montreal

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name (birth – death)	Term of office	Party	Election (percent received)	Council seats	Executive Committee chair
1		Jacques Viger (1787–1858)<ref name = VLB>Template:Cite book</ref>	1833 – 1836<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Independent	1833, 1834, 1835	N/A	N/A
2		Peter McGill (1789–1860)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1840–1842			1840
3		Joseph Bourret (1802–1859)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1842–1844			1842, 1843
4		James Ferrier (1800–1888)	1844–1846		1844, 1845, 1846
5		John Easton Mills (1796–1847)	1846–1847<ref>A May 11, 1846 court judgement removed James Ferrier from office and appointed John Easton Mills to succeed him.</ref>		1846, 1847
(3)		Joseph Bourret (1802–1859)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1847 – 1849<ref>John Easton Mills died in office on November 12, 1847. Joseph Bourret was appointed Mayor Pro Tempore by the Members of the City Council.</ref>			1847, 1848
6		Édouard-Raymond Fabre (1799–1854)<ref name = VLB/>	1849–1851		1849, 1850
7		Charles Wilson (1808–1877)	1851–1854		1851 1852 (99%)<ref>In 1852, Charles Wilson became the first mayor of Montreal who was elected directly by popular vote. Prior to his election, mayors were appointed by the members of the City Council.</ref> 1853 (91%)
8		Wolfred Nelson (1791–1863)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>			1854–1856	1854 (51%) 1855 (unopposed)
9	File:HenryStarnes23.jpg	Henry Starnes (1816–1896)Template:Cn	1856–1858		1856 (unopposed) 1857 (unopposed)
10	File:Charles-Séraphin Rodier, mayor.jpg	Charles-Séraphin Rodier (1797–1876)	1858–1862		1858 (57%) 1859 (89%) 1860 (50%) 1861 (59%)
11	File:Maire Jean-Louis Beaudry.JPG	Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1862–1866		1862 (58%) 1863 (97%) 1864 (unopposed) 1865 (57%)
(9)	File:HenryStarnes23.jpg	Henry Starnes (1816–1896)	1866–1868		1866 (99%) 1867 (unopposed)
12	File:WilliamWorkman23.jpg	William Workman (1807–1878)	1868–1871		1868 (63%) 1869 (unopposed) 1870 (unopposed)
13	File:Charles-Joseph Coursol.jpg	Charles-Joseph Coursol (1819–1888)	1871–1873		1871 (unopposed) 1872 (unopposed)
14	File:Francis Cassidy.jpg	Francis Cassidy (1827–1873)	1873		1873 (unopposed)
15	File:AldisBernard.jpg	Aldis Bernard (1810–1876)	1873–1875		1874 (84%)
16	File:William Hales Hingston.jpg	William Hales Hingston (1829–1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	1875–1877		1875 (88%) 1876 (unopposed)
(11)	File:Maire Jean-Louis Beaudry.JPG	Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1877–1879		1877 (77%) 1878 (unopposed)
17	File:Rivard.jpg	Sévère Rivard (1834–1888)	1879–1881		1879 (53%) 1880 (unopposed)
(11)	File:Maire Jean-Louis Beaudry.JPG	Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1881–1885		1881 (52%) 1882 (58%) 1883 (52%) 1884 (53%)
18	File:Honoré Beaugrand, 1894.png	Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906)	1885–1887		1885 (53%) 1886 (62%)
19	File:SirJohnAbbott1.jpg	John Abbott (1821–1893)<ref name = VLB/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1887 – 1888<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>			1887 (55%) 1888 (unopposed)
20	File:Jacques Grenier.jpg	Jacques Grenier (1823–1909)	1889–1891		1889 (unopposed) 1890 (unopposed)
21	File:James McShane.jpg	James McShane (1833–1918)	1891–1893		1891 (67%) 1892 (unopposed)
22	File:Alphonse Desjardins 1882.jpg	Alphonse Desjardins (1841–1912)	1893–1894		1893 (50%)
23	File:Joseph-Octave Villeneuve.png	Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (1836–1901)	1894–1896		1894 (50%)
24	File:Richard Wilson-Smith.png	Richard Wilson-Smith (1852–1912)	1896–1898		1896 (unopposed)
25	File:Raymond Prefontaine.JPG	Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905)	1898–1902		1898 (unopposed) 1900 (67%)
26	File:James Cochrane.jpg	James Cochrane (1852–1905)	1902–1904		1902 (52%)
27	File:Hormidas Laporte.jpg	Hormidas Laporte (1850–1934)	1904–1906		1904 (71%)
28	File:Henry Archer Ekers.jpg	Henry Archer Ekers (1855–1937)	1906–1908		1906 (56%)
29	File:Louis Payette.png	Louis Payette (1854–1932)	1908–1910		1908 (55%)
30	File:James John Edmund Guerin.jpg	James John Edmund Guerin (1856–1932)	1910–1912		1910 (64%)
31	File:Louis-Arsene Lavallee.jpg	Louis-Arsène Lavallée (1861–1936)	1912–1914		1912 (63%)
32	File:Médéric Martin.jpg	Médéric Martin (1869–1946)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1914–1924			1914 (54%) 1916 (45%) 1918 (55%)
			1921 (71%)				Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (?−1927)<ref>The Executive Committee of Montreal was established in 1921.</ref>
33	File:Charles Duquette.jpg	Charles Duquette (1869–1937)	1924–1928		1924 (51%)
(32)	File:Médéric Martin.jpg	Médéric Martin (1869–1946)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1926–1928			1926 (56%)
			Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–?)
34	File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png	Camillien Houde (1889–1958)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1928–1932	1928 (61%)
			1930 (67%)		Tancrède Fortin
35	File:Fernand Rinfret.png	Fernand Rinfret (1883–1939)	1932–1934		1932 (51%)		Joseph-Maurice Gabias
(34)	File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png	Camillien Houde (1889–1958)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1934–1936		1934 (63%)	Joseph-Marie Savignac
36	File:Adhemar Raynault.jpg	Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1936–1938		1936 (44%)	Ovide Taillefer
(34)	File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png	Camillien Houde (1889–1958)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1938–1940		1938 (56%)	Joseph-Marie Savignac
(36)	File:Adhemar Raynault.jpg	Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1940–1944		1940 (25%) 1942 (60%)	J.-Omer Asselin
(34)	File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png	Camillien Houde (1889–1958)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		1944–1954		1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%)
37	File:Drapeau1954.jpg	Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1954–1957	Ligue d'action civique	1954 (50%)	28/99	Pierre DesMarais
38	File:Sarto Fournier in a tank, 1942 (cropped).jpg	Sarto Fournier (1908–1980)	1957–1960	Independent	1957 (51%)	N/A	Joseph-Marie Savignac
(37)	File:Drapeau1954.jpg	Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1960–1986	Civic Party	1960 (53%) 1962 (88%) 1966 (94%)	44/66 39/45 45/48	Lucien Saulnier
			1970 (92%) 1974 (55%)			52/52 37/55	Gérard Niding
			1978 (61%) 1982 (48%)			52/54 40/58	Yvon Lamarre
39	File:Jean Doré.jpg	Jean Doré (1944–2015)	1986–1994	Montreal Citizens' Movement	1986 (68%)	56/59	Michael Fainstat
					1990 (59%)	42/51	Léa Cousineau
40	File:Pierre Bourque au maison de la culture Maisonneuve.jpg	Pierre Bourque (born 1942)	1994–2001	Vision Montréal<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1994 (47%)	39/52	Noushig Eloyan
					1998 (44%)	40/52	Jean Fortier
41	File:Gérald Tremblay November 2011.jpg	Gérald Tremblay (born 1942)	2001 – 5 November 2012	Union Montréal<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2001 (49%) 2005 (54%)	42/74 48/65	Frank Zampino (2001–2008) Claude Dauphin (2008–2009)
					2009 (37%)	39/65	Gérald Tremblay (2009–2011) Michael Applebaum (2011–2012)
42	File:Michael-Applebaum-Montreal-Mayor-2009.jpg	Michael Applebaum (born 1963)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19 November 2012 – 18 June 2013	Independent	–	–	Laurent Blanchard
43	File:Laurent Blanchard (cropped).jpg	Laurent Blanchard (born 1952)	25 June 2013 – 14 November 2013	Independent	–	–	Josée Duplessis
44	File:Montréal Mayor Denis Coderre (16930743281) (cropped).jpg	Denis Coderre (born 1963)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	14 November 2013 – 16 November 2017	Équipe Denis Coderre	2013 (32%)	27/65	Pierre Desrochers
45	File:2016-09-20 Valerie Plante (cropped).jpg	Valérie Plante (born 1974)	16 November 2017 – 13 November 2025	Projet Montréal	2017 (51%)	34/65	Benoit Dorais (2017–2021)
					2021 (52%)	37/65	Dominique Ollivier (2021–2023) Luc Rabouin (2023–2024) Émilie Thuillier (2024–2025)
46	File:Soraya Martinez Ferrada 2025-09-15 (cropped).png	Soraya Martinez Ferrada (born 1972)	13 November 2025 – present current	Ensemble Montréal	2025 (43%)	34/65	TBD

Applebaum is the most recent non-francophone mayor, the last being James John Edmund Guerin in 1912. Applebaum is the first Jewish mayor for the city with previous holders either French Canadian, Scottish, Irish or English descent.

See also

• Mayor of Montreal
• List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Montreal)
• Montreal City Council
• Timeline of Montreal history
• History of Montreal
• History of Quebec
• List of governors of Montreal

External links

• City of Montreal list of mayors