The Mayors of Brighouse

This page lists the people who have held the office of Mayor of Brighouse.

The mayoral term begins in November, so a reference such as:

• 1907-1909: Alexander Oldfield Stock

Any exceptions are indicated

See also the entries for

• Mayors of Calderdale
• Mayors of Halifax
• Mayors of Todmorden
• Mayors of Hebden Royd

Frederick Laxton was elected to be the first Mayor of Brighouse, but he died and the office passed to William Smith.

• 1893-1895: William Smith
• 1895-1898: Richard Kershaw
• 1898-1901: John William Clay
• 1901-1904: Samuel Edgar Hirst
• 1904-1907: William Smith
• 1907-1909: Alexander Oldfield Stocks
• 1909-1916: Robert Thornton
• 1916-1919: John Wood
• 1919-1920: David Crowther Holmes
• 1920-1922: Dennis Hardaker
• 1922-1925: George Frederick Sugden
• 1925-1928: Albert Marsden Denham
• 1928-1933: John Henry Turner
• 1933-1935: Arthur Reeve
• 1935-1936: Dr James Wood
• 1936-1938: John Cheetham
• 1938-1940: Hanson Marshall
• 1940-1942: Herbert Womersley
• 1942-1944: George Percy Bunce
• 1944-1946: John Vincent Floyd Bottomley
• 1946-1947: Herbert Armitage
• 1947-1950: Wilfrid Whiteley
• 1950-1952: George Albert Stillingfleet
• 1952-1954: George Turner
• 1954-1956: Edwin Rigby Hinchliffe
• 1956-1958: Harry Edwards
• 1958-1959: Ambrose Broomhead
• 1959-1960: Harry Clifford Nobbs
• 1960-1961: John Herbert Hallowell
• 1961-1962: Samson Williams
• 1962-1963: John Stanley Armitage
• 1963-1964: Leslie Hulme
• 1964-1965: Mrs Mona Ross Mitchell
• 1965-1966: Dennis Goodger
• 1966-1967: Herbert Prest
• 1967-1968: Sir Herbert Redfearn
• 1968-1969: William Holdsworth
• 1969-1970: Thomas Herbert Gooder
• 1970-1971: Emma Hions
• 1971-1972: Stanley Firth
• 1972-1973: Laurence Hanson
• 1973-1974: Alfred Stanley Womersley

Page Ref: MMM135

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