This is a list of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario in Canada. 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.
No. | Name | Term | Notes |
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1 | Peter Secor | 1850 | Former postmaster |
2 | John P. Wheler | 1851-1853 | |
3 | John Torrance | 1854 | Surveyor and owner of several farms |
2 | John P. Wheler | 1855-1864 | Second term |
4 | Donald G. Stephenson | 1865 | Farmer |
5 | Thomas Brown | 1866 | |
6 | George Chester | 1867-1870 | |
2 | John P. Wheler | 1871-1875 | Third term |
6 | George Chester | 1876 | Second term |
4 | Donald G. Stephenson | 1877-1880 | Second term |
7 | John Richardson | 1881-1894 | |
8 | James Chester | 1895 | |
9 | Lyman Kennedy | 1896-1901 | |
10 | Alfred Young | 1902-1907 | |
11 | William D. Annis | 1908-1912 | |
12 | James George Cornell | 1913-1919 | related to settler William Cornell |
13 | James T. Steward | 1920-1921 | |
14 | E. M. Croker | 1922 | |
15 | Robert McCowan | 1923-1925 | |
16 | T. E. Allen | 1926 | |
17 | George Moore | 1927 | |
18 | George Burnfield Little | 1928-1931 | |
19 | F. L. Barchard | 1932 | |
20 | T. H. Sanders | 1933-1934 | |
17 | George Moore | 1935 | Second term |
21 | B. J. Wheeler | 1936-1938 | |
22 | Burton L. Clutterbuck | 1939-1945 | |
23 | Allan P. Wheler | 1946 | |
24 | R. H. Palmer | 1947 | |
25 | Oliver E. Crockford | 1948-1955 | |
26 | Gus Harris | 1956 | Later served as Mayor of Scarborough |
27 | Albert Campbell | 1956-1967 | Final Reeve of Scarborough |
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After 1967, the title of reeve of the Township of Scarborough was changed to the Mayor of the Borough of Scarborough. 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.
No. | Name | Term | Notes |
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1 | Albert Campbell | 1967-1969 | Resigned to become Metro Chairman |
2 | Robert W. White | 1969-1972 | |
3 | Paul Cosgrove | 1973-1978 | Resigned to become a Liberal MP, later served as a cabinet minister and a judge |
— | Ken Morrish | 1978 | Interim |
4 | Gus Harris | 1979-1988 | Became a city mayor in 1983 |
5 | Joyce Trimmer | 1988-1994 | First woman elected Mayor of Scarborough |
6 | Frank Faubert | 1994-1998 | |
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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
Controller | 1966 | 1969 | 1972 | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1985 |
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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 |