List of mayors of Calgary

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|incumbent = Jyoti Gondek

|incumbentsince = October 26, 2021

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|style = Mayor, His/Her Worship

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|seat = Calgary Municipal Building
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

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|formation = {{Start date and age|1884|12|4}}

|first = George Murdoch (Town)

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|salary = $191,589 plus benefits (2011){{cite news|last=Cuthbertson|first=Richard|title=Nenshi best compensated mayor in Canada, report reveals. What do you think?|url=http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=6016702|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140304012410/http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=6016702|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2014|access-date=3 March 2014|newspaper=Calgary Herald|date=18 January 2012}}

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This is a list of mayors of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

File:George Murdoch ca 1866.jpg

List of mayors of Calgary

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Mayors of Calgary ! ! Mayor ! Term began ! Term ended ! Time in office
1	George Murdoch{{efn\|Northwest Territorial Ordinance 1-1886 voided the results of the January 1886 Calgary municipal election and stated no Council existed in Calgary which would have been the period between January 18, 1886 and October 21, 1886.{{Cite book\|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011724067\|title=Ordinances of the Northwest Territories, Canada.\|date=1886 \|publisher=Government Printer [etc.]\|series=Ordinances of the Lieut.-Governor and Council of the Northwest Territories\|location=Regina}}\|name=1886ordinance\|group=}}	December 4, 1884	October 21, 1886	{{age in years and days nts\|1884\|12\|04\|1886\|10\|21}}
2	George Clift King	November 4, 1886	January 16, 1888	{{age in years and days nts\|1886\|11\|04\|1888\|01\|06}}
3	Arthur Edwin Shelton	January 16, 1888	January 21, 1889	{{age in years and days nts\|1888\|01\|16\|1889\|01\|21}}
4	Daniel Webster Marsh	January 21, 1889	January 20, 1890	{{age in years and days nts\|1889\|01\|21\|1890\|01\|20}}
5	James Delamere Lafferty	January 20, 1890	January 19, 1891	{{age in years and days nts\|1890\|01\|20\|1891\|01\|19}}
6	James Reilly	January 19, 1891	January 18, 1892	{{age in years and days nts\|1891\|01\|19\|1892\|01\|18}}
7	Alexander Lucas	January 18, 1892	January 2, 1894	{{age in years and days nts\|1892\|01\|18\|1894\|01\|02}}
8	Wesley Fletcher Orr	January 16, 1894	January 6, 1896	{{age in years and days nts\|1894\|01\|16\|1896\|01\|06}}
9	Alexander McBride	January 6, 1896	January 4, 1897	{{age in years and days nts\|1896\|01\|06\|1897\|01\|04}}
8	Wesley Fletcher Orr (2nd time)	January 4, 1897	January 3, 1898	{{age in years and days nts\|1897\|01\|04\|1898\|01\|03}}
10	Arthur Leslie Cameron	January 3, 1898	January 3, 1899	{{age in years and days nts\|1898\|01\|03\|1899\|01\|03}}
6	James Reilly (2nd time)	January 3, 1899	January 2, 1900	{{age in years and days nts\|1899\|01\|03\|1900\|01\|02}}
11	William Henry Cushing	January 2, 1900	January 7, 1901	{{age in years and days nts\|1900\|01\|02\|1901\|01\|07}}
12	James Stuart Mackie	January 7, 1901	January 6, 1902	{{age in years and days nts\|1901\|01\|07\|1902\|01\|06}}
13	Thomas Underwood	January 6, 1902	January 5, 1904	{{age in years and days nts\|1902\|01\|06\|1904\|01\|05}}
14	Silas Alexander Ramsay	January 5, 1904	January 2, 1905	{{age in years and days nts\|1904\|01\|05\|1905\|01\|02}}
15	John Emerson	January 2, 1905	January 14, 1907	{{age in years and days nts\|1905\|01\|02\|1907\|01\|14}}
10	Arthur Leslie Cameron (2nd time)	January 14, 1907	January 2, 1909	{{age in years and days nts\|1907\|01\|14\|1909\|01\|02}}
16	Reuben Rupert Jamieson	January 2, 1909	January 2, 1911	{{age in years and days nts\|1909\|01\|02\|1911\|01\|02}}
17	John William Mitchell	January 2, 1911	January 2, 1913	{{age in years and days nts\|1911\|01\|02\|1913\|01\|02}}
18	Herbert Arthur Sinnott	January 2, 1913	January 2, 1915	{{age in years and days nts\|1913\|01\|02\|1915\|01\|02}}
19	Michael Copps Costello	January 2, 1915	January 2, 1919	{{age in years and days nts\|1915\|01\|02\|1919\|01\|02}}
20	Robert Colin Marshall	January 2, 1919	January 3, 1921	{{age in years and days nts\|1919\|01\|02\|1921\|01\|03}}
21	Samuel Hunter Adams	January 3, 1921	January 2, 1923	{{age in years and days nts\|1921\|01\|03\|1923\|01\|02}}
22	George Harry Webster	January 2, 1923	December 31, 1926	{{age in years and days nts\|1923\|01\|02\|1926\|12\|31}}
23	Frederick Ernest Osborne	January 3, 1927	December 31, 1929	{{age in years and days nts\|1927\|12\|31\|1929\|12\|31}}
24	Andrew Davison	January 1, 1930	December 31, 1945	{{age in years and days nts\|1930\|12\|31\|1945\|12\|31}}
25	James Cameron Watson	January 1, 1946	December 31, 1949	{{age in years and days nts\|1945\|01\|01\|1949\|12\|31}}
26	Don Mackay	January 1, 1950	October 19, 1959	{{age in years and days nts\|1950\|01\|01\|1959\|10\|19}}
27	Harry Hays{{efn\|Harry Hays resigned effective June 30, 1963, Grant MacEwan appointed as Mayor by Council and sworn in July 3, 1963.\|name=1963Resign\|group=}}	October 19, 1959	June 30, 1963	{{age in years and days nts\|1959\|10\|19\|1963\|06\|30}}
28	Grant MacEwan	July 4, 1963	October 18, 1965	{{age in years and days nts\|1963\|07\|04\|1965\|10\|18}}
29	Jack Leslie	October 18, 1965	October 22, 1969	{{age in years and days nts\|1965\|10\|18\|1969\|10\|22}}
30	Rod Sykes	October 22, 1969	October 31, 1977	{{age in years and days nts\|1969\|10\|22\|1977\|10\|31}}
31	Ross Alger	October 31, 1977	October 27, 1980	{{age in years and days nts\|1977\|10\|31\|1980\|10\|27}}
32	Ralph Klein{{efn\|Ralph Klein resigned March 21, 1989, Donald Hartman appointed as mayor by Council on same day.\|name=1989resignation\|group=}}	October 27, 1980	March 21, 1989	{{age in years and days nts\|1980\|10\|27\|1989\|03\|21}}
33	Don Hartman	March 21, 1989	October 23, 1989	{{age in years and days nts\|1989\|03\|21\|1989\|10\|23}}
34	Al Duerr	October 23, 1989	October 22, 2001	{{age in years and days nts\|1989\|10\|23\|2001\|10\|22}}
35	Dave Bronconnier	October 22, 2001	October 25, 2010	{{age in years and days nts\|2001\|10\|22\|2010\|10\|25}}
36	Naheed Nenshi	October 25, 2010	October 26, 2021	{{age in years and days nts\|2010\|10\|25\|2021\|10\|26}}
37 \|Jyoti Gondek \|October 26, 2021 \|Present \|

See also

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References

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Sources

[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080411025822/http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/cmayors.pdf Biographies of Calgary's mayors from the City of Calgary web page]

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