List of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario

This is a list of mayors of Sudbury, Ontario, including the suburban communities that were amalgamated with Sudbury to create the city of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001.

Town of Sudbury (1893–1930)

In Office	Mayor	Notes	Ref
1893	Stephen Fournier		[1][2]
1894	Daniel O'Connor		[1]
1895	Murray Biggar		[1]
1896	Stephen Fournier		[2]
1897-1898	Francis Cochrane		[1]
1899-1901	Thomas J. Ryan		[1]
1902	Francis Cochrane		[1][2]
1903-1904	Francis Foley Lemieux		[1]
1905-1907	Larry O'Connor		[1]
1908-1909	John McLeod		[1]
1910-1911	Larry O'Connor		[1]
1912-1913	John G. Henry		[1]
1914-1915	Larry O'Connor		[1]
1916	Thomas Travers		[1]
1917-1919	Percy Morrison		[1]
1920-1921	J. Alfred Laberge	First mayor to have been born in the city.	[1]
1922-1923	Robert H. Arthur		[1]
1924-1925	Joseph Sutherland Gill		[1]
1926-1927	Joseph A. Samson		[1]
1928-1929	Charles Bibby		[1]

City of Sudbury (1930–2000)

In Office	Mayor	Notes	Ref
1930-1932	Peter Fenton		[1][2]
1933-1934	W. Marr Brodie		[1][2]
1935-1936	William J. Cullen		[1][2]
1937-1938	John Rudd		[1][2]
1939-1940	W. J. Forest		[1]
1941-1951	William S. Beaton		[1][2]
1952-1954	Dan Jessup		[1][2]
1955-1956	Leo Landreville		[1][2]
1957-1959	Joe Fabbro		[1][2][3][4]
1960-1961	William R. Edgar
1962-1963	William A. Ellis
1964-1965	Joe Fabbro		[4]
1966	Max Silverman		[5]
1967	Grace Hartman		[6][7][8]
1968-1975	Joe Fabbro		[4]
1976-1981	Jim Gordon
1981-1982	Maurice Lamoureux		[9]
1982-1991	Peter Wong		[10]
1991-2000	Jim Gordon

City of Greater Sudbury (2001–present)

In Office	Mayor	Notes	Ref
December 9, 2000 - November 30, 2003	Jim Gordon		[11]
December 1, 2003 - November 30, 2006	David Courtemanche		[12]
December 1, 2006 - November 30, 2010	John Rodriguez		[13]
December 1, 2010 - November 30, 2014	Marianne Matichuk		[14]
December 1, 2014 – November 14, 2022	Brian Bigger	First mayor to serve more than a single term since the municipal amalgamation of 2000.	[15]
November 15, 2022	Paul Lefebvre		[16]

Regional Municipality of Sudbury (1973–2000)

Capreol

(independent town 1918-1973, town within Regional Municipality of Sudbury 1973-2000)

• P. Kilgour 1927-1928
• B. M. Robinson 1931
• W. Gibson 1932-1935
• James E. Coyne 1936-1943
• W. Gibson 1944-1946
• Alistair MacLean 1947-1952
• W. Gibson 1953-1954
• Harold Prescott 1955-1969
• Norman Fawcett 1969-1973
• Harold Prescott 1973-1975
• Frank Mazzuca 1975-1997
• Dave Kilgour 1997-2000

Nickel Centre

• Mike Solski (1973–1979)
• Gary Lacey (1979–1982)
• Stan Hayduk (1982–1997)
• John Fera (1997–2000)

Coniston

(independent town 1934-1973)

• Edgar T. Austin ^[1] (1934–1946)
• Roy Snitch (1947–1952)
• Walter Kilimnik (1953–1957)
• William Evershed (1958–1959)
• Maurice Beauchemin (1960–1962)
• Mike Solski (1963–1973) - Elected mayor of the new town of Nickel Centre on the amalgamation of the independent towns of Coniston, Garson, Wahnapitae, Falconbridge, and Skead.

Falconbridge

(independent town 1957–1973)

• John Franklin (1957–1973)

Onaping Falls

• Earl Gilchrist
• James Coady (1973–1983, mayor of Levack: 1964-1973)
• Robert Parker
• Shirley Mirka
• Jean Guy Quesnel

Rayside-Balfour

• Gilles Pelland (1972-1988)
• Lionel Lalonde (1988-2000)

Valley East

(Town, 1973–1997, City 1997-2000)

• Ray Plourde
• Howard Armstrong
• Jean-Yves 'John' Robert

Walden

• Tom Davies, 1973-1981
• Alex Fex, 1981-1982
• Charlie White, 1982-1991
• Terry Kett, 1991-1997
• Dick Johnstone, 1997-2000

References

1. Dorian, Charles (1961). The First 75 Years, A Headline History of Sudbury, Canada. Arthur H. Stockwell Limited, Ilfracombe, Devon
2. Wallace, C. M.; & Thomson, Ashley (Eds.) (1993). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital (3rd ed.). Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-170-7.
3. Thomas, Ray and Pearsall, Kathy (1994). Sudbury. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 978-1-55046-110-7.
4. "Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. (January, 2005). "South Side Story" p.19
5. "Silverman defeats Fabbro for mayoralty in landslide upset at Sudbury". The Globe and Mail, December 7, 1965.
6. "Title The legacy of Grace Hartman: Honour bestowed on late mayor offers young women and girls a lasting role model to emulate." (October 16, 2001). Sudbury Star, p. A6.
7. Hinds, Mary Lou (January 30, 2002). "People: Social Activist and Mayor Grace Hartman". section15.ca.
8. "Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. (January, 2005). "South Side Story" p.18
9. "City mourns long-serving politician, volunteer". Sudbury Star, July 8, 2022.
10. Mick Lowe, "Mayor's decision comes back to haunt him", Sudbury Star, November 2, 1982, P4.
11. "Council set to take reins of City of Greater Sudbury". Sudbury Star, December 9, 2000.
12. Denis St. Pierre, "He'll be a very different mayor". Sudbury Star, November 11, 2003.
13. Jason Thompson, "Mayor drives home agenda for next 100 days". Northern Life, December 7, 2006.
14. "City elects first female mayor". Northern Life, October 25, 2010.
15. "Brian Bigger elected mayor of Greater Sudbury". CBC Sudbury, October 27, 2014.
16. "Paul Lefebvre elected mayor of Greater Sudbury". CTV Northern Ontario, October 24, 2022.