List of mayors of Montreal
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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 | File:Jacques Viger.jpg | 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 | File:Peter McGill.gif | Peter McGill
(1789–1860)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1840–1842 | 1840 | |||
| 3 | File:Joseph Bourret.jpg | Joseph Bourret
(1802–1859)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1842–1844 | 1842, 1843 | |||
| 4 | File:James Ferrier 2.jpg | James Ferrier
(1800–1888) |
1844–1846 | 1844, 1845, 1846 | |||
| 5 | File:John Easton Mills.jpg | 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) | File:Joseph Bourret.jpg | Joseph Bourret
(1802–1859)<ref>Template:Cite 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 | File:Edouard-Raymond Fabre.JPG | Édouard-Raymond Fabre
(1799–1854)<ref name = VLB/> |
1849–1851 | 1849, 1850 | |||
| 7 | File:Charles Wilson 02.jpg | 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 | File:Wolfred Nelson.jpg | Wolfred Nelson
(1791–1863)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1926–1928 | 1926 (56%) | |||
| Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–?) | |||||||
| 34 | File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png | Camillien Houde
(1889–1958)<ref>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1934–1936 | 1934 (63%) | Joseph-Marie Savignac | ||
| 36 | File:Adhemar Raynault.jpg | Adhémar Raynault
(1881–1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1936–1938 | 1936 (44%) | Ovide Taillefer | ||
| (34) | File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png | Camillien Houde
(1889–1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1938–1940 | 1938 (56%) | Joseph-Marie Savignac | ||
| (36) | File:Adhemar Raynault.jpg | Adhémar Raynault
(1881–1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1940–1944 | 1940 (25%) 1942 (60%) |
J.-Omer Asselin | ||
| (34) | File:Camillien Houde, ca. 1930.png | Camillien Houde
(1889–1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
1944–1954 | 1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%) | |||
| 37 | File:Drapeau1954.jpg | Jean Drapeau
(1916–1999)<ref>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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>Template:Cite 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 |
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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.
Footnotes
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
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