List of mayors of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

The Town of Dartmouth was incorporated in 1873.

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. Akerly
• 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