The mayor of New Westminster, British Columbia, is the head of the municipal government of New Westminster, and acts as the presiding officer of New Westminster City Council. They are elected alongside the rest of city council every four years during the British Columbia municipal elections, although there are no limits to how many terms a mayor may serve. Prior to 1873, the head of the local government was titled the president of New Westminster, and was appointed by members of the municipal council, rather than being directly elected by New Westminster's residents. The current mayor of New Westminster is Patrick Johnstone, who is the 38th mayor of the city. Mayor Johnstone is also the first mayor who was elected as a member of an official municipal political party.
List + Appointed by City Council (president)# Mayor Term start Term end Party 1 1860 1861 Independent 2 1861 1862 Independent 3 1862 1863 Independent 4 1863 1864 Independent 5 1864 1865 Independent 6 1865 1866 Independent 7 1866 1867 Independent 1867 1869 Independent 1869 1871 Independent 1871 1872 Independent + Elected directly by the public (mayor)# Mayor Term start Term end Party 8 1873 1873 Independent 1874 1875 Independent 9 1876 1877 Independent 1878 1878 Independent 10 1979 1979 Independent 1880 1881 Independent 11 1882 1882 Independent 12 1883 1883 Independent 1883 1888 Independent 13 1889 1889 Independent 14 1889 1889 Independent 15 1890 1891 Independent 1892 1892 Independent 16 1893 1893 Independent 17 1894 1894 Independent 18 1895 1897 Independent 19 1898 1899 Independent 20 1900 1901 Independent 21 1902 1909 Independent 22 1910 1912 Independent 23 1913 1919 Independent 24 J. J. Johnston 1920 1922 Independent 25 1923 1926 Independent 1927 1933 Independent 26 1934 1942 Independent 27 1943 1948 Independent 28 1949 1950 Independent 29 1951 1958 Independent 30 1959 1964 Independent 31 1964 1968 Independent 32 1968 1982 Independent 33 1982 1988 Independent 34 1988 1996 Independent 35 1996 2002 Independent 36 2002 2014 Independent 37 2014 2022 Independent 38 2022 ongoing Community First New West
Mayors who held higher offices Federal government Senators Thomas Robert McInnes, 1881–1897
Members of Parliament James Cunningham, 1874–1878 Thomas Robert McInnes, 1878–1881 William Mott, 1949–1953
Provincial government Lieutenant governors of British Columbia Thomas Robert McInnes, 1897–1900
Premiers of British Columbia John Robson, 1889–1892 (died in office)
MLAs of British Columbia / MLCs of British Columbia / MCAs of British Columbia Henry Holbrook, 1871–1875 John Robson, 1871–1875 and 1882–1892 William James Armstrong, 1871–1878 and 1881–1884 Robert Dickinson, 1875–1878 John Cunningham Brown, 1890–1894 and 1900–1901 Arthur (Wells) Gray, 1927–1944 (died in office)
References
External links Mayors Office at City of New Westminster