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List of mayors of Kitchener, Ontario

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Mayor of the
City of Kitchener
since 2014
StyleHis Worship
Mayor
Member ofCity Council
SeatKitchener City Hall
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJohn Scott (Reeve)
William Pipe (Mayor)
Formation1854 (Reeve)
1871 (Mayor)
WebsiteKitchener Mayor

This is a list of reeves and mayors of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The village, town and later city were known as Berlin until 1916, when the city's name was changed to Kitchener. Berlin was incorporated as a village in 1854, became a town in 1870, and a city in 1912.

Village of Berlin (1854–1870)

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# Image Reeve Term start Term end
1 John Scott 1854 1856
2 H. S. Huber 1857 1857
3 Israel D. Bowman 1858 1858
4 H. S. Huber 1859 1864
5 Ward H. Bowlby 1865 1868
6 Hugo Kranz 1869 1870

Town of Berlin (1870–1912)

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# Image Mayor Term start Term end
1 William Pipe 1871 1871
2 John Hoffman 1872 1873
3 Hugo Kranz 1874 1878
4 Louis Breithaupt 1879 1880
5 John Motz 1880 1881
6 Jacob Yost Shantz 1882 1882
7 William Jaffray 1883 1883
8 Alexander Millar 1884 1885
9 Henry George Lackner 1886 1887
10 Louis Jacob Breithaupt 1888 1889
11 Henry L. Janzen 1890 1890
12 Jacob M. Staebler 1891 1891
13 Conrad Bitzer 1892 1892
14 Henry George Lackner 1893 1893
15 Daniel Hibner 1894 1895
16 J. C. Breithaupt 1896 1897
17 George Rumpel 1898 1898
18 John Richard Eden 1899 1900
19 George H. Bowlby 1901 1901
20 John Richard Eden 1902 1903
21 Carl Kranz 1904 1905
22 Aaron Bricker 1906 1907
23 Allen Huber 1908 1908
24 Charles C. Hahn 1909 1910
25 William H. Schmalz 1911 1911

City of Berlin (1912–1916)

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# Image Mayor Term start Term end
1 William H. Schmalz 1912 1912
2 William Daum Euler 1913 1914
3 John Emil Hett 1915 1915

City of Kitchener (1916–present)

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# Image Mayor Term start Term end
1 John Emil Hett 1916 1916
2 David Gross 1917 1919
3 John Richard Eden 1920 1920
4 Charles Greb 1921 1922
5 Louis Orville Breithaupt 1923 1924
6 Nicholas Asmussen 1925 1926
7 Edward E. Ratz 1927 1928
8 William Pope Clement 1929 1930
9 C. Mortimer Bezeau 1931 1932
10 Henry W. Sturm 1933 1934
11 Justus Albert Smith 1935 1937
12 George W. Gordon 1938 1939
13 Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger 1940 1945
14 John G. Brown 1946 1947
15 J. W. Washburn 1948 1949
16 Stanley Francis Leavine 1950 1951
17 Bruce Weber 1952 1953
18 Donald Weber 1954 1955
19 Fred L. Dreger 1956 1957
20 Stanley Francis Leavine 1958 1958
21 Kieth Hymmen 1958 1958
22 Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger 1959 1959
23 H. E. Wambold 1960 1960
24 Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger 1961 1962
25 James E. Gray 1962 1962
26 Kieth Hymmen 1963 1965
27 William L. Butler 1966 1967
28 Sidney M. McLennan 1968 1974
29 Edith McIntosh 1975 1976
30 Morley Rosenberg 1977 1982
31 Dom Cardillo 1983 1994
32 Richard D. Christy 1995 1997
33 Carl Zehr 1997 2014
34 Berry Vrbanovic 2014 Incumbent

References

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  • Uttley, W.V. (Ben) (2010). A History of Kitchener, Ontario. p. 413. ISBN 1-55458-808-1.
  • "Fonds – City of Kitchener – Mayor's and Council fonds". City of Kitchener.
  • "Mayors of Berlin/Kitchener". History of Kitchener. City of Kitchener. Archived from the original on 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-09-25.