Mark Sutcliffe (born July 14, 1968)[2] [3] is a Canadian politician who has been the 59th mayor of Ottawa since 2022.

Sutcliffe is the first Chinese Canadian and person from a visible minority group to serve as mayor of Ottawa.

He graduated from St. Pius X High School, and then studied political science[5] at Carleton University for one year before dropping out to take a job at the CHEZ 106 radio station.

[8] Described as a centrist, Sutcliffe defeated Catherine McKenney, a progressive councillor supported by many New Democratic Party and some Liberal figures.

[5] Despite this, Sutcliffe acknowledges that he has benefitted in his career from racial privilege, being born "visibly White" without "any Asian features.