Mayor of Toronto

The Mayor of Toronto is the leader of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The mayor is directly-elected in municipal elections every four years alongside Toronto City Council.

Mayor of Toronto
Municipal logo
Incumbent Olivia Chow since July 12, 2023
City of Toronto Office of the Mayor
Style	His/Her Worship Mayor (informal)
Member of	Toronto City Council
Seat	Toronto City Hall
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	4 years; renewable
Constituting instrument	City of Toronto Act
Inaugural holder	William Lyon Mackenzie (historic) Mel Lastman (post-amalgamation)
Formation	March 6, 1834 (historic) December 1, 1998 (current)
Deputy	Deputy Mayor
Salary	CA$202,948.20
Website	www.toronto.ca/mayor

The office

The mayor is responsible for the administration of government services overseeing Toronto government departments and serves as the chairperson for meeting of Toronto City Council. The current mayor of Toronto is John Tory.

Art Eggleton is the longest-serving mayor of Toronto, serving from 1980 until 1991. No Toronto mayor has been removed from office. Toronto's 64th mayor, Rob Ford, lost a conflict of interest trial in 2012, and was ordered to vacate his position; but the ruling was stayed pending an appeal, which Ford won to remain in office.

Living former mayors

As of February 17, 2023 there are six living former mayors of Toronto:

• David Crombie (1972–1978)
• John Sewell (1978–1980)
• Art Eggleton (1980–1991)
• Barbara Hall (1994–1997)
• David Miller (2003–2010)
• John Tory (2014-2023)

Rob Ford, June Rowlands and Mel Lastman are the most recent mayors that have died. Ford is the first mayor of Toronto after the amalgamation of Toronto to die.

Other websites

• "Chronological list of Mayors of Toronto". City of Toronto.
• Maloney, Mark. "Toronto's mayors: Scoundrels, rogues and socialists". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2014-10-28.