List of mayors of Victoria, British Columbia

Mayor of Victoria
Incumbent
Marianne Alto
since November 3, 2022
StyleMayor
Member ofCity Council
SeatVictoria City Hall
(Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
AppointerDirect election by residents of Victoria
Term length4 years
FormationAugust 1, 1862; 162 years ago (1862-08-01)
First holderThomas Harris
Websitehttps://www.victoria.ca/

This is a list of mayors of Victoria, the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The mayor leads Victoria City Council, the city's governing body, and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Marianne Alto, who was first elected in 2022

List of Mayors

No. Mayor Term start Term end
Victoria incorporated as a city on August 1, 1862.
1 Thomas Harris 1862 1865
2 Lumley Franklin 1865 1866
3 William J. Macdonald 1866 1867
4 James Trimble 1867 1870
5 Alexander R. Robertson 1870 1871
(3) William J. Macdonald (2nd term) 1871 1871
6 Richard Lewis 1872 1872
7 James E. McMillan 1872 1873
8 James D. Robinson 1873 1873
9 William Dalby 1873 1875
10 James S. Drummond 1875 1876
11 Montague W. Tyrwhitt-Drake 1876 1877
12 Roderick Finlayson 1877 1879
13 John Herbert Turner 1879 1881
14 Noah Shakespeare 1881 1882
15 Charles E. Redfern 1882 1883
16 Joseph Carey 1883 1884
17 Robert P. Rithet 1884 1885
18 James Fell 1885 1887
19 John Grant 1887 1891
20 Robert Beaven 1891 1893
21 John Teague 1894 1895
(20) Robert Beaven (2nd term) 1896 1896
(15) Charles E. Redfern (2nd term) 1896 1899
22 Charles Hayward 1900 1902
23 Alexander G. McCandless 1902 1903
24 George Henry Barnard 1904 1905
25 Alfred J. Morley 1905 1907
26 Lewis Hall 1908 1909
(25) Alfred J. Morley (2nd term) 1909 1911
27 John L. Beckwith 1912 1912
(25) Alfred J. Morley (3rd term) 1913 1913
28 Alexander Stewart 1914 1916
29 Albert E. Todd 1917 1919
30 Robert J. Porter 1919 1921
31 William M. Marchant 1921 1922
32 Reginald Hayward 1922 1924
33 John Carl Pendray 1924 1928
34 Herbert Anscomb 1928 1931
35 David Leeming 1931 1936
36 Andrew McGavin 1936 1944
37 Percy E. George 1944 1951
38 Claude L. Harrison 1951 1955
39 Percy B. Scurrah 1955 1961
40 Richard B. Wilson 1961 1966
41 Alfred W. Toone 1966 1966
42 Hugh R. Stephen 1966 1969
43 Courtney J. Haddock 1969 1971
44 G. Peter A. Pollen 1971 1975
45 Michael D. W. Young 1975 1979
46 William J. Tindall 1979 1981
(44) G. Peter A. Pollen (2nd term) 1981 1985
47 Gretchen Brewin 1986 1990
48 David Turner 1991 1993
49 Robert Cross 1994 1999
50 Alan Lowe 2000 2008
51 Dean Fortin 2008 2014
52 Lisa Helps 2014 2022
53 Marianne Alto 2022 present

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