List of mayors of Welland

This is a list of mayors of Welland, Ontario, from its incorporation in 1858 to the present day.

To date, three former mayors of the city have gone on to represent the city at the provincial or federal levels. Marshall Vaughan and Cindy Forster have represented the city as MPPs in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Allan Pietz has represented the city as an MP in the House of Commons of Canada.

City of Welland (1917-present)

Welland was reincorporated as a city in 1917.

  1. Marshall Vaughan, 1917–18
  2. A.J.J. Brennan, 1919
  3. George Sutherland, 1920
  4. J.C. Diffin, 1921[1]
  5. Jas Hughes, 1922–24
  6. F.J. Anderson, 1925–28
  7. F.M. Brown, 1929–30
  8. F.J. Bradley, 1931–32
  9. Frank Springer, 1933–35[2]
  10. Norman Michener, 1936–37[3]
  11. John Joyce, 1938–39
  12. T.H. Lewis, 1940–45
  13. H.W. Walker, 1946–47
  14. Harry W. Diffin, 1948–50[4]
  15. David Thomas, 1951–52[5]
  16. Armour McCrae, 1953–58[6]
  17. G.J. Macoomb, 1958–60[7]
  18. Michael Perenack, 1961–64[8]
  19. Allan Pietz, 1965–78[9]
  20. Eugene Stranges, 1979–84[10]
  21. Roland Hardy, 1985–91[11]
  22. Dick Reuter, 1991–2000[12]
  23. Cindy Forster, 2000–03[13]
  24. Damian Goulborne, 2003–10[14]
  25. Barry Sharpe, 2010–14[15]
  26. Frank Campion, 2014–present[16]

References

  1. ^ "CONTRACTOR HEARS OF DEATH OF MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS: Three of Family of Canal Engineer Drowned in Florida LONDONERS ALL SAFE". The Globe, September 23, 1926.
  2. ^ "Welland Mayor to Drop Out". The Globe, December 9, 1935.
  3. ^ "Nominations Are Held In Ontario Municipalities". The Globe and Mail, December 29, 1936.
  4. ^ "RCN Guard of Honor For Mitchell Funeral". The Globe and Mail, August 3, 1950.
  5. ^ "Liberals Choose David J. Thomas". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1955.
  6. ^ "Welland Mayor Warns Cities Ready to Fight For Increased Grants". The Globe and Mail, August 22, 1956.
  7. ^ Jack Marks, "Premier Frost: Tourist Tolls Will Pay Road Bill". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1959.
  8. ^ Edward Clifford, "Two Vote-Getters In Welland Riding". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1963.
  9. ^ Kris Dubé, "Former Welland mayor and MP Allan Pietz celebrating 95th birthday". Cambridge Times, June 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Former Welland mayor Eugene Stranges dies at 76". St. Catharines Standard, April 16, 2018.
  11. ^ Janice Paskey, "Welland mayor seeking an end to 2 1/2-month Stelco strike". Toronto Star, January 19, 1988.
  12. ^ "Niagara voters' anger boils over at ballot boxes". Hamilton Spectator, November 13, 1991.
  13. ^ Mark Tayti, "Forster wants Well in Welland". Welland Tribune, December 5, 2000.
  14. ^ "Goulbourne back at helm of city hall". Niagara This Week, November 16, 2006.
  15. ^ Michael Miles, "Welland mayor seeking re-election". CHCH-DT, August 15, 2014.
  16. ^ Bonnie Heslop, "Mayor of Welland says it's time residents not following rules 'get with it'". CKTB, April 2, 2020.