{{Short description|List of mayors of Regina}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox official post | post = Mayor | body = Regina | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | insigniaalt = | flag = Flag of Regina.svg | flagsize = | flagalt = | flagborder = | flagcaption = [[Flag of Regina]] | image = | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = [[Chad Bachynski]] | incumbentsince = November 18, 2024 | style = {{plainlist| * [[Worship (style)|His Worship]] * [[Mayor]] (informal) }} | type = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = [[Regina City Council]] | reports_to = [[Regina City Council]] | residence = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]] | seat = [[Regina City Hall]] | nominator = | appointer = Directly elected by residents of Regina | termlength = Four years (renewable) | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | inaugural = [[David Lynch Scott]] | formation = {{Start date and age|1883|12|1}} | named_for = | last = | deputy = | salary = {{CAD}}151,015 (2020)<ref>{{cite news|last=Djuric|first=Mickey|title=Regina city council gives itself a 26% salary increase, 1.9% for mayor|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7300277/regina-city-council-salary-increase/|access-date=October 24, 2020|newspaper=Global News|date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> | website = {{URL|www.regina.ca}} }}
The '''mayor of Regina''' is head of [[Regina City Council]], the governing body of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], the capital city of the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]]. The 36th and current mayor of the city of Regina is [[Chad Bachynski]], who was first elected in the [[2024 Saskatchewan municipal elections#Regina|2024 municipal election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maess |first=Donovan |date=2024-11-19 |title=It's official: Regina's next mayor, city council sworn in Monday night |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/its-official-reginas-next-mayor-city-council-sworn-in-monday-night/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119202302/https://regina.ctvnews.ca/it-s-official-regina-s-next-mayor-city-council-sworn-in-monday-night-1.7115178 |archive-date=2024-11-19 |access-date=2024-11-19 |work=[[CTV News]] |location=Regina}}</ref> The following is a list of [[mayor]]s of Regina, including those who served as mayor of the town of Regina between 1884 and 1903.
From 1920 to 1926, Regina mayors were elected using [[instant-runoff voting]]. All other times a [[first past the post]] system was used.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/voting-system-changes-in-canada-provincial-system-1 |title = Voting-System Changes in Canada Provincial System}}</ref>
== List of Mayors == [[File:David_Lynch_Scott.jpg|right|thumb|[[David Lynch Scott]] was the first mayor of Regina, from 1884 to 1885.]] [[File:JacobWSmith23.jpg|right|thumb|[[Jacob W. Smith]] served three separate terms as mayor in 1889, from 1902 to 1903, and from 1907 to 1908.]] [[File:PatFiacco.jpg|thumb|[[Pat Fiacco]] was mayor of Regina from 2000 to 2012.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! align="center" |No. !Mayor !Term start !Term end |- | colspan="4" |[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] incorporated as a town on December 1, 1883. |- |1 |[[David Lynch Scott]] |1884 |1885 |- |2 |[[Daniel Mowat]] |1886 |1887 |- |3 |[[W. Cayley Hamilton]] |1888 |1888 |- |4 |[[Jacob W. Smith]] |1889 |1889 |- |5 |[[J. A. McCaul]] |1890 |1890 |- |6 |[[Richard H. Williams (mayor)|Richard H. Williams]] |1891 |1892 |- |7 |[[John Henry Charles Willoughby]] |1893 |1893 |- |8 |[[Robert Martin (Canadian politician)|Robert Martin]] |1894 |1894 |- |9 |[[George T. Marsh]] |1895 |1895 |- |10 |[[William F. Eddy]] |1896 |1897 |- |11 |[[Francis Nicholson Darke]] |1898 |1898 |- |12 |[[John K. McInnis]] |1899 |1899 |- |13 |[[William Mollard|William T. Mollard]] |1900 |1901 |- |(4) |Jacob W. Smith ''(2nd time)'' |1902 |1903 |- | colspan="4" |[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. |- |(4) |Jacob W. Smith ''(2nd time, ctd.)'' |1903 |1903 |- |14 |[[Henry Laird]] |1904 |1905 |- |15 |[[Peter McAra, Jr.]] |1906 |1906 |- |(4) |Jacob W. Smith ''(3rd time)'' |1907 |1908 |- |16 |[[Richard H. Williams (mayor)|Richard H. Williams]] |1909 |1910 |- |(15) |Peter McAra, Jr. ''(2nd time)'' |1911 |1912 |- |17 |Robert Martin |1913 |1914 |- |18 |[[James Balfour (mayor)|James Balfour]] |1915 |1915 |- |19 |[[Walter Davy Cowan]] |1916 |1917 |- |20 |[[Henry Black (mayor)|Henry Black]] |1918 |1919 |- |21 |[[James Grassick]] |1920 |1922 |- |22 |[[Stuart Burton (politician)|Stuart C. Burton]] |1923 |1924 |- |23 |[[William E. Mason (mayor)|William E. Mason]] |1925 |1926 |- |24 |[[James McAra]] |1927 |1930 |- |(18) |James Balfour ''(2nd time)'' |1931 |1931 |- |(24) |James McAra ''(2nd time)'' |1932 |1933 |- |25 |[[Cornelius Rink]] |1934 |1935 |- |26 |[[Alban Ellison|Alban C. Ellison]] |1936 |1939 |- |27 |[[James Grassick]] |1940 |1941 |- |28 |[[Charles Cromwell Williams]] |1942 |1944 |- |29 |[[Thomas McNall|Thomas G. McNall]] |1945 |1946 |- |30 |[[Hugh McGillivray]] |1947 |1948 |- |31 |[[Garnet Menzies]] |1949 |1951 |- |32 |[[Gordon Burton Grant]] |1952 |1953 |- |33 |[[Les Hammond]] |1954 |1956 |- |34 |[[Thomas Cowburn]] |1957 |1958 |- |35 |[[Henry Harold Peter Baker|Henry H. P. Baker]] |1959 |1970 |- |36 |[[Harry G. R. Walker]] |1971 |1973 |- |(35) |Henry H. P. Baker ''(2nd time)'' |1974 |1979 |- |37 |[[Larry Schneider (politician)|Larry Schneider]] |1980 |1988 |- |38 |[[Doreen Hamilton]] |1988 |1988 |- |39 |[[Doug Archer]] |1988 |2000 |- |40 |[[Pat Fiacco]] |2000 |2012 |- |41 |[[Michael Fougere]] |2012 |2020 |- |42 |[[Sandra Masters]] |2020 |2024 |- |43 |[[Chad Bachynski]] |2024 |Present |}
== See also ==
* [[Regina City Council]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.regina.ca/city-government/city-council/mayors-office/ Office of the Mayor]
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Saskatchewan|Regina]] [[Category:Mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan| ]]