This is a list of mayors of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Until 1956 mayors were elected for one year terms. Beginning in 1957, mayoral terms were extended to two years by Ontario law. In 1987, the provincial government changed the Municipal Elections Act to require local government elections every three years. Town of Brantford (1847-1876) William Muirhead, 1847 Dr. Alfred Digby, 1848-1849 Philip Cady VanBrocklin, 1850 John Henry Moore, 1851 Arunah Huntington, 1852 George Samuel Wilkes, 1853 James Kerby, 1854 William Mathews, 1855-1856 Thomas Botham, 1857 Matthew William Pruyn, 1858 Thomas Botham, 1859 (second time) Joseph Duffett Clement, 1860-1863 James Weymes, 1864-1865 John Elliott, 1866-1868 William Mathews, 1869-1871 (second time) William Paterson, 1872 William Mathews, 1873-1874 (third time) Dr. James W. Digby, 1875-1876 City of Brantford (1877-Present) Dr. James W. Digby, 1877 (second time) Robert Henry, 1878-1879 Reginald Henwood, 1880-1881 William Watt, 1882-1883 William J. Scarfe, 1884-1885 Charles B. Heyd, 1886 Robert Henry, 1887 (second time) Charles B. Heyd, 1888-1889 (second time) Samuel G. Read, 1890-1891 Levi Secord, 1892-1893 George Watt, 1894-1895 Thomas Elliott, 1896-1897 W. G. Raymond, 1898-1899 Harry Cockshutt, 1900 D. B. Wood, 1901-1902 Matthew K. Halloran, 1903-1904 Charles Waterous, 1905-1906 J. W. Bowlby, 1907-1908 W. B. Wood, 1909-1910 Ross A. Rastall, 1911 Charles H. Hartman, 1912-1913 John H. Spence, 1914-1915 J. W. Bowlby, 1916-1917 M. M. MacBride, 1918-1920 George Wedlake, 1921-1922 (Wedlake died March 3, 1922. C.J. Parker completed the term.) C.J. Parker, 1922 Frederic W. Billo, 1923-1924 M. M. MacBride, 1925 J.A.D. Slemin, 1926-1927 Ross L. Beckett, 1928-1932 M. M. MacBride, 1933-1934 Col MA Colquhoun, 1935 M. M. MacBride, 1936-1937 R. J. Waterous, 1938-1940 John P. Ryan, 1941-1945 John H. Matthews, 1946-1947 W. J. Dowden, 1948-1949 Howard E. Winter, 1950-1953 Reg Cooper, 1954-1956 Howard E. Winter, 1956 (second time) Max Sherman, 1957-1958 Lloyd D. Hogarth, 1959-1960 Richard Beckett, 1961-1970 Howard E. Winter, 1971-1972 (third time) Charles Bowen, 1973-1980 David Neumann, 1980-1987 (Neuman resigned in October 1987 after being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Karen George completed the term.) Karen George, 1987-1991 Bob Taylor, 1991-1994 Chris Friel, 1994-2003 Mike Hancock, 2003-2010 Chris Friel, 2010-2018 Kevin Davis, 3 December 2018-present References External links Mayors of Brantford, Brantford Public Library Brantford