Saint Leo Government
Incorporated 1891
Residents voted to incorporate Saint Leo on February 24, 1891. The Florida Legislature passed an act to that effect on June 2, 1891, and Saint Leo became an incorporated city on July 4, 1891. The first elected mayor was Dr. Joseph Felix Corrigan, the attending physician of Saint Leo College – which had been established in 1889.
Saint Leo government consists of an elected city council of 5 members, each serving 2 year terms. The council appoints a mayor from their ranks to serve a 1 year term.
Mayors
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Dr. Joseph Felix Corrigan | 1891 |
| E. G. Gailmard | 1899 | |
| R. Batchelor | 1900 | |
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Jesse H. Dunne | 1918 |
| Frater Thomas | 1924? | |
| Tommie Thompson | 1924 | |
| Marion Bowman | 1962 | |
| A. O. Keefer | 1967 | |
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Lucy Faciane | 1969 – 1971 |
| Daniel Culliton | 1972 – 1973 | |
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Jerome Leavy | 1974 – 1975 |
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Marie McGee | 1977 – 1981 |
| Bill Hamilton Jr. | 1984 – 1987 | |
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Carol Schraeder | 1988 – 1989 |
| Richard Christmas | 1995 – 1999 | |
| Janis Klingle | 1999 – 2002 | |
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Vincent “Mike” D’Ambrosio | 2021 |
The information shown here is largely incomplete, and in some cases may not be completely accurate. It was sourced primarily from newspaper articles.
Page created March 29, 2024 by Paul Herman, Digital Media Archivist, West Pasco Historical Society
