# List of mayors of Montreal

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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. | 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 | Independent | 1840 | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Joseph Bourret (1802–1859) | 1842 – 1844 | Independent | 1842, 1843 | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | James Ferrier (1800–1888) | 1844 – 1846 | Independent | 1844, 1845, 1846 | N/A | N/A |
| 5 | John Easton Mills (1796–1847) | 1846—1847 | Independent | 1846, 1847 | N/A | N/A |
| (3) | Joseph Bourret (1802–1859) | 1847 – 1849 | Independent | 1847, 1848 | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | Édouard-Raymond Fabre (1799–1854) | 1849 – 1851 | Independent | 1849, 1850 | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | Charles Wilson (1808–1877) | 1851 – 1854 | Independent | 1851 1852 (99%) 1853 (91%) | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | Wolfred Nelson (1791–1863) | 1854 – 1856 | Independent | 1854 (51%) 1855 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | Henry Starnes (1816–1896) | 1856 – 1858 | Independent | 1856 (unopposed) 1857 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | Charles-Séraphin Rodier (1797–1876) | 1858 – 1862 | Independent | 1858 (57%) 1859 (89%) 1860 (50%) 1861 (59%) | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1862 – 1866 | Independent | 1862 (58%) 1863 (97%) 1864 (unopposed) 1865 (57%) | N/A | N/A |
| (9) | Henry Starnes (1816–1896) | 1866 – 1868 | Independent | 1866 (99%) 1867 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | William Workman (1807–1878) | 1868 – 1871 | Independent | 1868 (63%) 1869 (unopposed) 1870 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | Charles-Joseph Coursol (1819–1888) | 1871 – 1873 | Independent | 1871 (unopposed) 1872 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | Francis Cassidy (1827–1873) | 1873 | Independent | 1873 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | Aldis Bernard (1810–1876) | 1873 – 1875 | Independent | 1874 (84%) | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | William Hales Hingston (1829–1907) | 1875 – 1877 | Independent | 1875 (88%) 1876 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| (11) | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1877 – 1879 | Independent | 1877 (77%) 1878 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | Sévère Rivard (1834–1888) | 1879 – 1881 | Independent | 1879 (53%) 1880 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| (11) | Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886) | 1881 – 1885 | Independent | 1881 (52%) 1882 (58%) 1883 (52%) 1884 (53%) | N/A | N/A |
| 18 | Honoré Beaugrand (1848–1906) | 1885 – 1887 | Independent | 1885 (53%) 1886 (62%) | N/A | N/A |
| 19 | John Abbott (1821–1893) | 1887 – 1888 | Independent | 1887 (55%) 1888 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Jacques Grenier (1823–1909) | 1889 – 1891 | Independent | 1889 (unopposed) 1890 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 21 | James McShane (1833–1918) | 1891 – 1893 | Independent | 1891 (67%) 1892 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | Alphonse Desjardins (1841–1912) | 1893 – 1894 | Independent | 1893 (50%) | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve (1836–1901) | 1894 – 1896 | Independent | 1894 (50%) | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | Richard Wilson-Smith (1852–1912) | 1896 – 1898 | Independent | 1896 (unopposed) | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905) | 1898 – 1902 | Independent | 1898 (unopposed) 1900 (67%) | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | James Cochrane (1852–1905) | 1902 – 1904 | Independent | 1902 (52%) | N/A | N/A |
| 27 | Hormidas Laporte (1850–1934) | 1904 – 1906 | Independent | 1904 (71%) | N/A | N/A |
| 28 | Henry Archer Ekers (1855–1937) | 1906 – 1908 | Independent | 1906 (56%) | N/A | N/A |
| 29 | Louis Payette (1854–1932) | 1908 – 1910 | Independent | 1908 (55%) | N/A | N/A |
| 30 | James John Edmund Guerin (1856–1932) | 1910 – 1912 | Independent | 1910 (64%) | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | Louis-Arsène Lavallée (1861–1936) | 1912 – 1914 | Independent | 1912 (63%) | N/A | N/A |
| 32 | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) | 1914 – 1924 | Independent | 1914 (54%) 1916 (45%) 1918 (55%) | N/A | N/A |
| 32 | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) | 1914 – 1924 | Independent | 1921 (71%) | N/A | Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (-1927) |
| 33 | Charles Duquette (1869–1937) | 1924 – 1928 | Independent | 1924 (51%) | N/A | Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (-1927) |
| (32) | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) | 1926 – 1928 | Independent | 1926 (56%) | N/A | Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (-1927) |
| (32) | Médéric Martin (1869–1946) | 1926 – 1928 | Independent | 1926 (56%) | N/A | Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–) |
| 34 | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) | 1928 – 1932 | Independent | 1928 (61%) | N/A | Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–) |
| 34 | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) | 1928 – 1932 | Independent | 1930 (67%) | N/A | Tancrède Fortin |
| 35 | Fernand Rinfret (1883–1939) | 1932 – 1934 | Independent | 1932 (51%) | N/A | Joseph-Maurice Gabias |
| (34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) | 1934 – 1936 | Independent | 1934 (63%) | N/A | Joseph-Marie Savignac |
| 36 | Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984) | 1936 – 1938 | Independent | 1936 (44%) | N/A | Ovide Taillefer |
| (34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) | 1938 – 1940 | Independent | 1938 (56%) | N/A | Joseph-Marie Savignac |
| (36) | Adhémar Raynault (1881–1984) | 1940 – 1944 | Independent | 1940 (25%) 1942 (60%) | N/A | J.-Omer Asselin |
| (34) | Camillien Houde (1889–1958) | 1944 – 1954 | Independent | 1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%) | N/A | J.-Omer Asselin |
| 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 |
| (37) | Jean Drapeau (1916–1999) | 1960 – 1986 | Civic Party | 1970 (92%) 1974 (55%) | 52/52 37/55 | Gérard Niding |
| (37) | Jean Drapeau (1916–1999) | 1960 – 1986 | Civic Party | 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 |
| 39 | Jean Doré (1944–2015) | 1986 – 1994 | Montreal Citizens' Movement | 1990 (59%) | 42/51 | Léa Cousineau |
| 40 | Pierre Bourque (1942– ) | 1994 – 2001 | Vision Montréal | 1994 (47%) | 39/52 | Noushig Eloyan |
| 40 | Pierre Bourque (1942– ) | 1994 – 2001 | Vision Montréal | 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) |
| 41 | Gérald Tremblay (1942– ) | 2001 – 5 November 2012 | Union Montréal | 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 2 3 Marsolais, Claude-V. (1993). Histoire des maires de Montréal. Robert Comeau, Luc Desrochers. Montréal: VLB. ISBN 2-89005-547-7. OCLC 29796076.
* ↑ Beaudoin, Léo (2009). Jacques Viger : une biographie. Renée Blanchet. Montréal: VLB éditeur. ISBN 978-2-89649-083-7. OCLC 373349551.
* ↑ "Second incorporation of Montréal - Democracy in Montreal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Joseph Bourret (1842-1844, 1847-1849) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ A May 11, 1846 court judgement removed James Ferrier from office and appointed John Easton Mills to succeed him.
* ↑ "Joseph Bourret (1842-1844, 1847-1849) - La démocratie à Montréal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ John Easton Mills died in office on November 12, 1847. Joseph Bourret was appointed Mayor Pro Tempore by the Members of the City Council.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ "Wolfred Nelson (1854-1856) - Democracy in Montreal - Archives de Montréal". www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ Bélanger, Claude. "Quebec History". faculty.marianopolis.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ Hustak, Alan (2004). Sir William Hingston : Montreal mayor, surgeon, and banker. Montreal: Price-Patterson Ltd. ISBN 1-896881-37-8. OCLC 56490445.
* ↑ "John Joseph Caldwell Abbott - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ 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)
* ↑ "Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique". bilan.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ The Executive Committee of Montreal was established in 1921.
* ↑ "Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique". bilan.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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* ↑ "Adhémar Raynault - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Adhémar Raynault - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Camillien Houde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Jean Drapeau | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Jean Drapeau | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "L'équipe : Articles : Vision Montreal". 2011-12-09. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "Gérald Tremblay — Équipe Tremblay – Union Montréal". 2009-11-05. Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ Gould, Kevin (2012-11-16). "Michael Applebaum elected mayor of Montreal". Montreal. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
* ↑ "VILLE DE MONTRÉAL: Rapport officiel du recensement des votes" (PDF). Élection Montréal. 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2021-06-15.