This is list of mayors of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph was founded April 23, 1879 and incorporated as a town on January 1, 1856. Guelph officially became a city on April 23, 1879.

Chain of office Since 1967, each sitting mayor has been honoured and presented with the chain of office to wear during their term of office. It is to be worn at city council meetings and other formal functions. The chain contains 17 shields engraved with subjects of local significance. The chain is also engraved with the names of the mayors who have worn it since it was commissioned. There are currently seven names of previous mayors engraved on the chain.

List of mayors

Town of Guelph Mayor Years active John Smith 1856 George Smiley 1857 George Elliott 1858 James Webster 1859Prior to 1859, mayors were elected by council John Harvey 1860 T.S. Parker 1861 George Palmer 1862 H.W. Peterson 1863 William Clarke 1864-1865 Peter Gow 1866-1867 Nathaniel Higinbotham 1868 George S. Herod 1869-1870 Richard Mitchell 1871-1872 Adam Robertson 1873 John Harris 1874 Robert Melvin 1875-1876 F.J. Chadwick 1877 George Howard 1878

Notes:

City of Guelph Mayor Years active George Howard 1879 George Sleeman 1880-1882 Caleb Chase 1883-1884 Wm Stevenson 1885-1886 A H MacDonald 1887-1888 Thos. Gowdy 1889-1890 Thomas Goldie 1891-1892 W.G Smith 1893-1894 J. A Lamprey 1895-1896 Jas Hewer 1897-1898 R.E Nelson 1899-1900 John Kennedy 1901-1902 John Hamilton 1903-1904 George Sleeman 1905-1906 John Newstead 1907-1908 Geo. D. Hastings 1909-1910 Geo. Thorpe 1911-1912 Samuel Carter 1913-1914 H. Mahoney 1915-1916 John Newstead 1917-1918 J.E Carter 1919 H. Westoby 1920 Chas Burgess 1921 Frank Howard 1922 Wm Stephens 1923-1924George A. Drew 1925 R.B Robson 1926-1931 O.G Lye 1932 R.B Robson 1933-1934 H. Mahoney 1935-1936 D.E Kennedy 1937 W. G Taylor 1938-1942 R.B Robson 1943-1944 Gordon L. Rife 1945-1949 J.A Clare 1950-1951 Harry Worton 1952-1955 Harold Suitter 1956-1957 David Hastings 1958-1960 William E. Hamilton 1961-1962 Ralph Smith 1963-1967 Paul W. Mercer 1968-1969 Ralph Smith 1970 Norm Jary 1970-1985 John G.C Counsell 1986-1994 Joe Young 1994-2000 Karen Farbridge 2000-2003 Kate Quarrie 2003-2006 Karen Farbridge 2006-2014 Cam Guthrie 2014-current

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