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List Of Mayors Of Niagara Falls, Ontario
This is an incomplete list of mayors of the City of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Town of (Clifton 1856–1880) Niagara Falls 1856–1904 * Gilbert McMicken (1856–1857) * Frederic William Hill (1898) City of Niagara Falls 1904–present * 1. George Hanan (1904) * 2. W. H. Phemister (1905) * 3. R. P. Slater (1906–1907) * 4. Richard F. Carter (1908) * 3. R. P. Slater + (1909) * 5. O. E. Dores (1910–1911) * 6. Charles C. Cole (1912–1913) * 5. O. E. Dores + (1914) * 7. C. N. Glendening (1915–1917) * 8. Harry P. Stephens (1918–1921) * 9. Charles R. Newman (1922–1924) * 10. Harry P. Stephens (1925–1928) * 11. Charles Swayze (1929–1934) * 12. Charles W. Anderson (1935–1937) * 13. Carl Hanniwell (1938–1939) * 14. George R. Inglis (1940–1946) * 15. William Houck (1947–1950) * 16. Ernest Hawkins (1951–1958) * 17. Franklin Miller (1959–1964) * 18. Robert F. Keighan (1965–1966) * 17. Franklin Miller +(1967–1972) * 19. George Bukator (1973–1978) * 20. Wayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is on the western bank of the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario, with a population of 88,071 at the 2016 census. It is part of the St. Catharines - Niagara Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). Incorporated on 12 June 1903, the city is across the river from Niagara Falls, New York. The Niagara River flows over Niagara Falls at this location, creating a natural spectacle which attracts millions of tourists each year. The tourist area near the falls includes observation towers, high-rise hotels, souvenir shops, museums, indoor water parks, casinos and theatres, mostly with colourful neon billboards and advertisements. Other parts of the city include golf courses, parks, historic sites from the War of 1812, and residential neighbourhoods. History Prior to European arrival, present day Niagara Falls was populated by Iroquoian-speaking Neutral people but, after attacks from the Haudenosaunee and Seneca, the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert McMicken
Gilbert McMicken (October 13, 1813 – March 7, 1891) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He served on the Council of Keewatin the governing body of the District of Keewatin from 1876 to 1877. He was born in England or Scotland in 1813 and came to Upper Canada in 1832. He entered the business of forwarding goods at Chippawa in the Niagara region. He later moved to Queenston where he became a customs collector and a notary public. He formed a forwarding company there in partnership with James Hamilton. He was elected to the council for the Niagara District and then to the council for Niagara Township, where he was chosen to be reeve. He moved to Clifton (later Niagara Falls) in 1851 where he served several terms as postmaster and became the town's first mayor. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Welland. He was appointed excise officer in Windsor in 1864. Later that year, he was named stipendiary magistrate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic William Hill
Frederic William Hill, CB, CMG, DSO, VD, QC (8 August 1866 – 12 March 1954) was a Canadian lawyer and military officer. Biography Hill was born in Welland in 1866. During the First World War, he commanded the 1st Battalion, CEF from its establishment in September 1914 to January 1916. Then, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and commanded the newly formed 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade during the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 The Battle of Hill 70 took place in the First World War between the Canadian Corps and five divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle took place along the Western Front on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France ..., and Third Ypres.* Before the war, he had commanded the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment. In addition to the Order of the Bath and the Order of St Michael and St George, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He remained in the army until 1930. He was appointed Honorary Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Swayze
Charles Fletcher Swayze (December 26, 1869 – October 10, 1954) was a Canadian politician. He represented Niagara Falls in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as a member of the Labour Party, and subsequently served as mayor of Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Fall ... from 1929 to 1934. He died in 1954.Charles F. Swayze: Former Mayor, Parole Officer, Niagara MPP The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Oct 11, 1954; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail pg. 11 References External links * Labour MPPs in Ontario Mayors of Niagara Falls, Ontario 1869 births 1954 deaths {{Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hanniwell
Carl David Hanniwell (May 28, 1903 – April 22, 1969) was a Canadian politician who served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario member of the Ontario legislature and as a municipal politician. He served as an alderman and later as mayor of the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. He was mayor from 1938 until 1939. He was elected to the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1945, serving from June 4, 1945, until April 27, 1948. Later, he was vice-chairman of Ontario Hydro Ontario Hydro, established in 1906 as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, was a publicly owned electricity utility in the Province of Ontario. It was formed to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity g .... References 1903 births 1969 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Mayors of Niagara Falls, Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Houck (politician)
William Limburg Houck (May 10, 1893 – May 5, 1960) was a Canadian politician. Born in Buffalo, New York, Houck was a coal dealer, fuel dealer, and merchant before being elected as the Liberal Party of Ontario candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1934, 1937, 1948, and 1951. Houck was Minister without Portfolio in the provincial cabinet from 1937 to 1943. He also served as mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario from 1947 to 1950. Houck was the Liberal candidate elected to the House of Commons of Canada from the riding of Niagara Falls in 1953, 1957, and 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ... elections. He served until his death in 1960. References * * 1893 births 1960 deaths American emigrants to Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bukator
George Bukator (April 24, 1913 – May 2, 1987) was a Canadian politician and Ontario political figure. He represented Niagara Falls in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1958 to 1971 as a Liberal member. He served with the Niagara Parks Commission for six years. He was also reeve of Chippawa from 1949 to 1958 and warden for Welland County in 1951. Bukator was the nineteenth mayor of Niagara Falls from 1973 to 1978. He died in hospital at Niagara Falls. A park on the Welland River The Welland River (originally called the Chippawa Creek) is a river in the Golden Horseshoe that passes through the Southern Ontario cities of Welland and Niagara Falls. It flows from its source just south of Hamilton, Ontario to meet the Nia ... was named in his honour. References External links * 1913 births 1987 deaths Mayors of Niagara Falls, Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Lachine, Quebec Politicians from Montreal {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Thomson
Wayne Thomson is a Canadian politician who previously served as the mayor of Niagara Falls.Prostitution Law Praised , '''', June 9, 1982, p. A12, retrieved 2011-07-27 He served two separate terms in the office, from 1978 to 1983 and from 1991 to 2003. In 1983, Thomson resigned as mayor amid controversy over a vacation given as a gift by a Toronto development firm, and a land purchase made by his then-fiancé Bonnie Dickson. His fiancé bought some land in Niagara Falls from a seller who did not want it to be sold to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Smeaton (politician)
Bill Smeaton is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Niagara Falls from 1983 to 1991."Smeaton ending 38-year political career" . ''Welland Tribune'', August 10, 2010. First elected to as an alderman in 1973, he was elected mayor in a 1983 following the resignation of , and was subsequently re-elected in the municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Salci
Ted Salci () is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 22nd mayor of Niagara Falls from 2003 to 2010. He was elected in 2003, defeating Wayne Thomson, for whom Salci once acted as campaign chair. He was re-elected in 2006. During the 2010 municipal election, Salci failed to secure a third term as mayor, losing to Jim Diodati. Salci ran in the 1981 provincial election and the 1985 provincial election, as a candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. In both elections he was defeated by Vince Kerrio. Salci was a real estate agent and businessman before entering politics. He was appointed as a Citizenship Judge The Citizenship Commission is an administrative tribunal within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The overall mandate of the Commission is to assess referred applications to ensure they meet the residence or physical-presence ... in December 2011. References Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian people of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Diodati
James ( Jim Diodati ) is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario. He was first elected in the 2010 municipal election, defeating incumbent mayor Ted Salci. Prior to his election to the mayoralty, Diodati served on the Niagara Falls City Council for two terms, a total of seven years. He is currently serving his third term on the Niagara Regional Council The Niagara Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Ontario, Canada. Council meets at Niagara Region Headquarters in Thorold, Ontario Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escar .... Diodati has been self-employed throughout his time serving on the Niagara Falls City Council and while serving as mayor of Niagara Falls. He operates a web-based health and wellness direct marketing business. Diodati has an extensive volunteer history, including serving on Niagara Catholic District School Board (NCDSB) Accommodation Review C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
