List of mayors of Vancouver


The mayor of the City of Vancouver is the head and chief executive officer of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, elected for a four-year term. The 40th and current officeholder is Kennedy Stewart since 2018.

List

#MayorTerm startTerm endTerms Party
1Malcolm A. MacLean188618872Independent
2David Oppenheimer188818914Independent
3Frederick Cope189218932Independent
4Robert A. Anderson189418941Independent
5Henry Collins189518962Independent
6William Templeton189718971Independent
7James Garden189819003Independent
8Thomas Townley190119011Independent
9Thomas Neelands190219032Independent
10William McGuigan190419041Independent
11Frederick Buscombe190519062Independent
12Alexander Bethune190719082Independent
13Charles Douglas190919091Conservative
14Louis D. Taylor191019112Liberal
15James Findlay191219121Conservative
16Truman S. Baxter191319142Liberal
Louis D. Taylor19151915Liberal
17Malcolm P. McBeath191519173Liberal
18Robert Gale191819214Conservative
19Charles E. Tisdall192219232Conservative
20William R. Owen192419241Conservative
Louis D. Taylor192519284Liberal
21William H. Malkin192919302Conservative
Louis D. Taylor193119344Liberal
22Gerry McGeer193519362Liberal
23George C. Miller193719382Conservative
24James L. Telford193919402Independent
25Jonathan W. Cornett194119466NPA
Gerry McGeer 19471947NPA
26Charles E. Jones 19471948NPA
27Charles E. Thompson194919502NPA
28Frederick Hume195119582NPA
29Albert T. Alsbury195919621NPA
30William Rathie196319661NPA
31Tom Campbell 1196619723Independent
32Arthur Phillips197219761TEAM
33Jack Volrich197619801TEAM
34Mike Harcourt198019863Independent
35Gordon Campbell198619933NPA
36Philip Owen199320023NPA
37Larry Campbell200220051COPE
38Sam Sullivan200520081NPA
39Gregor Robertson200820183Vision
40Kennedy Stewart2018Independent

List of mayors who held higher office

Two former mayors, Mike Harcourt and Gordon Campbell, went on to become premier of British Columbia.
George Clark Miller, Sam Sullivan, Art Phillips and James Garden became members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia after being mayor.
Larry Campbell became a Canadian senator after being mayor.
Gregor Robertson, Charles Douglas, James Lyle Telford, Jonathan Webster Cornett and Charles Edward Tisdall were British Columbia MLAs prior to becoming mayor.
Jonathan Webster Cornett was reeve of South Vancouver before becoming Vancouver mayor.
Gerry McGeer was a BC MLA and provincial cabinet minister before becoming mayor of Vancouver and became a Canadian member of Parliament and senator after having been mayor.
Kennedy Stewart was a Canadian MP of the New Democratic Party before being elected.