Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick - wikipedia Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick Mayor of Saint John Incumbent Don Darling since May 9th, 2016 Style Your Worship Term length 4 years Inaugural holder Gabriel G. Ludlow Formation 1785 Salary $38 000 ( $18 000 additional allowance ), 2012 Website City of Saint John The Mayor of the City of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John Common Council consists of a mayor ( chair ) and 10 councillors. The city has a ward system with four of roughly equal population. This municipal arrangement was first adopted in the 2008 municipal election after a plebiscite held October 9, 2007. The mayor is directly elected along with two councillors that run at large. The councillor at large, which gains a plurality of votes, becomes the deputy mayor. Each ward elects two councillor. Since the incorporation of Saint John in 1785, the mayor has served as the chief representative of the city. Officeholders were first appointed by the Governor of New Brunswick, under an order in council. By the end of the end of the nineteenth century, the mayor was elected by the alderman of Common Council. In 1854, the office was directly elected by Saint John residents. As head of the largest city in New Brunswick, many mayors have served as elected officials at the federal and provincial level both before and after their tenure. Since 1785, 67 individuals have held the office of mayor. Notably, Samuel Davis, 1977 - 1980, served as the first elected Jewish Mayor of Saint John. In 1983 Elsie Wayne was elected the first woman mayor. She served until 1993. While serving only two years, Thomas J. Higgins was the first Catholic Mayor of Saint John. The incumbent, Don Darling, was elected May 9, 2016. List of Mayors Appointed by Governor - In - Council Gabriel G. Ludlow, 1785 - 1795 William Campbell, 1795 - 1816 John Robinson, 1816 - 1828 ( Died In Office ) William Black, 1828 - 1829 Lauchlan Donaldson, 1829 - 1832 William Black, 1832 - 1833 John M. Wilmot, 1833 - 1834 Benjamin L. Peters, 1834 - 1835 William H. Street, 1835 - 1836 John Robertson, 1836 - 1837 Robert F. Hazen, 1837 - 1840 William Black, 1840 - 1843 Lauchlan Donaldson, 1843 - 1847 John R. Partelow, 1847 - 1848 William H. Street, 1848 - 1849 Robert D. Wilmot, 1849 - 1850 Henry Chubb, 1850 - 1851 Elected indirectly by Common Council Thomas Harding, 1851 - 1852 William O. Smith, 1852 - 1853 James Olive, 1853 - 1854 Elected directly by residents James Olive, 1854 - 1855 William O. Smith, 1855 - 1859 Thomas Mcavity, 1859 - 1863 Isaac Woodward, 1863 - 1866 Aaron Alward, 1866 - 1870 Thomas M. Reed, 1870 - 1874 A. Chipman Smith, 1874 - 1877 Sylvester Z. Earle, 1877 - 1879 Charles R. Ray, 1879 - 1881 Simeon Jones, 1881 - 1884 J. Mcgregor Grant, 1884 - 1885 J.S. Boies Deveber, 1885 - 1887 Henry J. Thorne, 1887 - 1889 George A. Barker, 1889 ( Died In Office ) I. Allen Jack, July 7 - August 9, 1889 ( As Recorder Under City Charter ) W. Albert Lockhart, 1889 - 1891 Thomas W. Peters, 1891 - 1894 George Robertson, 1894 - 1898 Edward Sears, 1898 - 1900 John Waterhouse Daniel, 1900 - 1902 Walter W. White, 1902 - 1906 Edward Sears, 1906 - 1908 Thomas H. Bullock, 1908 - 1910 James H. Frink, 1910 - 1916 Robert T. Hayes, 1916 - 1920 E. Allen Schofield, 1920 - 1922 Harry R. Mclellan, 1922 G. Frederick Fisher, 1922 - 1924 Frank L. Potts, 1924 - 1926 ( Died In Office ) Walter W. White, 1926 - 1932 James W. Brittain, 1932 - 1936 D. Laurence Maclaren, 1936 - 1940 Charles R. Wasson, 1940 - 1944 James D. McKenna, 1944 - 1948 Ernest W. Patterson, 1948 - 1950 George E. Howard, 1950 - 1952 Ernest W. Patterson, 1952 - 1954 Gilbert B. Peat, 1954 - 1956 William W. Macaulay, 1956 - 1958 D. Laurence Maclaren, 1958 - 1960 ( Died In Office ) James A. Whitebone, 1960 Eric L. Teed, 1960 - 1964 Stephen H. Weyman, 1964 - 1966 Arthur L. Gould, 1966 Arthur L. Gould, January - June 1967 Joseph A. Macdougall, 1967 - 1969 H. Avard Loomer, 1969 ( Died In Office ) James E. Calvin, 1969 - 1971 Bob Lockhart, 1971 - 1974 Edis A. Flewwelling, 1974 - 1977 Samuel Davis, 1977 - 1980 Bob Lockhart, 1980 - 1983 Elsie Wayne, 1983 - 1993 Thomas J. Higgins, 1994 - 1995 Shirley McAlary, 1995 - 2004 Norman McFarlane, 2004 - 2008 Ivan Court, 2008 - 2012 Mel Norton, 2012 - 2016 Don Darling, 2016 - Present References Jump up ^ `` New Brunswick Mayors ' Salaries and Expenses ''. CBC News NB. Retrieved 17 March 2016. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_Saint_John,_New_Brunswick&oldid=746659881 '' Categories : Lists of mayors of places in New Brunswick Mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from June 2013 Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 28 October 2016, at 19 : 12. About Wikipedia

Question: who is the mayor of saint john nb
Answer: Don Darling