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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

No.	Portrait	Name (birth – death)	Term of office	Party	Election (percent received)	Council seats	Executive Committee chair
1		Jacques Viger (1787–1858)	1833 – 1836	Independent	1833, 1834, 1835	N/A	N/A
2		Peter McGill (1789–1860)	1840 – 1842		1840
3		Joseph Bourret (1802–1859)	1842 – 1844		1842, 1843
4		James Ferrier (1800–1888)	1844 – 1846		1844, 1845, 1846
5		John Easton Mills (1796–1847)	1846—1847		1846, 1847
(3)		Joseph Bourret (1802–1859)	1847 – 1849		1847, 1848
6		Édouard-Raymond Fabre (1799–1854)	1849 – 1851		1849, 1850
7		Charles Wilson (1808–1877)	1851 – 1854		1851 1852 (99%) 1853 (91%)
8		Wolfred Nelson (1791–1863)	1854 – 1856		1854 (51%) 1855 (unopposed)
9		Henry Starnes (1816–1896)	1856 – 1858		1856 (unopposed) 1857 (unopposed)
10		Charles-Séraphin Rodier (1797–1876)	1858 – 1862		1858 (57%) 1859 (89%) 1860 (50%) 1861 (59%)
11		Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1862 – 1866		1862 (58%) 1863 (97%) 1864 (unopposed) 1865 (57%)
(9)		Henry Starnes (1816–1896)	1866 – 1868		1866 (99%) 1867 (unopposed)
12		William Workman (1807–1878)	1868 – 1871		1868 (63%) 1869 (unopposed) 1870 (unopposed)
13		Charles-Joseph Coursol (1819–1888)	1871 – 1873		1871 (unopposed) 1872 (unopposed)
14		Francis Cassidy (1827–1873)	1873		1873 (unopposed)
15		Aldis Bernard (1810–1876)	1873 – 1875		1874 (84%)
16		William Hales Hingston (1829–1907)	1875 – 1877		1875 (88%) 1876 (unopposed)
(11)		Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1877 – 1879		1877 (77%) 1878 (unopposed)
17		Sévère Rivard (1834–1888)	1879 – 1881		1879 (53%) 1880 (unopposed)
(11)		Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886)	1881 – 1885		1881 (52%) 1882 (58%) 1883 (52%) 1884 (53%)
18		Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906)	1885 – 1887		1885 (53%) 1886 (62%)
19		John Abbott (1821–1893)	1887 – 1888		1887 (55%) 1888 (unopposed)
20		Jacques Grenier (1823–1909)	1889 – 1891		1889 (unopposed) 1890 (unopposed)
21		James McShane (1833–1918)	1891 – 1893		1891 (67%) 1892 (unopposed)
22		Alphonse Desjardins (1841–1912)	1893 – 1894		1893 (50%)
23		Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (1836–1901)	1894 – 1896		1894 (50%)
24		Richard Wilson-Smith (1852–1912)	1896 – 1898		1896 (unopposed)
25		Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905)	1898 – 1902		1898 (unopposed) 1900 (67%)
26		James Cochrane (1852–1905)	1902 – 1904		1902 (52%)
27		Hormidas Laporte (1850–1934)	1904 – 1906		1904 (71%)
28		Henry Archer Ekers (1855–1937)	1906 – 1908		1906 (56%)
29		Louis Payette (1854–1932)	1908 – 1910		1908 (55%)
30		James John Edmund Guerin (1856–1932)	1910 – 1912		1910 (64%)
31		Louis-Arsène Lavallée (1861–1936)	1912 – 1914		1912 (63%)
32		Médéric Martin (1869–1946)	1914 – 1924		1914 (54%) 1916 (45%) 1918 (55%)
					1921 (71%)		Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (-1927)
33		Charles Duquette (1869–1937)	1924 – 1928		1924 (51%)
(32)		Médéric Martin (1869–1946)	1926 – 1928		1926 (56%)
							Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–)
34		Camillien Houde (1889–1958)	1928 – 1932		1928 (61%)
					1930 (67%)		Tancrède Fortin
35		Fernand Rinfret (1883–1939)	1932 – 1934		1932 (51%)		Joseph-Maurice Gabias
(34)		Camillien Houde (1889–1958)	1934 – 1936		1934 (63%)		Joseph-Marie Savignac
36		Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984)	1936 – 1938		1936 (44%)		Ovide Taillefer
(34)		Camillien Houde (1889–1958)	1938 – 1940		1938 (56%)		Joseph-Marie Savignac
(36)		Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984)	1940 – 1944		1940 (25%) 1942 (60%)		J.-Omer Asselin
(34)		Camillien Houde (1889–1958)	1944 – 1954		1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%)
37		Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)	1954 – 1957	Ligue d'action civique	1954 (50%)	28/99	Pierre DesMarais
38		Sarto Fournier (1908–1980)	1957 – 1960	Independent	1957 (51%)	N/A	Joseph-Marie Savignac
(37)		Jean Drapeau (1916–1999)	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		Jean Doré (1944–2015)	1986 – 1994	Montreal Citizens' Movement	1986 (68%)	56/59	Michael Fainstat
					1990 (59%)	42/51	Léa Cousineau
40		Pierre Bourque (1942– )	1994 – 2001	Vision Montréal	1994 (47%)	39/52	Noushig Eloyan
					1998 (44%)	40/52	Jean Fortier
41		Gérald Tremblay (1942– )	2001 – 5 November 2012	Union Montréal	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		Michael Applebaum (1963– )	19 November 2012 – 18 June 2013	Independent	–	–	Laurent Blanchard
43		Laurent Blanchard (1952– )	25 June 2013 – 14 November 2013	Independent	–	–	Josée Duplessis
44		Denis Coderre (1963– )	14 November 2013 – 16 November 2017	Équipe Denis Coderre	2013 (32%)	27/65	Pierre Desrochers
45		Valérie Plante (1974– )	16 November 2017 — current	Projet Montréal	2017 (51%) 2021 (52%)	34/65 37/65	Benoit Dorais (2017–2021) Dominique Ollivier (2021–2023) Luc Rabouin (2023–2024) Émilie Thuillier (2024- )

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

1. ^ Marsolais, Claude-V. (1993). Histoire des maires de Montréal. Robert Comeau, Luc Desrochers. Montréal: VLB. ISBN 2-89005-547-7. OCLC 29796076.
2. Beaudoin, Léo (2009). Jacques Viger : une biographie. Renée Blanchet. Montréal: VLB éditeur. ISBN 978-2-89649-083-7. OCLC 373349551.
3. "Second incorporation of Montréal - Democracy in Montreal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
4. "Joseph Bourret (1842-1844, 1847-1849) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
5. A May 11, 1846 court judgement removed James Ferrier from office and appointed John Easton Mills to succeed him.
6. "Joseph Bourret (1842-1844, 1847-1849) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
7. John Easton Mills died in office on November 12, 1847. Joseph Bourret was appointed Mayor Pro Tempore by the Members of the City Council.
8. 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.
9. "Wolfred Nelson (1854-1856) - Democracy in Montreal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
10. Bélanger, Claude. "Quebec History". faculty.marianopolis.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
11. Hustak, Alan (2004). Sir William Hingston : Montreal mayor, surgeon, and banker. Montreal: Price-Patterson Ltd. ISBN 1-896881-37-8. OCLC 56490445.
12. "John Joseph Caldwell Abbott - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
13. Répertoire des parlementaires québécois, 1867-1978. Québec. Bibliothèque de la Législature. Service de documentation politique. Québec: Bibliothèque de la Législature, Service de documentation politique. 1980. ISBN 2-551-03631-3. OCLC 7813777.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
14. "Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique". bilan.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
15. The Executive Committee of Montreal was established in 1921.
16. "Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique". bilan.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
17. "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
18. "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
19. "Adhémar Raynault - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
20. "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
21. "Adhémar Raynault - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
22. "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
23. "Jean Drapeau | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
24. "Jean Drapeau | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
25. "L'équipe : Articles : Vision Montreal". 2011-12-09. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
26. "Gérald Tremblay — Équipe Tremblay – Union Montréal". 2009-11-05. Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
27. Gould, Kevin (2012-11-16). "Michael Applebaum elected mayor of Montreal". Montreal. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
28. "VILLE DE MONTRÉAL: Rapport officiel du recensement des votes" (PDF). Élection Montréal. 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2021-06-15.

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

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