List of mayors of Montreal

This is a list of mayors of Montreal, Quebec, since the city was incorporated in 1832. Party colours do not indicate affiliation or resemblance to a provincial or a federal party.

Mayors of Montreal

{| class="wikitable "

! Portrait

! Name (birth – death)

! Term of office

! Party

!Election (percent received)

!Council seats

!Executive Committee chair

| 1

| 75px

| Jacques Viger

(1787–1858)

| 1833 – 1836

| rowspan="48" style=vertical-align: middle; text-align: center | Independent

| 1833, 1834, 1835

| rowspan="48" style="background: #ececec; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center | N/A

| rowspan="36" style="background: #ececec; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center | N/A

| 2

| 75px

| Peter McGill

(1789–1860)

| 1840–1842

|1840

| 3

| 75px

| Joseph Bourret

(1802–1859)

| 1842–1844

|1842, 1843

| 4

| 75px

| James Ferrier

(1800–1888)

| 1844–1846

|1844, 1845, 1846

| 5

| 75px

|John Easton Mills

(1796–1847)

| 1846–1847

|1846, 1847

| (3)

| 75px

| Joseph Bourret

(1802–1859)

| 1847 – 1849

|1847, 1848

| 6

| 75px

|Édouard-Raymond Fabre

(1799–1854) 1853 (91%)

| 8

| 75px

| Wolfred Nelson

(1791–1863)

| 1854–1856

|1854 (51%) 1855 (unopposed)

| 9

| 75px

| Henry Starnes

(1816–1896)

| 1856–1858

|1856 (unopposed) 1857 (unopposed)

| 10

| 75px

|Charles-Séraphin Rodier

(1797–1876)

| 1858–1862

|1858 (57%) 1859 (89%) 1860 (50%) 1861 (59%)

| 11

| 75px

|Jean-Louis Beaudry

(1809–1886)

| 1862–1866

|1862 (58%) 1863 (97%) 1864 (unopposed) 1865 (57%)

| (9)

| 75px

| Henry Starnes

(1816–1896)

| 1866–1868

|1866 (99%) 1867 (unopposed)

| 12

| 75px

|William Workman

(1807–1878)

| 1868–1871

|1868 (63%) 1869 (unopposed) 1870 (unopposed)

| 13

| 75px

|Charles-Joseph Coursol

(1819–1888)

| 1871–1873

|1871 (unopposed) 1872 (unopposed)

| 14

| 75px

| Francis Cassidy

(1827–1873)

| 1873

|1873 (unopposed)

| 15

| 75px

| Aldis Bernard

(1810–1876)

| 1873–1875

|1874 (84%)

| 16

| 75px

|William Hales Hingston

(1829–1907)

| 1875–1877

|1875 (88%) 1876 (unopposed)

| (11)

| 75px

|Jean-Louis Beaudry

(1809–1886)

| 1877–1879

|1877 (77%) 1878 (unopposed)

| 17

| 75px

| Sévère Rivard

(1834–1888)

| 1879–1881

|1879 (53%) 1880 (unopposed)

| (11)

| 75px

|Jean-Louis Beaudry

(1809–1886)

| 1881–1885

|1881 (52%) 1882 (58%) 1883 (52%) 1884 (53%)

| 18

| 75px

|Honoré Beaugrand

(1848–1906)

| 1885–1887

|1885 (53%) 1886 (62%)

| 19

| 75px

| John Abbott

(1821–1893)

| 1887 – 1888

|1887 (55%) 1888 (unopposed)

| 20

| 75px

| Jacques Grenier

(1823–1909)

| 1889–1891

|1889 (unopposed) 1890 (unopposed)

| 21

| 75px

|James McShane

(1833–1918)

| 1891–1893

|1891 (67%) 1892 (unopposed)

| 22

| 75px

|Alphonse Desjardins

(1841–1912)

| 1893–1894

|1893 (50%)

| 23

| 75px

|Joseph-Octave Villeneuve

(1836–1901)

| 1894–1896

|1894 (50%)

| 24

| 75px

|Richard Wilson-Smith

(1852–1912)

| 1896–1898

|1896 (unopposed)

| 25

| 75px

|Raymond Préfontaine

(1850–1905)

| 1898–1902

|1898 (unopposed) 1900 (67%)

| 26

| 75px

|James Cochrane

(1852–1905)

| 1902–1904

|1902 (52%)

| 27

| 75px

|Hormidas Laporte

(1850–1934)

| 1904–1906

|1904 (71%)

| 28

| 75px

|Henry Archer Ekers

(1855–1937)

| 1906–1908

|1906 (56%)

| 29

| 75px

| Louis Payette

(1854–1932)

| 1908–1910

|1908 (55%)

| 30

| 75px

|James John Edmund Guerin

(1856–1932)

| 1910–1912

|1910 (64%)

| 31

| 75px

|Louis-Arsène Lavallée

(1861–1936)

| 1912–1914

|1912 (63%)

| rowspan="2" | 32

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Médéric Martin

(1869–1946)

| rowspan="2" | 1914–1924

| 1914 (54%) 1916 (45%) 1918 (55%)

|1921 (71%)

| rowspan="3" |Joseph-Adélard Brodeur (?−1927)

| 33

| 75px

|Charles Duquette

(1869–1937)

| 1924–1928

| 1924 (51%)

| rowspan="2" | (32)

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Médéric Martin

(1869–1946)

| rowspan="2" | 1926–1928

| rowspan="2" | 1926 (56%)

| rowspan="2" |Alphonse-Avila Desroches (1927–?)

| rowspan="2" | 34

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Camillien Houde

(1889–1958)

| rowspan="2" | 1928–1932

|1928 (61%)

|1930 (67%)

|Tancrède Fortin

| 35

| 75px

| Fernand Rinfret

(1883–1939)

| 1932–1934

|1932 (51%)

|Joseph-Maurice Gabias

| (34)

| 75px

| Camillien Houde

(1889–1958)

| 1934–1936

|1934 (63%)

|Joseph-Marie Savignac

| 36

| 75px

|Adhémar Raynault

(1881–1984)

| 1936–1938

|1936 (44%)

|Ovide Taillefer

| (34)

| 75px

| Camillien Houde

(1889–1958)

| 1938–1940

|1938 (56%)

|Joseph-Marie Savignac

| (36)

| 75px

|Adhémar Raynault

(1881–1984)

| 1940–1944

|1940 (25%) 1942 (60%)

| rowspan="2" |J.-Omer Asselin

| (34)

| 75px

| Camillien Houde

(1889–1958)

| 1944–1954

|1944 (57%) 1947 (unopposed) 1950 (67%)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |37

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" | 75px

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Jean Drapeau

(1916–1999)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |1954–1957

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Ligue d'action civique

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |1954 (50%)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |28/99

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Pierre DesMarais

| 38

| 75px

| Sarto Fournier

(1908–1980)

| 1957–1960

| Independent

|1957 (51%)

|style="background: #ececec; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center | N/A

|Joseph-Marie Savignac

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |(37)

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" | 75px

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |Jean Drapeau

(1916–1999)

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |1960–1986

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |Civic Party

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |1960 (53%) 1962 (88%) 1966 (94%)

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |44/66 39/45 45/48

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |Lucien Saulnier

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |1970 (92%) 1974 (55%)

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |52/52 37/55

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |Gérard Niding

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |1978 (61%) 1982 (48%)

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |52/54 40/58

| bgcolor="#FFFFCC" |Yvon Lamarre

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |39

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |Jean Doré

(1944–2015)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |1986–1994

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |Montreal Citizens' Movement

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |1986 (68%)

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |56/59

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |Michael Fainstat

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |1990 (59%)

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |42/51

| bgcolor="#CCEFFF" |Léa Cousineau

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AACC99" |40

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AACC99" |75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AACC99" |Pierre Bourque

(born 1942)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AACC99" |1994–2001

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AACC99" |Vision Montréal

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |1994 (47%)

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |39/52

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |Noushig Eloyan

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |1998 (44%)

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |40/52

| bgcolor="#AACC99" |Jean Fortier

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |41

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Gérald Tremblay

(born 1942)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |2001 – 5 November 2012

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Union Montréal

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |2001 (49%) 2005 (54%)

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |42/74 48/65

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Frank Zampino (2001–2008) Claude Dauphin (2008–2009)

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |2009 (37%)

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |39/65

| bgcolor="#E6E6AA" |Gérald Tremblay (2009–2011) Michael Applebaum (2011–2012)

| 42

| 75px

|Michael Applebaum

(born 1963)

| 19 November 2012 – 18 June 2013

| Independent

| –

|Laurent Blanchard

| 43

| 75px

|Laurent Blanchard

(born 1952)

| 25 June 2013 – 14 November 2013

| Independent

| –

|Josée Duplessis

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |44

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |75px

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |Denis Coderre

(born 1963)

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |14 November 2013 – 16 November 2017

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |Équipe Denis Coderre

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |2013 (32%)

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |27/65

| bgcolor="#E6E6FA" |Pierre Desrochers

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#84B7F9" |45

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#84B7F9" |75px

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#84B7F9" |Valérie Plante

(born 1974)

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#84B7F9" |16 November 2017 – 13 November 2025

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#84B7F9" |Projet Montréal

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |2017 (51%)

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |34/65

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |Benoit Dorais (2017–2021)

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |2021 (52%)

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |37/65

| bgcolor="#84B7F9" |Dominique Ollivier (2021–2023) Luc Rabouin (2023–2024) Émilie Thuillier (2024–2025)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |46

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" | 75px

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Soraya Martinez Ferrada

(born 1972)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |13 November 2025 – current

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Ensemble Montréal

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |2025 (43%)

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |34/65

| bgcolor="#FFB6B6" |Claude Pinard

Applebaum is the most recent non-francophone mayor, the last being James John Edmund Guerin in 1912. Applebaum is the first Jewish mayor for the city with previous holders either French Canadian, Scottish, Irish or English descent.

Footnotes

External links

City of Montreal list of mayors

Mayors of Montreal

Footnotes

See also

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