# List of mayors of Oxnard, California

This is a list of mayors of Oxnard, California.
The city's first mayor was Richard B. Haydock who led the effort to build the city's Carnegie library, now known as the Carnegie Art Museum.
The city's longest-serving mayor was Manuel M. Lopez who was mayor for 12 years from 1992 to 2004.
The current mayor is Luis McArthur, voted into office in November 2024 after retiring as an Oxnard Police Commander. He served 35 years on the police force.
| # | Name | Term | Notes |
| 1 | Richard Barrett Haydock | 1903–1906 | Born 1857 in Smithland, Kentucky. Oxnard's first mayor. He led the effort to build the city's Carnegie library, now known as the Carnegie Art Museum. |
| 2 | S. B. Bagnall | 1906–1910 | |
| 3 | Joseph Sailer | 1910–1920 | Born in Austria c. 1867. |
| 4 | Hubert H. Eastwood | 1920–1926 | Born in England c. 1870. |
| 5 | E. Gerrie Driffill | 1926–1928 | |
| 6 | A. B. Westfield | 1928–1929 | |
| 7 | E. Roy Gill | 1929–1937 | |
| 8 | Fred Snodgrass | 1937–1938 | Born in Ventura in 1887. Played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Giants and Boston Braves from 1908 to 1916. Best known for having dropped a fly ball that cost the Giants the final game of the 1912 World Series. After retiring from baseball, he returned to California, bought a ranch in the El Rio area of Oxnard where he grew lemons and apricots, sold iceless refrigerators and other home appliances for Kelvinator, served as mayor of Oxnard in 1937, and moved to Ventura in 1938. Died in 1974 in Ventura. |
| 9 | W. Roy Guyer | 1938–1942 | Born 1885 in Michigan |
| 10 | Hubert H. Eastwood (2nd term) | 1942–1944 | See above |
| 11 | Edwin L. Carty | 1944–1950 | Born 1897 in Santa Barbara. Worked as a real estate broker and developer. He was credited with leading many of the city's developments, including Channel Islands Harbor. He served as mayor from 1944 to 1950. Later served as a county supervisor 1950–1965. Died 1990. |
| 12 | A. Elliott Stoll | 1950–1951 | Born in South Dakota in 1916. A dentist by profession, he left position as mayor for military service; returned to the post in 1954. Died in 1996. |
| 13 | Rudolph Beck | 1951–1954 | |
| 14 | A. Elliott Stoll (2nd term) | 1954–1956 | See above |
| 15 | Carl E. Ward | 1956–1960 | |
| 16 | C. E. Davidson | 1960–1962 | |
| 17 | Robert F. Howlett | 1962–1966 | Born 1902, died January 27, 1990, in Oxnard. |
| 18 | William "Bill" Soo Hoo | 1966–1970 | First Chinese-American mayor in California. He was also the first Oxnard native to serve as mayor. He died in 1990 in Oxnard. |
| 19 | Salvatore Sanchez Jr. | 1970–1971 | Born c. 1927 in Los Angeles. A teacher by profession. The first Latino to serve as Oxnard's mayor. Died in 2014 at his home in Oxnard. |
| 20 | R. H. "Bud" Roussey | 1971 | Born 6 November 1912 in Oxnard. Died in Oxnard on 9 May 2005. |
| 21 | Donald H. Miller | 1971–1972 | |
| 22 | E. "Al" Jewell | 1972–1973 | |
| 23 | Jane Tolmach | 1973–1974 | Born in Havre, Montana, and moved to Ventura County at age two. A social worker and community activist for many years. The first and still only woman mayor of Oxnard, serving from 1973 to 1974. She also served on City Council starting in 1970. Died in 2015. |
| 24 | E. "Al" Jewell (2nd term) | 1974–1976 | |
| 25 | Tsujio Kato | 1976–1982 | Born in Oxnard in 1938. He spent World War II with his family at the Gila River internment camp. He became a dentist and opened a practice in Oxnard in 1965. He served on City Council 1972-1976 and as mayor 1976–1982. He is credited with having led Oxnard's California Strawberry Festival to national prominence. |
| 26 | Nao Takasugi | 1982–1992 | Born 1922 in Oxnard, his parents operated Asahi Market. Spent a portion of World War II at the Gila River internment camp. Served on City Council 1976-1982 and as mayor for 10 years from 1982 to 1992. Later served in the California Assembly 1992–1998. Died in 2009. |
| 27 | Manuel M. Lopez | 1992–2004 | Began practice as an optometrist in Oxnard in 1962. Served on City Council starting in 1978. Elected as mayor in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. Later served as a commissioner for the Port of Hueneme. At 12 years, he had the longest tenure as mayor in Oxnard history. |
| 28 | Thomas E. Holden | 2004–2012 | An optometrist by profession, the second consecutive optometrist to serve as mayor of Oxnard. Served on City Council, 1993–2002. Elected as mayor in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 |
| 29 | Timothy B. Flynn | 2012–2020 | Teacher of German and social science in the Oxnard Union High School District and political science at Oxnard College. Elected as mayor in 2012, 2014, and 2016. |
| 30 | John C. Zaragoza | 2020–2024 | Former Ventura County Supervisor and former Oxnard City Council member. |
| 31 | Luis McArthur | 2024–present | Retired after 35 years on the Oxnard Police Department to become Mayor. |