List of mayors of Brockton, Massachusetts

This is a list of the past and present mayors and city managers of Brockton, Massachusetts.

Mayors

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# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes
1st Ziba Cary Keith   1882–1883 Republican
2nd Henry H. Packard 1883–1884
3rd Ziba Cary Keith   1884–1885 Republican
4th John J. Whipple   1886–1887 Republican
5th Albert R. Wade 1888–1889
6th William Lewis Douglas   1890–1891 Democrat
7th Ziba Cary Keith   1892–1893 Republican
8th John J. Whipple   1894–1895
9th Charles Williamson 1896–1897
10th Henry E. Garfield 1898–1898
11th Emery M. Low 1899–1899
12th Charles H. Coulter 1900–1901 Socialist Party of America
13th David W. Battles 1902–1902
14th Edward H. Keith 1904–1905
15th Fred O. Bradford 1905–1906
16th John S. Kent 1907–1909
17th William H. Clifford 1910–1910
18th Harry C. Howard 1911–1912
19th Charles M. Hickey 1913–1913
20th Harry C. Howard 1914–1914
21st John S. Burbank 1915–1916
22nd Stewart B. McLeod 1917–1917
23rd William M. Gleason   1918–1920
24th Roger Keith   1921–1922
25th Frank A. Manning 1923–1924
26th William A. Bullivant 1925–1925 Republican
27th Harold D. Bent 1926–1931 Republican
28th Horace C. Baker 1932–1935 Republican
29th Lawrence E. Crowley 1936–1937 Democrat
30th Fred D. Rowe 1938–1941 Republican
31st Joseph H. Downey 1942 – November 3, 1949 Democrat Died in office
Acting Thomas J. Mullins November 3, 1949 – January 2, 1950 City Council President. Served as acting mayor following the death of Joseph H. Downey.
32nd Melvin B. Clifford 1950–1951 Republican
33rd C. Gerald Lucey 1952–1955 Democrat
34th Hjalmar Peterson 1956–1957 Republican Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan D Charter.
35th Wilfred A. Derosier 1958–1959 First Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government
36th Leonard H. Ellershaw 1960–1961 Last Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government
37th F. Milton McGrath 1962–1963 Democrat First Mayor after the City Manager form of government was abolished.
38th Alvin Jack Sims 1964–1967 Republican
39th John E. Sullivan 1968–1971 Democrat
40th Richard L. Wainwright 1972–1973 Republican
41st David E. Crosby 1974–1982 Democrat Last mayor elected in partisan election.
Served as interim mayor from January to June 1982 while the results of the 1981 election were challenged in court.
42nd Paul V. Studenski June 1982 – January 1984 First mayor elected in nonpartisan election.
Elected in special election after the result of the 1981 mayor election was thrown out by the State Appeals Court.
43rd Carl D. Pitaro 1984–1992
44th Winthrop Farwell, Jr. 1992–1996
45th Jack Yunits 1996–2006
46th James E. Harrington 2006–2010
47th Linda Balzotti 2010–2014
48th William Carpenter 2014–July 2, 2019 Died in office
49th Moises Rodrigues July 2, 2019-January 6, 2020 Councilor-At-Large. Served as acting mayor following the death of William Carpenter.
50th Robert F. Sullivan   January 6, 2020–Present

City managers

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From 1958 to 1961, Brockton was led by a City Manager under the Plan D form of government.

# City Manager Term Notes
1st William A. Gildea 1958–1961
Temporary Melvin B. Clifford 1961–1961 City Clerk.
Named temporary manager after City Council fired Gildea.
Removed from office after a judge ruled that Gildea was to be reinstated.
2nd William A. Gildea 1961–1961
Acting Melvin B. Clifford 1961–1962 Named acting city manager after decision reinstating Gildea was overturned.

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