List of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario
This is a list of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario. The township of Scarborough was created in 1850. The head of the local government was a reeve until the incorporation of Scarborough as a borough in 1967, at which point the head of the local government was styled as mayor and continued after becoming a city in 1983. Since 1998, Scarborough has been a community within the city of Toronto, and the head of the local government is the Mayor of Toronto.
Township Reeves
- 1850 : Peter Secor - former postmaster and associated with William Lyon Mackenzie
- 1851 - 1853 : John P. Wheler
- 1854 : John Torrance - surveyor and owner of several farms near McCowan Road and Eglinton Avenue East
- 1855 - 1864 : John P. Wheler - second term
- 1865 : Donald G. Stephenson - farmer
- 1866 : Thomas Brown
- 1867 - 1870 : George Chester
- 1871 - 1875 : John P. Wheler - third term
- 1876 : George Chester - second term
- 1877 - 1880: Donald G. Stephenson - second term
- 1881 - 1894 : John Richardson
- 1895 : James Chester
- 1896 - 1901 : Lyman Kennedy
- 1902 - 1907 : Alfred Young
- 1908 - 1912 : William D. Annis
- 1913 - 1919 : James George Cornell - related to earlier settler William Cornell
- 1920 - 1921 : James T. Stewart
- 1922 : E.M. Croker
- 1923 - 1925 : Robert McCowan
- 1926 : T.E. Allen
- 1927 : George Moore
- 1928 - 1931 : George Burnfield Little
- 1932 : F.L. Barchard
- 1933 - 1934 : T.H. Sanders
- 1935 : George Moore
- 1936 - 1938 : B.J. Wheeler
- 1939 - 1945 : Burton L. Clutterbuck
- 1946 : Allan P. Wheler
- 1947 : R.H. Palmer
- 1948 - 1955 : Oliver E. Crockford - helped develop the Golden Mile, and Scarborough General Hospital.[1][2][3][4][5]
- 1956 : Augustus (Gus) Harris - served later as mayor
- 1957 - 1967 : Albert Campbell - later Metro Chairman.
Borough Mayors
After 1967, the title of reeve of the Township of Scarborough was changed to the Mayor of the Borough of Scarborough:
- 1967 - 1969 : Albert Campbell - resigned to become Metro Chairman.
- 1969 - 1972 : Robert W. White - in office for construction of Scarborough Civic Centre and Scarborough Town Centre.[6]
- 1973 - 1978 : Paul Cosgrove - resigned to become a Liberal MP. Later served as a federal cabinet minister and a judge.
- 1978 : Ken Morrish - interim
- 1979 - 1983 : Gus Harris - had previously served as reeve in 1956.
City Mayors
Scarborough became a city in 1983 with the former mayor of the borough becoming mayor of the city. After 1998, the Mayor of Scarborough ceased to exist and was replaced by the Mayor of Toronto.
- 1983 - 1988 : Gus Harris
- 1988 - 1994 : Joyce Trimmer - first woman elected mayor.
- 1994 - 1998 : Frank Faubert - had previously served as an MPP in the provincial legislature.
Board of Control
Scarborough had a Board of Control from 1966 until it was abolished with the 1988 election and replaced by directly elected Metro Councillors. The Board of Control consisted of four Controllers elected at large and the mayor and served as the executive committee of Scarborough Council. Controllers concurrently sat on Metropolitan Toronto Council
Names in boldface indicate Controllers that were or became Mayor of Scarborough in other years.
X = elected as Controller
A = appointed Controller to fill a vacancy
M = sitting as Mayor
From 1966 to abolition
| Controller | 1966 | 1969 | 1972 | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1985 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Campbell | M | ||||||||
| Robert W. White | X | M | |||||||
| Gus Harris | X | X | X | X | X | M | M | M | M |
| Brian Harrison | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Karl Mallette | X | X | X | ||||||
| Ken Morrish | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Paul Cosgrove | M | M | M | ||||||
| Joyce Trimmer | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Frank Faubert | A | X | X | X | |||||
| Carol Ruddell | X | X | X | ||||||
| Bill Belfontaine | X |
References
- A History of Scarborough, ed. Robert R. Bonis (1965)
- "Revitalization project aims to put the glitter back in the Golden Mile", by Laurie Monsebraaten, Toronto Star, (5 November 2019)., "'Mr. Scarborough' Oliver Crockford reeve for 8 years", 31 March 1986, The Toronto Star, "Crockford Seeks PC Nomination In New Riding", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]20 Dec 1952:, "Candidates in the Suburbs", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]03 Dec 1964: 12 , "See acclamation for Clutterbuck", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]24 Nov 1943: 4, "Defeated Candidate, Attacks Reeve, Relief Administrator", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]12 Jan 1943: 5
- Bonis, Robert (1968). A History of Scarborough. Scarborough Public Library. p. 206. https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/281086.pdf
- "The heyday of '50s and '60s gone, the huge Scarborough tract is resurging under residential and retail redevelopment", by Tony Wong, Toronto Star, 12 July 1999, "Not much remains of Scarborough's Golden Mile; Eglinton Avenue from Birchmount Road to Pharmacy Avenue experienced an industrial and residential boom in the 1950s, but you'd never know it today", by Dave LeBlanc, 28 July 2006 The Globe and Mail, page G8,
- Bonis, Robert (1968). A History of Scarborough. Scarborough Public Library. p. 226. https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/pdfs/281086.pdf
- "Scarboro Reeve New President Of Association", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]23 May 1953: 9., "Last Sister of Misericorde leaves Scarborough hospital", by Jo Carson, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]22 June 1972: W4.,"Crockford Imprudent, Says Judge in Report", by Clark Davey, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]25 Nov 1955: 1., "Golden dream soon to vanish", by John Sewell, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]14 Apr 1986: A8, "A Crockford Error: Metropolitan Toronto", by Lex Schrag, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]01 Sep 1955: 3., "Charges Crockford Overspends Income", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]09 Nov 1955: 1., "Crockford Seeks Provincial Seat As a Liberal", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]09 Mar 1955: 1., "York-Scarboro: Reeve, Old Foe, CCFer in Contest", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]16 May 1955: 5, "Folksy former Chairman wanted more authority for Metro, less provincial interference: Albert McTaggart Campbell, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]31 Aug 1973: 1., "5 new faces on Scarboro council", Toronto Daily Star, 08 Dec 1964: 9, "Candidates for Controller", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]02 Dec 1966: 11., "DENNISON THE WINNER: Four boroughs pick incumbents", by Terrance Wills, The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]06 Dec 1966: 1.
- "R.W. White was ex-mayor of Scarborough", Toronto Star (1971-2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]18 Jan 1985: A17. "No conflict, White declares", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Sep 1972: 5 "Scarborough gets Robert White as successor to Mayor Campbell", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]04 Oct 1969: 5. "'Semi-swinger' Robert White succeeds Campbell as Scarborough mayor", Toronto Daily Star (1900-1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario]04 Oct 1969: 6. "BUILDING AND REAL ESTATE: Scarborough called Metro's last development frontier", Belford, Terrence. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]24 Mar 1972: B7 "Limousine no issue, but Mayor White's Halifax flight is something else", Coleman, Thomas. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]18 Nov 1972: 4. "Voted out: it's always hard to explain", Baker, Alden. The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]10 Oct 1978: 4. "No conflict, White declares", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Sep 1972: 5 "Council wrangle annoys Godfrey: O'Donohue, 2 ex-mayors get conservation posts", The Globe and Mail (1936-2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]30 Jan 1974: 5
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