List of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario

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.

Township Reeves

No. Name Term Notes
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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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. Name Term Notes
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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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 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)
  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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