List of mayors of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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The Town of Dartmouth was incorporated in 1873. Dartmouth became a City in 1961. It was independently governed by the Dartmouth Town Council until 1996 when it was amalgamated, along with the Towns of Bedford, City of Halifax and Halifax County, into the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Prior to 1931 the mayor was chosen from amongst the elected councillors by a vote of council. The first directly elected mayor was Walter Mosher.
Mayors
1873–1875 – William S. Symonds
1875–1877 – George J. Troop
1877–1880 – William H. Weeks
1880–1881 – James W. Turner
1881–1883 – John Y. Payzant
1883–1885 – John F. Stairs
1885–1886 – John C.P. Frazee
1886–1887 – Byron A. Weston
1888–1889 – James Simmonds
1889–1891 – Frederick Scarfe
1892–1893 – John C. Oland
1894–1896 – William H. Sterns
1897–1901 – A. C. Johnson
1902–1905 – Frederick Scarfe
1906–1907 – E.F. Williams
1908–1912 – Thomas Notting
1913–1918 – E.F. Williams
1919–1920 – H.O. Simpson
1921–1922 – I.W. Vidito
1922–1924 – Walter Mosher
1925–1927 – Charles A. McLean
1928–1933 – Walter Mosher
1934–1935 – Walter A. Topple
1936–1937 – Walter Mosher
1938–1947 – L.J. Isnor
1948–1949 – A. C. Pettipas
1950–1955 – C.H. Morris
1956–1963 – I.W. Akerley
1964–1967 – Joseph Zatzman
1968–1972 – Roland J. Thornhill
1973–1975 – Eileen Stubbs
1976–1985 – Daniel Brownlow
1985–1992 – John Savage
1992–1996 – Gloria McCluskey
See also
List of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality
List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the City of Halifax, from 1841 to 1996.
List of mayors of Bedford, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the Town of Bedford, from 1979 to 1996.
List of wardens of Halifax County, Nova Scotia for a list of wardens for Halifax County, from 1880 –1996.
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