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Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election and he was chosen by the Reformers.
Mayor of Waterloo: 1881-1883. Benjamin Devitt was born the son of a grist mill operator in the Village of Bridgeport (Kitchener) on July 10 1835. Active in local politics and village council, Devitt was elected mayor in 1881, five years after the incorporation of the Town of Waterloo.
Jan 29, 2013 · In 1832 he visited England to present his political supporters' grievances before the imperial government. The sympathetic hearing he received outraged Upper Canadian conservatives. In 1834, when the Reformers won a majority on the newly created Toronto City Council, he was elected its first mayor.
William Peyton Hubbard, politician, inventor, baker, coachman (born 27 January 1842 in Toronto, ON; died 30 April 1935 in Toronto). Hubbard was Toronto’s first Black elected official, serving as alderman (1894–1903, 1913) and controller (1898–1908), and as acting mayor periodically.
Mar 5, 2013 · When Mackenzie was elected Toronto's first mayor on April 3, their worst nightmare came true. As mayor Mackenzie's responsibilities included holding a daily police court and meting out punishment for crimes such as drunkenness, wife beating, breaking the Sabbath and bootlegging.
1951: Charlotte Whitton was elected as the first female mayor of a major city in Canada (Ottawa). 1951: Indigenous women acquired the right to hold office on reserves. 1954: Indigenous women and men (“Status Indians”) vote in Ontario provincial elections for the first time.
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McKersie first became mayor in 1937 when the Town of Waterloo was recovering from a period of economic uncertainty. Under McKersie’s leadership, by 1939 the town’s tax rate had declined and a surplus of $12,000 was posted.
