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Mayors and Postmasters of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Mayors of Coeur d'Alene, 1907-2021 (may be incomplete!)
Hugh V. Scallon 1907-09 Boyd Hamilton 1909-11 John T. Wood 1911-13 Ralph S. Nelson 1913 Charles Feil 1913-15 S. H. McEuen 1915-17 C. H. Potts 1917-19 H. P. Glinderman 1919-21 J. C. Dwyer 1921-23 O. W. Edmonds 1923-27 George Natwick 1927-31 Jess Ray Simpson 1931-32 Ralph Gaines 1932-33 J. Knox Coe 1933-37 A. Granyham 1937-39 J. Knox Coe 1939-41 P. N. Banabaker 1941-43 O. W. Edmonds 1943-45 A. M. Rosenlund 1945-47 John Gardner Adams 1947-50 Larry L. Gardner 1950-55 P. A. Christianson 1955-61 James E. McKinnon 1961-63 Marc Souther 1963-65 Larry L. Gardner 1965-69 John McHugh 1969-73 Loren R. Edinger 1973-77 Donald Johnston 1978-81 James Fromm 1982-85 Raymond Stone 1986-93 A. J. 'Al' Hassell 1993-97 Steven Judy 1997-2001 Sandi Bloem 2002-13 Steve Widmyer 2014-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1907 Apr 2: Hugh V. Scallon (Citizens), elected; S. A. Varnam (People's), defeated.
  • 1935 Apr 23: J. Knox Coe, elected.
  • 1941 Apr 22: P. N. Banabaker, elected; J. Knox Coe, defeated.
  • 1943 Apr 27: O. W. Edmonds, elected.
  • 1947 Apr 22: John Gardner Adams (Community Welfare), elected; M. E. Frandsen (Progressive Citizens), defeated.
  • 1951 Apr 24: Larry L. Gardner, elected; Irene B. Green (Private Enterprise), defeated.
  • 1953 Apr 28: Larry L. Gardner, elected unopposed.
  • 1955 Apr 26: P. A. Christianson (Community Welfare), elected; Mrs. Paul Elder, defeated.
  • 1957 Apr 23: P. A. Christianson (Community Welfare), elected.
  • 1959 Apr 28: P. A. Christianson, elected; Robert C. Brogan, defeated; George F. F. Black, defeated; Don Averitt, defeated.
  • 1961 Apr 25: James E. McKinnon, elected; Marc Souther, defeated.
  • 1963 Nov 5: Marc Souther, elected; James E. McKinnon, defeated.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Larry L. Gardner (Community Action), elected; James E. McKinnon (Greater Coeur d'Alene), defeated; Ralph H. Anderson (Citizens United), defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: John McHugh (Community Action), elected; Don Aviett, defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Loren R. Edinger, elected; Reed Condie, defeated.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Donald Johnston, elected; Loren R. Edinger, defeated; Bill Turner, defeated.
  • 1981 Nov 3: James Fromm, elected; Ray Koep, defeated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Raymond Stone, elected; James Fromm, defeated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Raymond Stone, elected; Jennie Marquez, defeated; David Gossett, defeated; Rick Stokey, defeated; Lois Land-Albrecht, defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Sandi Bloem, elected; Steve Badroun, defeated.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Sandi Bloem, elected; Joe Kunka, defeated.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Jim Hammond, elected; Joe Alfieri, defeated; Michael Lentz, defeated.

    Postmasters at Coeur d'Alene, 1891-1901 (may be incomplete!)
    T. F. O'Reilly as of 1891-93 David F. Mason as of 1899-1901

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