List of mayors of Brampton

The mayor of Brampton is head of the executive branch of the Brampton City Council. The current mayor is Patrick Brown.

Mayor of Brampton
Incumbent
Patrick Brown
since December 1, 2018
Style
Member ofCity Council
Reports toBrampton City Council
ResidenceBrampton
SeatBrampton City Hall
AppointerDirectly elected by residents of Brampton
Term lengthFour years, renewable
PrecursorReeve of Brampton
Inaugural holderJohn Haggert
Formation1874 (1874)
Salary$148,371 (2013)[1]
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor

The following is a list of mayors of Brampton:

List

  1. John Haggert, 1874–February 1877
  2. James Golding, 1877–1879
  3. William A. McCulla, 1880–1882
  4. Matthew M. Elliott, 1883–1884
  5. Thomas Milner, 1886–1887 (died in office)
  6. A. F. Campbell, 1887–1888
  7. Thomas Holtby, 1889–1890
  8. Manton Treadgold, 1891–1892
  9. John T. Mullin, 1893–1894
  10. Edwin O. Runians, 1895–1896
  11. Edward H. Crandell, 1897–1898
  12. William Edwin Milner, 1899–1900
  13. Thomas Thauburn, 1901–1902
  14. Benjamin Franklin Justin, 1903–1905
  15. William Edwin Milner, 1906–June 1907
  16. C. A. Irvine, as Acting Mayor, June to July 1907, and as Mayor, July 1907[2]
  17. Samuel Charters, August to December 1907
  18. James Golding, 1908–1909
  19. Thomas Thauburn, 1910–1911
  20. Samuel Charters, 1911–1912
  21. Thomas W. Duggan, 1912–1913
  22. Thomas Mara, 1914–1915
  23. A. H. Milner, 1916–1917
  24. Louis John Carpenter "L. J. C." Bull, 1918–1919
  25. William J. Beatty, 1920–1921
  26. John S. Beck, 1922
  27. Henry W. Dawson, 1923–1924
  28. Franklin W. Wegenast, 1925–1928
  29. George Akehurst, 1929–1930
  30. Franklin W. Wegenast, 1930–1931
  31. George Akehurst, 1931–1932
  32. John S. Beck, 1933–1934
  33. Ernest W. McCulloch, 1935–1936
  34. Wilfred J. Abell, 1937–1938
  35. Robert P. Worthy, 1939–1942
  36. William A. Bates, 1943–1944
  37. Bartholomew Harper Bull, 1945–1946
  38. John Stafford Beck, 1946–1948
  39. Harold R. Lawrence, 1949–1951
  40. B. Harper Bull, 1952–1954
  41. Nance Horwood, 1955–1958 (born Annie Barter)[3]
  42. C. Carman Core, 1959–1962
  43. Russel E. Prouse, 1963–1966
  44. William H. Brydon, 1967–1969
  45. James E. Archdekin, 1970–1982
  46. Ken Whillans, 1982–September 1990, died in office
  47. Paul Beisel, 1990–1991, Whillans' appointed replacement
  48. Peter Robertson, 1991–2000
  49. Susan Fennell, 2000–2014
  50. Linda Jeffrey, December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
  51. Patrick Brown, December 1, 2018–Present

Note that some publications credit C. A. Irvine as a mayor; he never served in this capacity.


Roads named after the mayors

By neighbourhood:

  • Eldomar Heights: Golding Avenue, Milner Road, Beatty Avenue, Core Crescent, Lawrence Crescent
  • Flowertown area: Holtby Avenue, Campbell Drive, and Horwood Drive.
  • Haggert Avenue, Treadgold Road (Humber West Parkway and Castlemore), McCulla Avenue (near Agnes Taylor P.S.), Elliott Street, Charters Road (Hansen and Vodden), Duggan Drive (Charolais and Chingaucousy), Mara Crescent (at Ken Whillians Drive), Dawson Crescent (Centre at Kennedy), Bates Court (Queen and Chinguacousy), Prouse Drive (Williams Parkway and Centre), Brydon Crescent (Queen and Chinguacousy), Archdekin Drive (at Rutherford Road, near Vodden), Ken Whillans Drive (Vodden to Church St.), Peter Robertson Boulevard (Dixie Road to Torbram Road)
  • Abell Drive (Williams Parkway and Kennedy)
  • In Peel Village, there is Bartley Bull Parkway (Steeles & Hurontario)

Runians, Thauburn, Irvine, Beck, Wegenast, Akehurst, McCulloch, Biesel and Fennell do not have roads named after them as yet.

The names last names of mayors Mullin, Justin, and Worthy were all rejected at one point or another. There is a Crandall Court, a different spelling than Mayor Crandell.

Statistics

Shortest term as mayor
  • S. Charters at four months was preceded and succeeded by William Edwin Milner
Longest term as mayor
Mayors who died in office
  • Thomas Milner in 1887
  • James E. Archdekin in 1982 (died from heart attack)
  • Ken Whillans in 1990 (died on vacation)

References

  1. "Compensation Rates for the Mayor" (PDF). Office of the Mayor. City of Brampton. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. "Brampton Cemetery receipt, purchase of two lots, N. Carter", collection of the Region of Peel Archives at the Peel Heritage Complex, 2010.145.
  3. "HORWOOD - Annie "Nance"". Brampton Times. Brampton, Ontario. November 24, 1986. p. 20.
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