List of mayors of Pickering, Ontario
This is a list of mayors, reeves and clerks of the City of Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
Town clerks (1811-1849)
During the early days of Pickering Township the Town Clerk was the town officer with the most authority.[1]
| Term[1] | Town Clerk[1] |
|---|---|
| 1811 – 1822 | Thomas Hubbard |
| 1823 – 1835 | William Sleigh |
| 1836 – 1839 | James Sharrard |
| 1840 – 1843 | Joseph Wilson |
| 1844 – 1848 | George Barclay |
| 1849 | Hector Beaton1 |
Note
- Hector Beaton was appointed as collector in 1836 and by 1849 he was filling three roles (assessor, collector and clerk).[2] He remained in the role of Town Clerk until 1883, at which point his son Donald R. Beaton filled the roll until 1944.[2][3]
Reeves (1850-1873)
Following the Municipal Corporations Act of 1849, Reeves became part of the Pickering leadership.[1] The first meeting of Pickering Council following the Act was held on January 21, 1850, at Thompson's Inn, located south of Brougham.[4]
| Term[1] | Reeve[1] |
|---|---|
| 1850 - 1852 | William Henry Michell |
| 1853 - 1854 | John MacVeigh Lumsden
Truman P. White |
| 1855 - 1856 | John MacVeigh Lumsden |
| 1857 - 1864 | Truman P. White1 |
| 1865 | James McCreight |
| 1866 | Truman P. White |
| 1867 - 1868 | James McCreight |
| 1869 - 1874 | Truman P. White |
| 1875 - 1876 | John Miller |
| 1877 | Truman P. White |
| 1878 - 1883 | John Miller |
| 1884 - 1887 | Joseph Monkhouse |
| 1888 | John Miller |
| 1889 | Sylvester Mackey |
| 1890 | John Miller |
| 1891 - 1892 | George Parker |
| 1893 - 1894 | Ralph R. Mowbray |
| 1895 - 1896 | George Gerow |
| 1897 - 1898 | Ralph R. Mowbray |
| 1899 - 1900 | William G. Barnes |
| 1901 - 1902 | Thomas Poucher |
| 1903 | Thomas Beare |
| 1904 | James Underhill |
| 1905 | James McBrady |
| 1906 - 1907 | James Todd |
| 1908 - 1910 | John A. White |
| 1911 | Ralph R. Mowbray |
| 1912 | William George Scott |
| 1913 - 1914 | William W. Sparks |
| 1915 - 1916 | Elias B. Hoover |
| 1917 - 1918 | Ralph R. Mowbray |
| 1918 | John Forgie |
| 1919 - 1920 | William George Scott |
| 1921 - 1922 | Fred H. Richardson |
| 1923 - 1924 | John Forgie |
| 1925 - 1926 | Adam Spears |
| 1927 - 1929 | George M. Forsyth |
| 1930 - 1931 | George L. Middleton |
| 1932 - 1934 | Ernest L. Chapman |
| 1935 - 1937 | Robert C. Reesor |
| 1938 - 1939 | Ralph E. Mowbray |
| 1940 - 1944 | William Reesor |
| 1945 - 1947 | D. Blake Annis |
| 1948 - 1951 | William H. Westney |
| 1952 - 1955 | George Todd |
| 1956 | William G. Newman |
| 1957 - 1958 | William G. Lawson |
| 1959 - 1963 | John Sherman Scott |
| 1964 - 1967 | Clifford Laycox |
| 1968 - 1973 | John Williams |
Note
- T.P. White served as Ontario County Warden in 1861.
Mayors (1974-present)
| Term[1] | Mayor[1] |
|---|---|
| 1974 - 1977 | George Ashe1 |
| 1977 - 1988 | John E. Anderson1 |
| 1988 - 2003 | Wayne Arthurs |
| 2003–2022 | David Ryan |
| 2022–present | Kevin Ashe[5] |
Note
- George Ashe resigned and was elected to the Ontario Legislature. John Anderson was appointed Mayor following George Ashe's resignation[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Past Council Boards" (PDF). City of Pickering. City of Pickering. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b Higgins, W.H. (1887). The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers, Settlement of Uxbridge, Sketch of the History of the County of Ontario, the Rebellion of 1837, Parliamentary Career, Etc., Etc. Reminiscences of Sixty Years of Active Political and Municipal Life.
- ^ Todd, George T. (1954). By-Laws of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering. Township of Pickering.
- ^ Farewell, J.E. (1907). County of Ontario : short notes as to the early settlement and progress of the county and brief references to the pioneers and some Ontario County men who have taken a prominent part in provincial and dominion affairs. Whitby : Gazette-Chronicle Press.
- ^ Kristen Calis, "Kevin Ashe elected new mayor of Pickering". DurhamRegion.com, October 24, 2022.
- ^ Reeve and Council Years (1959-1976). Township of Pickering. 1976.