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Federation of Canadian Municipalities
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In 1901, the Union of Canadian Municipalities was formed to represent the interests of municipal governments. Another association, the Dominion Conference of Mayors was established in 1935.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> In 1937, these two associations were amalgamated into the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities which in 1976 would be renamed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>FCM was instrumental in negotiating the federal government's 2005 "New Deal for Cities" programme,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> under which Canadian federal gasoline taxes are remitted to municipalities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="outputs">Outputs</h2> <h3>Infrastructure</h3> <p>• Flow-through for $2 billion of federal funds to municipalities from a Gas Tax Fund. </p><p>• Worked to address municipal infrastructure deficit. Changes in federal policy are not attributable to any specific group or campaign. "In the 2009 budget, the federal government committed more than $12 billion over two years in new and accelerated infrastructure funding to municipal priorities." </p> <h3>Environment</h3> <p>• Flow-through for federal funds to support municipal initiatives that improve air, water and <a href="/facts/Soil_quality/2mDaaCxb">soil quality</a>, and protect the climate through the Green Municipal Fund's below-market loans, grants, education and training. This programme was established by the Chrétien government in 2001 with $100 million "to stimulate investment in innovative municipal infrastructure", and "to support municipal government action to cut pollution, reduce greenhouse gases and improve quality of life".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h3>International development</h3> <p>• Flow-through for federal aid for development cooperation in more than 40 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1987. </p> <h2 id="list-of-fcm-presidents">List of FCM Presidents</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><th scope="col">Year<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><th scope="col">Name</th><th scope="col">Office</th><th scope="col">Community</th><th scope="col">Province</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>1937</td><td><a href="/facts/Edward_Joseph_Cragg/82exLoys">Edward Joseph Cragg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/XdG6skaG">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Halifax_(former_city)/Tcm27J9I">Halifax</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>1938</td><td><a href="/facts/J._E._Stanley_Lewis/sdCNAj8f">J. E. Stanley Lewis</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Ottawa/RVBQLJuI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ottawa/x5FkqX7F">Ottawa</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>1943</td><td><a href="/facts/Adh%25C3%25A9mar_Raynault/uu5p9bh8">Adhémar Raynault</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Montreal/SS7f7dqN">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>1944</td><td><a href="/facts/Frederick_J._Conboy/8exg1fJM">Frederick J. Conboy</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Toronto/25GMM50X">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>1945<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Hood_Saunders/rgvj0cUd">Robert Hood Saunders</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Toronto/25GMM50X">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>1945</td><td><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Webster_Cornett/5EvgDSr9">Jonathan Webster Cornett</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Vancouver/cjBJVHUI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>1946</td><td><a href="/facts/Garnet_Coulter/l2j2ySna">Garnet Coulter</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Winnipeg/q4q7InQJ">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>1947</td><td>Ray T. Forbes</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Fredericton/XwkNbfLY">Fredericton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Brunswick/SLTqCmM2">New Brunswick</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>1948</td><td><a href="/facts/Lucien-Hubert_Borne/mV0QbMMz">Lucien-Hubert Borne</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Quebec_City/RVzRuyWI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec_City/l8pftRQK">Quebec City</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>1949</td><td>George C. MacLean</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Saint_Boniface%2c_Manitoba/UPhXAcqb">Saint Boniface</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>1950</td><td>Pierre-Horace Boivin</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Granby%2c_Quebec/QeWA7sMC">Granby</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>1951</td><td><a href="/facts/Percy_E._George/oxezTrWv">Percy E. George</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Victoria%2c_British_Columbia/UFLg6seY">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Victoria%2c_British_Columbia/5bKrLfN2">Victoria</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>1951<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>G. C. Miller</td><td><a href="/facts/Victoria_City_Council/obx39BXv">Alderman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Victoria%2c_British_Columbia/5bKrLfN2">Victoria</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>1952</td><td><a href="/facts/Archibald_J._Mason/tGVtQfPB">Archibald J. Mason</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Springhill%2c_Nova_Scotia/7T2DsbCm">Springhill</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>1952<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Joseph-Omer_Asselin/KUF7psUM">Joseph-Omer Asselin</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Montreal_City_Council/qVIUgVQs">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>1953<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Hugh_Mackay/agHK3sKf">Donald Hugh Mackay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Calgary/vqYb4w2g">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Calgary/DrFtRbEH">Calgary</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>1955</td><td><a href="/facts/J._David_Stewart/eLNwEvuW">J. David Stewart</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Charlottetown/HxxWxaMI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Charlottetown/BhxEC8z4">Charlottetown</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Prince_Edward_Island/lgY4nUa2">Prince Edward Island</a></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>1956</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Hawrelak/MxoXQYA3">William Hawrelak</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Edmonton/u3Ehasgs">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>1957</td><td><a href="/facts/Lloyd_Douglas_Jackson/fYhbGqIH">Lloyd Douglas Jackson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Hamilton%2c_Ontario/DrkGJVAx">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hamilton%2c_Ontario/wnN4KHHf">Hamilton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>1958</td><td><a href="/facts/Harry_Mews/2IxoXjT7">Harry Mews</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_St._John%2527s%2c_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/k8MWrEUK">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/St._John%2527s%2c_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/D7HoujDF">St. John's</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>1959</td><td>Robert Simpson</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Arnprior/7JnDuTDb">Arnprior</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>1960</td><td><a href="/facts/Sidney_Buckwold/umXLBav5">Sidney Buckwold</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Saskatoon/qB9bv2Rk">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Saskatoon/2tBfRgu8">Saskatoon</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Saskatchewan/ehkUec57">Saskatchewan</a></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>1961</td><td><a href="/facts/Percy_B._Scurrah/KWxsh4Sd">Percy B. Scurrah</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Victoria%2c_British_Columbia/UFLg6seY">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Victoria%2c_British_Columbia/5bKrLfN2">Victoria</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>24(1 of 2)</td><td>1961<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>Chaim Kushner</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/West_Kildonan%2c_Manitoba/G6RNEoBa">West Kildonan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>1962</td><td><a href="/facts/Joseph-Alfred_Mongrain/gnAQtg8n">Joseph-Alfred Mongrain</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Trois-Rivi%25C3%25A8res/n9daXheD">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Trois-Rivi%25C3%25A8res/UydpGpj2">Trois-Rivières</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>1963</td><td><a href="/facts/Irvin_William_Akerley/H6jktVb7">Irvin William Akerley</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Dartmouth%2c_Nova_Scotia/cPJRyqnF">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dartmouth%2c_Nova_Scotia/njDJYNAc">Dartmouth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>1963<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>Beth Woods</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Westminster/fmPKXk48">New Westminster</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>24(2 of 2)</td><td>1963<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>Chaim Kushner</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/West_Kildonan%2c_Manitoba/G6RNEoBa">West Kildonan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>1964</td><td>Charles Augustus Vaughan</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/XdG6skaG">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/Tcm27J9I">Halifax</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>1965</td><td><a href="/facts/Victor_Copps/fzSzv50C">Victor Copps</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Hamilton%2c_Ontario/DrkGJVAx">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hamilton%2c_Ontario/wnN4KHHf">Hamilton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>1966</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Rathie/SxWkkxhG">William Rathie</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Vancouver/cjBJVHUI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>1966<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>Reginald Dawson</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Mount_Royal%2c_Quebec/kcH75phc">Mount Royal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>1967</td><td><a href="/facts/Vincent_Dantzer/TsrqekJK">Vincent Dantzer</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Edmonton/u3Ehasgs">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>1968</td><td><a href="/facts/Albert_Campbell_(Canadian_politician)/myUKLRmn">Albert Campbell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Scarborough%2c_Ontario/xSXX2jeA">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Scarborough%2c_Toronto/wB15vkKs">Scarborough</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>1969</td><td>Allan O'Brien</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/XdG6skaG">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/Tcm27J9I">Halifax</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>1970</td><td><a href="/facts/Ivor_Dent/YRJq87pI">Ivor Dent</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Edmonton/u3Ehasgs">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>1971</td><td>Marcel D'Amour</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Hull%2c_Quebec/EmjejS0m">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hull%2c_Quebec/j3WxPYNF">Hull</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>1972</td><td><a href="/facts/Bud_Bird/fjaMcvDk">Bud Bird</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Fredericton/XwkNbfLY">Fredericton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Brunswick/SLTqCmM2">New Brunswick</a></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>1973</td><td>Bernie Wolfe</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>1974</td><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Godfrey/6JS0rTuI">Paul Godfrey</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chairman_of_the_Municipality_of_Metropolitan_Toronto/7uhrPtsG">Chairman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Metropolitan_Toronto/PVbbjvch">Metropolitan Toronto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>1975</td><td>Dan Munroe</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Glace_Bay/BRQmUNhl">Glace Bay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>1976</td><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Volrich/vhEWGqpJ">Jack Volrich</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Vancouver/cjBJVHUI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>1978</td><td>Paul-Olivier Trépanier</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Granby%2c_Quebec/QeWA7sMC">Granby</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>1979</td><td><a href="/facts/Cec_Purves/2Tc6ooMo">Cec Purves</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Edmonton/u3Ehasgs">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>1980</td><td><a href="/facts/Dennis_Flynn/c9HwXhFv">Dennis Flynn</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Etobicoke/vqCw8gUn">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Etobicoke/nWdK6kEY">Etobicoke</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>1981</td><td>Daniel Brownlow</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Dartmouth%2c_Nova_Scotia/cPJRyqnF">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dartmouth%2c_Nova_Scotia/njDJYNAc">Dartmouth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>1982</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean_Pelletier/W82Dk4lB">Jean Pelletier</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Quebec_City/RVzRuyWI">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec_City/l8pftRQK">Quebec City</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>1983</td><td>Ted Brady</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Carlyle%2c_Saskatchewan/Jj8y2MsJ">Carlyle</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Saskatchewan/ehkUec57">Saskatchewan</a></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>1984</td><td>Doreen Lawson</td><td><a href="/facts/Burnaby_City_Council/zV4DDmCd">Alderman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Burnaby/GkynB216">Burnaby</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>1985</td><td>Ron Cromwell</td><td>Alderman</td><td><a href="/facts/Halifax%2c_Nova_Scotia/Tcm27J9I">Halifax</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>1986</td><td>Richard Gilbert</td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto_City_Council/Ck0HhWIC">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td>1987</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean_Corbeil/tX9B0cXc">Jean Corbeil</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Anjou%2c_Quebec/ldgrhM5W">Anjou</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>1988</td><td>George Cuff</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Spruce_Grove/3mRTvJy5">Spruce Grove</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td>1989</td><td>George Ferguson</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Abbotsford%2c_British_Columbia/fvAwnKcA">Abbotsford</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>1990</td><td>Ray O'Neill</td><td><a href="/facts/St._John%2527s_City_Council/HeMGGRuS">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/St._John%2527s%2c_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/D7HoujDF">St. John's</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td>1991</td><td>Doreen Quirk</td><td><a href="/facts/Markham_City_Council/QRlxC6du">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Markham%2c_Ontario/SorRusGm">Markham</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td>1992</td><td><a href="/facts/Margaret_Delisle/9eXsGr67">Margaret Delisle</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Sillery%2c_Quebec_City/VtdEf4Jm">Sillery</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td>1993</td><td><a href="/facts/Ron_Hayter/gRYhDQz5">Ron Hayter</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Edmonton/u3Ehasgs">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td>1994</td><td>Laurence Mawhinney</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Lunenburg%2c_Nova_Scotia/kLywt6g7">Lunenburg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Les/KnQUBo7l">John Les</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Chilliwack/HCIkKFWW">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chilliwack/DUwvRBSI">Chilliwack</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/Bryon_Wilfert/LEookHIz">Bryon Wilfert</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Richmond_Hill_Town_Council/110HFCF8">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Richmond_Hill%2c_Ontario/3Q7TEHjS">Richmond Hill</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td>1997</td><td>Jae Eadie</td><td><a href="/facts/Deputy_Mayor_of_Winnipeg/dTjAIxsA">Deputy Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td>1998</td><td>Claude Cantin</td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec_City_Council/gzU90g4B">Deputy Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec_City/l8pftRQK">Quebec City</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td>1999</td><td>Sam Synard</td><td>Deputy Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Marystown/veknCd3J">Marystown</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/3rdY8zvo">Newfoundland and Labrador</a></td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td>2000</td><td>Joanne Monaghan</td><td>Councillor</td><td><a href="/facts/Kitimat/Bus5PKcT">Kitimat</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td>2001</td><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Layton/cG2furov">Jack Layton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto_City_Council/Ck0HhWIC">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td>2002</td><td>John Schmal</td><td><a href="/facts/Calgary_City_Council/hLRvgxSt">Alderman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Calgary/DrFtRbEH">Calgary</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td>2003</td><td><a href="/facts/Yves_Ducharme/bbz5tWdF">Yves Ducharme</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Gatineau/EmjejS0m">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gatineau/6TracWk2">Gatineau</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td>2004</td><td>Ann MacLean</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Glasgow%2c_Nova_Scotia/lwfLFKy2">New Glasgow</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td>2005</td><td>Michael Coleman</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Duncan%2c_British_Columbia/GmWUVzGv">Duncan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>2005<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td>Gloria Kovach</td><td><a href="/facts/Guelph_City_Council/MRAyMb3x">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Guelph/kPgkX3Vy">Guelph</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>2006<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td>Gord Steeves</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean_Perrault/dw4Q15D8">Jean Perrault</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Sherbrooke/Cuz6Jh2j">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sherbrooke/qzJVVQ6z">Sherbrooke</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td>2009</td><td><a href="/facts/Basil_Stewart/JqvUBPE7">Basil Stewart</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Summerside%2c_Prince_Edward_Island/7mGD5pwv">Mayor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Summerside%2c_Prince_Edward_Island/C0S95E9M">Summerside</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Prince_Edward_Island/lgY4nUa2">Prince Edward Island</a></td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td>2010</td><td>Hans Cunningham</td><td>Director</td><td><a href="/facts/Regional_District_of_Central_Kootenay/Ngvx04QK">Central Kootenay</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td>2011</td><td><a href="/facts/Berry_Vrbanovic/IKJ2TTTq">Berry Vrbanovic</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Kitchener_City_Council/C1kkwp2B">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Kitchener%2c_Ontario/fVm8rhy1">Kitchener</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td>2012</td><td><a href="/facts/Karen_Leibovici/Azuw1V5J">Karen Leibovici</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton_City_Council/sBoNfeCz">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edmonton/ePFNJlBN">Edmonton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Claude_Dauphin_(politician)/pvG5tr7A">Claude Dauphin</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Lachine%2c_Quebec/xBbT1XtN">Lachine</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>2014</td><td><a href="/facts/Brad_Woodside/086eKAXv">Brad Woodside</a></td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Fredericton/XwkNbfLY">Fredericton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Brunswick/SLTqCmM2">New Brunswick</a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>2015</td><td><a href="/facts/Raymond_Louie/Kdv1QbaB">Raymond Louie</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver_City_Council/qdyEF2f3">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a></td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>2016</td><td>Clark Somerville</td><td><a href="/facts/Halton_Hills/kDUx9ok6">Regional Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Halton_Hills/kDUx9ok6">Halton Hills</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>2017</td><td>Jenny Gerbasi</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg/zvwJ8fBz">Winnipeg</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Manitoba/QuCdIDYB">Manitoba</a></td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td>2018</td><td>Vicki-May Hamm</td><td>Mayor</td><td><a href="/facts/Magog%2c_Quebec/3Sp2usLk">Magog</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td>2019</td><td>Bill Karsten</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td>Halifax</td><td><a href="/facts/Nova_Scotia/RcmIvd1A">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td>2020</td><td>Garth Frizzell</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td>Prince George</td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>2021</td><td>Joanne Vanderheyden</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Summerside%2c_Prince_Edward_Island/7mGD5pwv">Mayor</a></td><td>Strathroy-Caradoc</td><td><a href="/facts/Ontario/HUkxk5Rf">Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td>2022</td><td>Taneen Rudyk</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td>Vegreville</td><td><a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a></td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td>2023</td><td>Scott Pearce</td><td><a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Summerside%2c_Prince_Edward_Island/7mGD5pwv">Mayor</a></td><td>Gore</td><td><a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td>2024</td><td>Rebecca Bligh</td><td><a href="/facts/Winnipeg_City_Council/dTjAIxsA">Councillor</a></td><td>Vancouver</td><td><a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_local_government_organizations/els1gcHD">List of local government organizations</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li>Deutsch, John (1976). <i>Tri-Level Task Force on Public Finance in Canada. Report of the Tri-Level Task Force on Public Finance</i>. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada.</li> <li><a href="http://www.fcm.ca/home/about-us/board-of-directors/fcm-past-presidents.htm">"FCM Past Presidents"</a>. Federation of Canadian Municipalities. June 2, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.fcm.ca">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>UBCM: The First Century: Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Granville Island. 2006. ISBN 1-894694-39-2. Retrieved 2009-01-09. <a href="1-894694-39-2" target="_blank">1-894694-39-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Stevenson, Don; Gilbert, Richard (2005-12-22). Coping with Canadian federalism: the case of the Federation of Canadian municipalities (PDF). Canadian Public Administration. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2009-01-09. <a href="http://www.richardgilbert.ca/Files/2005/Stevenson-Gilbert%20for%20CPAJ%20(Web).pdf" target="_blank">http://www.richardgilbert.ca/Files/2005/Stevenson-Gilbert%20for%20CPAJ%20(Web).pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>G+M oped by Jack Diamond: "New deal for cities critical", 3 Dec 2003 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Diamond_(architect)" target="_blank">/wiki/Jack_Diamond_(architect)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Government on track to deliver New Deal for Cities and Communities". Infrastructure Canada. 2005-02-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-01-09. see also Department of Finance archives "A New Deal for Canada's Communities" <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181815/http://www.infc.gc.ca/media/news-nouvelles/gtf-fte/2005/20050201ottawa-eng.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181815/http://www.infc.gc.ca/media/news-nouvelles/gtf-fte/2005/20050201ottawa-eng.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Stevenson, Don; Gilbert, Richard (2005-12-22). Coping with Canadian federalism: the case of the Federation of Canadian municipalities (PDF). Canadian Public Administration. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2009-01-09. <a href="http://www.richardgilbert.ca/Files/2005/Stevenson-Gilbert%20for%20CPAJ%20(Web).pdf" target="_blank">http://www.richardgilbert.ca/Files/2005/Stevenson-Gilbert%20for%20CPAJ%20(Web).pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Past presidents". fcm.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-16. <a href="https://fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/board-directors/past-presidents" target="_blank">https://fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/board-directors/past-presidents</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Year elected or appointed. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Appointed to replace Frederick J. Conboy in 1944 or 1945. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_J._Conboy" target="_blank">/wiki/Frederick_J._Conboy</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Appointed to replace Percy E. George in 1951 or 1952. <a href="/wiki/Percy_E._George" target="_blank">/wiki/Percy_E._George</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Appointed to replace Archibald J. Mason in 1952 or 1953. Went on to be elected to his own term in 1953. <a href="/wiki/Archibald_J._Mason" target="_blank">/wiki/Archibald_J._Mason</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Appointed to replace Joseph-Omer Asselin in 1953 or 1954. Went on to be elected to his own term in 1954. <a href="/wiki/Joseph-Omer_Asselin" target="_blank">/wiki/Joseph-Omer_Asselin</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Appointed to replace Percy B. Scurrah in 1961 or 1962. <a href="/wiki/Percy_B._Scurrah" target="_blank">/wiki/Percy_B._Scurrah</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Appointed to replace Irvin William Akerley in 1963 or 1964. <a href="/wiki/Irvin_William_Akerley" target="_blank">/wiki/Irvin_William_Akerley</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Appointed to replace Beth Woods in 1963 or 1964. <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Appointed to replace William Rathie in 1966 or 1967. <a href="/wiki/William_Rathie" target="_blank">/wiki/William_Rathie</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Appointed to replace Michael Coleman in 2005 or 2006. <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Appointed to replace Gloria Kovach in 2006 or 2007. Went on to be elected to his own term in 2007. <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>