Brandon was officially incorporated on May 30th, 1882. New residents to the area arrived so quickly that Brandon never attained the status of a town or village, but instead became a city overnight.
| Term of Office | Mayor |
| 2022- Current | Jeff Fawcett |
| 2014-2022 | Rick Chrest |
| 2010-2014 | Shari Decter-Hirst |
| 2002-2010 | David K. Burgess |
| 1997-2002 | Reginald C. Atkinson |
| 1989-1997 | Richard N. Bortosik |
| 1979-1989 | Kenneth J. Burgess |
| 1977-1978 | Gil D. Box |
| 1975-1977 | Elwood C. Gorrie |
| 1970-1974 | William K. Wilton |
| 1962-1969 | Stephen A. Magnacca |
| 1958-1961 | James A. Creighton |
| 1956-1957 | Dr. Stuart Schultz |
| 1952-1955 | James Creighton |
| 1946-1951 | Frank T. Williamson |
| 1944-1945 | Leslie H. McDorman |
| 1938-1943 | Frederick H. Young |
| 1934-1937 | Harry W. Cater |
| 1932-1933 | Edmund Fotheringham |
| 1922-1931 | Harry Cater |
| 1920-1921 | George Dinsdale |
| 1919 | A. Reginald McDiarmid |
| 1915-1918 | Harry W. Cater |
| 1914 | Joseph H. Hughes |
| 19011-1913 | John W. Fleming |
| 1909-1910 | Henry L. Adolph |
| 1907-1908 | Stephen Clement |
| 1905-1906 | John W. Fleming |
| 1903-1904 | Robert Hall |
| 1901-1902 | Alexander C. Fraser |
| 1899-1990 | Dr. John McDiarmid |
| 1897-1898 | Ezekial Evans |
| 1895-1896 | James A. Smart |
| 1892-1894 | Dr. John McDiarmid |
| 1890-1891 | Andrew Kelly |
| 1888-1889 | Alexander C. Fraser |
| 1887 | Charles Adams |
| 1885-1886 | James A. Smart |
| 1884 | Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly |
| 1883 | William Winter |
| 1882 | Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly |