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)

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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

  1. 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)

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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

  1. T.P. White served as Ontario County Warden in 1861.

Mayors (1974-present)

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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

  1. George Ashe resigned and was elected to the Ontario Legislature. John Anderson was appointed Mayor following George Ashe's resignation[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Past Council Boards" (PDF). City of Pickering. City of Pickering. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Todd, George T. (1954). By-Laws of the Corporation of the Township of Pickering. Township of Pickering.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kristen Calis, "Kevin Ashe elected new mayor of Pickering". DurhamRegion.com, October 24, 2022.
  6. ^ Reeve and Council Years (1959-1976). Township of Pickering. 1976.