# List of mayors of New Westminster

The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council meetings. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve. Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents. The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city. Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.

## List

Note: Any affiliations with provincial political parties will only be listed if the person was known to have served in a party caucus of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Appointed by City Council (president) :
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 1 | Leonard McClure | 1860 | 1861 | Independent |
| 2 | John Ramage | 1861 | 1862 | Independent |
| 3 | Henry Holbrook | 1862 | 1863 | Independent |
| 4 | Robert Dickinson | 1863 | 1864 | Independent |
| 5 | William Clarkson | 1864 | 1865 | Independent |
| 6 | William J. Armstrong | 1865 | 1866 | Independent |
| 7 | John Robson | 1866 | 1867 | Independent |
| (3) | Henry Holbrook | 1867 | 1869 | Independent |
| (6) | William J. Armstrong | 1869 | 1871 | Independent |
| (5) | William Clarkson | 1871 | 1872 | Independent |
Elected directly by the public (mayor) :
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Party |
| 8 | James Cunningham | 1873 | 1873 | Independent |
| (4) | Robert Dickinson | 1874 | 1875 | Independent |
| 9 | Thomas R. McInnes | 1876 | 1877 | Independent |
| (3) | Henry Holbrook | 1878 | 1878 | Independent |
| 10 | W.D. Ferris | 1979 | 1979 | Independent |
| (4) | Robert Dickinson | 1880 | 1881 | Independent |
| 11 | Loftus R. McInnes | 1882 | 1882 | Independent |
| 12 | Henry Edmonds | 1883 | 1883 | Independent |
| (4) | Robert Dickinson | 1883 | 1888 | Independent |
| 13 | John Hendry | 1889 | 1889 | Independent |
| 14 | W.B. Townsend | 1889 | 1889 | Independent |
| 15 | John Brown | 1890 | 1891 | Independent |
| (14) | W.B. Townsend | 1892 | 1892 | Independent |
| 16 | D.S. Curtis | 1893 | 1893 | Independent |
| 17 | Henry Hoy | 1894 | 1894 | Independent |
| 18 | B.W. Shiles | 1895 | 1897 | Independent |
| 19 | Thomas Ovens | 1898 | 1899 | Independent |
| 20 | J.T. Scott | 1900 | 1901 | Independent |
| 21 | W.H. Keary | 1902 | 1909 | Independent |
| 22 | John A. Lee | 1910 | 1912 | Independent |
| 23 | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1913 | 1919 | Liberal |
| 24 | J. J. Johnston | 1920 | 1922 | Independent |
| 25 | T.S. Annandale | 1923 | 1926 | Independent |
| (23) | Arthur "Wells" Gray | 1927 | 1933 | Liberal |
| 26 | Fred J. Hume | 1934 | 1942 | Independent |
| 27 | William Mott | 1943 | 1948 | Independent |
| 28 | J.L. Sangster | 1949 | 1950 | Independent |
| 29 | F. H. Jackson | 1951 | 1958 | Independent |
| 30 | Beth Wood | 1959 | 1964 | Independent |
| 31 | Stuart Gifford | 1964 | 1968 | Independent |
| 32 | Muni Evers | 1968 | 1982 | Independent |
| 33 | Tom Baker | 1982 | 1988 | Independent |
| 34 | Betty Toporowski | 1988 | 1996 | Independent |
| 35 | Helen Sparkes | 1996 | 2002 | Independent |
| 36 | Wayne Wright | 2002 | 2014 | Independent |
| 37 | Jonathan X. Côte | 2014 | 2022 | Independent |
| 38 | Patrick Johnstone | 2022 | ongoing | Community First New West |
* 1 2 Provincial party affiliation that was not registered as a British Columbian municipal political party.
* ↑ Not to be confused with the English locomotive engineer Henry Hoy.
* ↑ Not to be confused with American actor J. J. Johnston.
* ↑ Conflicting reports suggest Wells Gray left office in 1930.
* ↑ Not to be confused with American politician Beth Wood.
* 1 2 Conflicting reports suggest Muni Evers served as mayor between 1969 and 1984.
* ↑ Not to be confused with English actor and writer Tom Baker.

## Mayors who held higher offices
### Federal government
#### Canadian senators

* Thomas Robert McInnes, 1881–1897

#### Canadian members of Parliament

* James Cunningham, 1874–1878
* Thomas Robert McInnes, 1878–1881
* William Mott, 1949–1953

### Provincial government
#### Lieutenant governors of British Columbia

* Thomas Robert McInnes, 1897–1900

#### Premiers of British Columbia

* John Robson, 1889–1892

#### MLAs of British Columbia / MLCs of British Columbia / MCAs of British Columbia

* Henry Holbrook, 1871–1875
* John Robson, 1871–1875 and 1882–1892
* William James Armstrong, 1871–1878 and 1881–1884
* Robert Dickinson, 1875–1878
* John Cunningham Brown, 1890–1894 and 1900–1901
* Arthur (Wells) Gray, 1927–1944 (died in office)