List of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario

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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.

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Township Reeves

No.NameTermNotes
1Peter Secor1850Former postmaster
2John P. Wheler1851-1853
3John Torrance1854Surveyor and owner of several farms
2John P. Wheler1855-1864Second term
4Donald G. Stephenson1865Farmer
5Thomas Brown1866
6George Chester1867-1870
2John P. Wheler1871-1875Third term
6George Chester1876Second term
4Donald G. Stephenson1877-1880Second term
7 John Richardson 1881-1894
8James Chester1895
9Lyman Kennedy1896-1901
10Alfred Young1902-1907
11William D. Annis1908-1912
12James George Cornell1913-1919related to settler William Cornell
13James T. Steward1920-1921
14E. M. Croker1922
15Robert McCowan1923-1925
16T. E. Allen1926
17George Moore1927
18George Burnfield Little1928-1931
19F. L. Barchard1932
20T. H. Sanders1933-1934
17George Moore1935Second term
21B. J. Wheeler1936-1938
22Burton L. Clutterbuck1939-1945
23Allan P. Wheler1946
24R. H. Palmer1947
25 Oliver E. Crockford 1948-1955
26 Gus Harris 1956Later served as Mayor of Scarborough
27 Albert Campbell 1956-1967Final Reeve of Scarborough
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Borough Mayors

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.NameTermNotes
1 Albert Campbell 1967-1969Resigned to become Metro Chairman
2 Robert W. White 1969-1972
3 Paul Cosgrove 1973-1978Resigned to become a Liberal MP, later served as a cabinet minister and a judge
— Ken Morrish 1978Interim
4 Gus Harris 1979-1988Became a city mayor in 1983
5 Joyce Trimmer 1988-1994First woman elected Mayor of Scarborough
6 Frank Faubert 1994-1998
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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

Elections to the Board of Control for Scarborough (1966–1985)
Controller 1966 1969 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1985
Albert Campbell M
Robert W. White XM
Gus Harris XXXXXMMMM
Brian HarrisonXXXXXXXX
Karl MalletteXXX
Ken Morrish XXXXXX
Paul Cosgrove MMM
Joyce Trimmer XXXXXX
Frank Faubert AXXX
Carol RuddellXXX
Bill BelfontaineX

References

  1. ↑ Bonis, Robert (1968). "A History of Scarborough" (PDF). Scarborough Public Library.
  2. ↑ "R.W. White was ex-mayor of Scarborough", Toronto Star (1971–2009); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario] 18 January 1985: A17. "No conflict, White declares", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 7 September 1972: 5 "Scarborough gets Robert White as successor to Mayor Campbell", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 4 October 1969: 5. "'Semi-swinger' Robert White succeeds Campbell as Scarborough mayor", Toronto Daily Star (1900–1971); Toronto, Ontario [Toronto, Ontario] 4 October 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 March 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 November 1972: 4. "Voted out: it's always hard to explain", Baker, Alden. The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 10 October 1978: 4. "No conflict, White declares", The Globe and Mail (1936–2016); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont] 7 September 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 January 1974: 5
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