# List of mayors of Clarington

This is a list of mayors of the municipality of Clarington, Ontario, from its inception in 1974 until the present day. Mayors of townships prior to merger are also listed.

## Townships
### Town of Bowmanville

| No. | Mayor (Birth–Death) | Terms of office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| 1 | James McFeeters (1813–⁠1897) | 2 | 1858 | 1859 | |
| 2 | Frederic Cubitt | 1 | 1860 | 1860 | |
| 3 | James McFeeters | 1 | 1861 | 1861 | |
| 4 | George Haines | 3 | 1862 | 1865 | |
| 5 | Frederic Cubitt | 9 | 1866 | 1874 | |
| 6 | Francis McArthur | 1 | 1875 | 1875 | |
| 7 | William Thompson | 4 | 1876 | 1879 | |
| 8 | Francis McArthur | 4 | 1880 | 1883 | |
| 9 | Robert Lascombe | 2 | 1884 | 1885 | |
| 10 | William Horsey | 2 | 1886 | 1887 | |
| 11 | Abraham Younie | 2 | 1888 | 1889 | |
| 12 | John Galbraith | 1 | 1890 | 1890 | |
| 13 | William Allen | 13 | 1890 | 1902 | |
| 14 | Moses James | 2 | 1903 | 1904 | |
| 15 | Archibald Tait | 2 | 1905 | 1906 | |
| 16 | Thomas Spry | 2 | 1907 | 1908 | |
| 17 | J. J. Mason | 2 | 1909 | 1910 | |
| 18 | John Mitchell | 2 | 1911 | 1912 | |
| 19 | Soloman Hillier | 3 | 1913 | 1915 | |
| 20 | John Mitchell | 3.5 | 1916 | June 1919 | |
| 21 | Arthur McMillan | 0.5 | June 2 1919 | 1919 | |
| 22 | H. L. Quinn | 4 | 1920 | 1923 | |
| 23 | Thomas Holgate (1882–1935) | 5 | 1924 | 1928 | |
| 24 | Milton Elliot | 3 | 1929 | 1931 | |
| 25 | Geo. W. James | 2 | 1932 | 1933 | |
| 26 | Ross Strike | 4 | 1934 | 1937 | |
| 27 | Reginald O. Jones | 4 | 1938 | 1941 | |
| 28 | Alex Edmondstone | 0.5 | January 1942 | July 1942 | |
| 29 | C. G. Morris | 0.5 | July 1942 | December 1942 | Became acting mayor upon the departure of Alex Edmondstone. |
| 30 | Reginald O. Jones | 1 | 1943 | 1943 | |
| 31 | C. G. Morris | 3 | 1944 | 1946 | |
| 32 | Sidney Little | 2 | 1947 | 1948 | |
| 33 | Lawrence C. Mason | 3 | 1949 | 1951 | |
| 34 | Sidney Little | 1 | 1952 | 1952 | Elected in 1952. |
| 35 | Morley Vanstone | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | Elected in 1953. Acclamation in 1954. |
| 36 | Nelson E. Osborne | 4 | 1955 | 1958 | Acclaimed in 1955, 1956, 1957. |
| 37 | Wilfred Carruthers (1904–⁠1969) | 3 | 1959 | 1961 | Acclaimed in 1959, 1960 |
| 38 | Ivan M. Hobbs (1912–⁠1998) | 13 | 1962 | 1974 | Acclaimed |

### Darlington Township

| Mayor (Birth–Death) | Terms of office | Took office | Left office |
| Roy W. Nichols | 1 | 1959 | 1960 |
| Garnet B. Rickard (1916–1994) | 1 | 1960 | 1962 |
| A.L. Blanchard | 1 | 1963 | 1966 |
| Harold C. Muir | 1 | 1967 | 1969 |
| Carl Down | 1 | 1970 | 1972 |
| Garnet B. Rickard (1916–1994) | 1 | 1973 | 1974 |

### Clarke Township

| Mayor (Birth–Death) | Terms of office | Took office | Left office |
| James T. Brown | 1 | 1959 | 1960 |
| H. E. Walkey | 1 | 1961 | 1964 |
| John Stone | 1 | 1965 | 1966 |
| Roy A. Foster | 1 | 1967 | 1969 |
| John Stone | 1 | 1970 | 1972 |
| Ed Woodyard | 1 | 1973 | 1974 |

## Municipality (1974–present)
### Town of Newcastle (1974⁠–1993)

| No. | Mayor (Birth–Death) | Terms of office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| 1 | Garnet Rickard (1916–1994) | 5 | January 3, 1974 | November 30, 1985 | • The Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville, ON is named in his honour. |
| 2 | John Winter | 1 | December 1, 1985 | November 30, 1988 | |
| 3 | Marie Hubbard (1935–2022) | 1 | December 1, 1988 | November 30, 1991 | • Served as councillor from 1980 to 1982. • First female mayor of the municipality. • Appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board in 1997, Appointed Interim Chair in 2003. |

### Clarington (1993–present)

| No. | Mayor (Birth–Death) | Terms of office | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| 4 | Diane Hamre (1939–2017) | 3 | December 1, 1991 | November 30, 2000 | • Newcastle Recreation Complex renamed in her honour, after her death in 2017. |
| 5 | John Mutton (b. 1966) | 2 | December 1, 2000 | November 30, 2006 | Also known as "Mr. X" for his role in Ontario's greenbelt scandal. |
| 6 | Jim Abernethy (b. 1952) | 1 | December 1, 2006 | November 30, 2010 | |
| 7 | Adrian Foster (b. 19??) | 4 | December 1, 2010 | Incumbent | • Longest serving mayor of Clarington by time in office, as of 2022. |