City of Ottawa History of Mayors
The earliest form of government in Ottawa was the aldermanic form with a mayor elected along with two alderman, each from five wards. This was adopted on
May 3, 1853 and changed to the commission form of government by an ordinance approved May 2, 1911. This change was consistent with a national pattern at
that time when many small cities adopted the commission form of government.
| 1853 – 1854 William Hickling |
1865 William Wickeling |
1877 Samuel Richolson |
1899 – 1902 M.T. Moloney |
1955 – 08/09/1956 R. C. Woodward |
| 1855 George H. Norris |
1866 Charles Delano |
1878 Andrew Lynch |
1903 – 1906 Charles E. Hook |
09/04/1956 – 1959 Fred E. Eichelkraut |
| 1856 Edwin S. Leland |
1867 Thomas Clancy |
1879 – 1880 Samuel Richolson |
1907 – 1910 James F. Farrell |
1959 – 1963 Phillip J. Bailey |
| 1857 George E. Walker |
1868 Frank F. Brower |
1881 John D. Young |
1911 – 1918 Edgar F. Bradford |
1963 – 1967 Dan H. Riordan |
| 1858 Joseph Glover |
1869 Henry A. Shuler |
1882 – 1888 E. C. Allen |
1919 – 1927 George V. B. Weeks |
1967 – 1987 James M. Thomas |
| 1859 Julias Avery |
1870 – 1871 D. P. Jones |
1889 – 1890 F. A. Sherwood |
1927 – 1935 H. J. Hilliard |
1987 – 1991 George D. Small |
| 1860 Davis Walker |
1872 – 1873 H. K. Boyle |
1891 – 1894 A.F. Schoch |
1935 – 1947 Fred N. Spurgin |
1991 – 1999 Forrest T. Buck |
| 1861 Silas W. Cheever |
1874 – 1875 Milton H. Swift |
1896 – 1896 Louis Hess |
1947 – 1951 T. Bert Leamy |
1999 – 2019 Robert M. Eschbach |
| 1862 – 1864 John B. Rico |
1876 Andrew Lynch |
1897 – 1898 Charles E. Hook |
1951 – 1955 Phillip J. Bailey |
2019 – 2023 Dan Aussem |
| 2023 – Robert Hasty |