page_title: List of mayors of Fairbanks, Alaska
section_title: Mayors of City of Fairbanks
hierarchical_section_title: List of mayors of Fairbanks, Alaska / Mayors of City of Fairbanks
caption_attribution_description: English: Maurice Theodore Johnson (1901-1972) was an American lawyer and politician, best known for serving as mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska and for being a signer of the constitution of Alaska. On this occasion, Johnson appeared in his guise as the attorney for the Fairbanks school district at a regular luncheon meeting of school board members and district officials.
context_page_description: The following provides a listing of the individuals who have served as mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, as well as the ten mayors of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, a county equivalent which includes the city.
  Fairbanks, a home rule city in the U.S. state of Alaska, was founded in 1901. Fairbanks incorporated as a town on November 10, 1903, pursuant to the original laws allowing for communities in Alaska to incorporate. Following changes in those laws during the latter territorial era, Fairbanks began its current designation as a city ca. 1950. When statehood became effective for Alaska in 1959, the Alaska Constitution provided for home rule, a status the citizens of Fairbanks ratified the following year.
  The Fairbanks North Star Borough, which encompasses the city and several surrounding towns and villages, was established by an act of the Alaska State Legislature in 1963, and incorporated on January 1, 1964. The borough seat is in Fairbanks.
context_section_description: The city mayor was originally elected from amongst the council.  This was later changed to the mayor being elected separately by voters for a two-year term, but serving as a figurehead, as the city was administered by a manager.  The mayor began serving as the chief administrator of city government, serving a three-year term, in 1992.
  2016–present: Jim Matherly
  2013–2016: John Eberhart
  2010–2013: Jerry Cleworth
  2007–2010: Terry Strle
  2001–2007: Steve M. Thompson
  1992–2001: James C. Hayes
  1990–1992: Wayne S. Nelson
  1988–1990: James D. Nordale
  1982–1988: Bill Walley
  1980–1982: Ruth E. Burnett
  1978–1980: William Ransom Wood
  1972–1978: Harold Gillam
  1970–1972: Julian C. Rice
  1966–1970: Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher
  1965–1966: Sylvia Ringstad
  1962–1965: Darrell Brewington
  1960–1962: Joseph M. Ribar
  1957–1960: Paul B. Haggland
  1954–1957: Douglas Preston
  1952–1954: Ralph J. Rivers
  1950–1952: Robert Hoopes
  1949–1950: Maurice Johnson
  1948–1949: Ray Kohler
  1945–1948: Alfeld Hjalmar Nordale
  1943–1945: Howard G. Hughes
  1940–1943: William Growden
  1938–1940: Arthur Leslie Nerland
  1934–1938: E.B. Collins
  1933–1934: Arnold Nordale
  1931–1933: Jessie F. Bryant
  1925–1931: Dr. Frank De La Vergne
  1923–1925: Thomas A. Marquam
  1922–1923: R.W. Ferguson
  1921–1922: C.H. Woodward
  1919–1921: A.L. Wilbur
  1918–1919: E.E. Suter
  1917–1918: Henry T. Ray
  1917: G.M. Smith
  1916–1917: R.R. Meyers
  1915–1916: Andrew Nerland
  1913–1915: Murray C. Smith
  1913: E.C. Heacock
  1912–1913: Dan Driscoll
  1911–1912: F.S. Gordon
  1910–1911: A.J. Nordale
  1909–1910: Mel Sabin
  1909: Joseph Smith
  1908–1909: Fred Carter
  1907–1908: J. Barrack
  1906–1907: B.D. Mills
  1903–1906: E.T. Barnette
caption: Maurice Johnson (1960)
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