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List Of Mayors Of Ottawa
The following is a list of mayors of Ottawa. Until 1854, Ottawa was known as Bytown. Over the course of Ottawa's history, the borders of the municipality have greatly expanded through annexations. This most recently occurred in 2001 when a number of neighbouring communities were amalgamated with Ottawa. Bytown *1847 – John Scott *1848 – John Bower Lewis *1849 – Robert Hervey *1850 – John Scott *1851 – Charles Sparrow *1852 – Richard William Scott *1853 – Joseph-Balsora Turgeon *1854 – Henry J. Friel Ottawa, pre-amalgamation (1855–2001) *1855–1857 – John Bower Lewis *1858–1859 – Edward McGillivray *1860–1862 – Alexander Workman *1863 – ? – Henry J. Friel *1864–1866 – Moss Kent Dickinson *1867 – Robert Lyon *1868–1869 – Henry J. Friel *1870–1871 – John Rochester *1872–1873 – Eugène Martineau *1874–1875 – John Peter Featherston *1876 – G. B. Lyon-Fellowes *1876–1877 – William Henry Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Ottawa
The mayor of Ottawa () is head of the executive branch of the Ottawa City Council. The mayor is elected alongside the city council every four years on the fourth Monday of October; there are no term limits. While in office, mayors are styled ''Worship (style), His/Her Worship''. Mark Sutcliffe has served as the 59th and current mayor of Ottawa since taking office on November 15, 2022, following the 2022 Ottawa municipal election, 2022 municipal election. Role and authority The position of the mayor of Ottawa is set out in the ''City of Ottawa Act'', a provincial statute which was first introduced in 1999, which outlines the mayor's role as head of council. The duties and powers of the Mayor are outlined in ''Municipal By-law No. 2022-410''. In September 2022, the province passed legislation known as the ''Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, Strong Mayors, Building More Homes Act, 2022'', followed by the ''Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022'', both of which expanded the Exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Martineau (politician)
Eugène Martineau (1837–1880) was mayor of Ottawa from 1872 to 1873, the first francophone mayor for Ottawa after the town's name was changed from Bytown.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in Saint-Nicholas, Lower Canada in 1837. Martineau came to Ottawa some time before 1860. A stone building on Murray Street in the Byward Market The ByWard Market (), is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located east of the government and business district. The Market district includes the market buildings and open-air market alo ... area now known as Heritage House, previously known as the Martineau Hotel, was built by Martineau in 1872. He served at least 16 years as alderman on the City Council. Martineau promoted the building of an aqueduct across the Lebreton Flats to provide water to the city. Late in life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Davidson (Ottawa Mayor)
James Davidson (November 1, 1856 – October 6, 1913) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1901.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in Ottawa in 1856. With his brothers, he worked in the timber trade and manufactured doors. He served as alderman from 1898 to 1907; he became mayor when W.D. Morris was forced to resign. Davidson was replaced by Fred Cook two months later. He died in Ottawa of a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ... in 1913 and was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery. References *''Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948)'', Dave Mullington () 1856 births 1913 deaths 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dowler Morris
William Dowler Morris (August 22, 1857 – April 13, 1931) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He was born in County Leitrim, Ireland in 1857 and came to Canada in 1877. He became involved in the oil, coal and real estate businesses; he also owned a brickyard. Morris was first elected to city council in 1892. He was forced to resign as mayor after being convicted of drinking after hours at the Russell House, an Ottawa hotel, an offence under the liquor license act. Under Ontario law at the time, the law provided that a violator of provincial law was disqualified from voting or holding public office for a period of two years, and Mayor Morris pled guilty on November 16, 1901. ''Chicago Sunday Tribune'', November 17, 1901, p1 During his term as mayor, he was instrumental in persuading philanthrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Payment
Thomas Payment (1853 – 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1899 to 1900.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in Manotick, Canada West, on July 6, 1853. He worked as a bookkeeper with a railroad company in Maine. Later, he studied at the Ontario College of Pharmacy and opened a drug store in the Byward Market area of Ottawa. During his term as mayor, a massive fire, the Hull-Ottawa fire of 1900, started in Hull and burned across the river at the Lebreton Flats, reaching as far as Dow's Lake Dow's Lake in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a small man-made lake on the Rideau Canal, situated two kilometres north of Hog's Back Falls in the middle of Ottawa. It is at the southern end of Preston Street, just south of Carling Avenue, and just .... He died in Ottawa on 13 January 1920 and was buried in the Notre-Dame Cemetery. References *''Chain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Bingham
Samuel Bingham (184516 June 1905) was the Mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada between 1897 and 1898.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in Bytown's Lower Town to Irish Catholic parents in 1845. As a young man, he worked on the log drives on the Gatineau River. With the Gilmour and Edwards lumber companies, he formed the Gatineau Boom Company, which later became part of the Canadian International Paper Company. He was an alderman on the Ottawa City Council from 1880 to 1893. Bingham believed that English speaking citizens of Ottawa should learn French. In 1905, he drowned in the Gatineau River near Wakefield, Quebec after he fell asleep while returning in a horse-drawn wagon from clearing a log jam on the river. There is a bust of Bingham by sculptor Hamilton MacCarthy in Notre-Dame Cemetery. In 1893, an attempt to rename the Cummings Bridge over the Rideau River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Borthwick (mayor)
William H. Borthwick (February 13, 1848 – October 17, 1928) was mayor of Ottawa from 1895 to 1896.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born near Mer Bleue in Gloucester Township in 1848. He went to California in 1868 and worked in the timber trade there. He returned to Ottawa in 1872 and opened a grocery store. He was first elected as an alderman in 1887. He was also a Freemason and member of Prince of Wales Lodge #371 in Ottawa, serving as its first Director of Ceremonies in 1879 and then Master of the Lodge in 1895 and 1896. He died in 1928 of pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ... and was buried in Beechwood Cemetery. References *''Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cox (Ottawa Mayor)
George Cox (November 17, 1834 – December 17, 1909) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1894. He was born on Saint Helen's Island in Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ... in 1834 and came to Ottawa in 1855. He served as alderman on city council from 1882 to 1888 and in 1891. He was unsuccessful in an attempt to become mayor in 1892, when Olivier Durocher was selected. He did not complete his term as mayor, resigning for health reasons. He died in 1909 and is buried in Beechwood Cemetery. References *''Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948)'', Dave Mullington () 1834 births 1909 deaths 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario Anglophone Quebec people Mayors of Ottawa Politicians from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Durocher
Olivier Durocher (c. 1844 – September 3, 1931) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1892 to 1893. He was born in Saint-Antoine, Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ... in about 1844 and moved to Ottawa around 1861. He apprenticed as a shoemaker, later opening his own business. He served on city council for 8 years. References *''Chain of Office: Biographical Sketches of the Early Mayors of Ottawa (1847-1948)'', Dave Mullington () 1840s births 1931 deaths 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario Mayors of Ottawa Franco-Ontarian people People from Saint-Jérôme Politicians from Laurentides {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Birkett
Thomas Birkett (February 1, 1844 – December 2, 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904. Early life and marriage Birkett was born in Bytown (today known as Ottawa), Canada West in 1844, the seventh child of Miles Birkett and Elizabeth Wren, who came from Cockermouth. England in 1838. His father was sadly killed in 1848 after being thrown from his horse. At the age of 13, he became an apprentice to a local hardware store owner, Thomas Isaac. In 1866 at the age of twenty-two, he opened his own hardware store. Despite stiff competition, his store prospered and in 1878 he erected a substantially larger store complete with a separate warehouse. He imported supplies from across Canada, the United States, and the Dominion. This business, alongside profitable investments in real estate, made Birkett wealthy. Birkett also worked as a part-time sewer inspector for Ottawa in 1876. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Erratt
Jacob Erratt (November 16, 1847 - April 28, 1928) was mayor of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1889 to 1890. He was born in West Winchester, Ontario and came to Ottawa in 1869. He owned a furniture store in the city. He served on city council from 1882 to 1884. In 1888, he was named acting mayor. During his term as mayor, he served on the board of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. He also was a member of the Provisional Committee of the Lady Stanley institute for Trained Nurses at its incorporation in Ottawa in 1890.The Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses, incorporated 1890. Ottawa : Free Press Office, Cor. Queen and Elgin Street, 1892. Published by Scholar Select, reproduction of original artifact, page 11. In 1902, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeod Stewart
McLeod Stewart (1847–1926) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Stewart was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from 1887 to 1888. Biography Stewart was born in Ottawa in 1847, the son of William Stewart, who represented Bytown (Ottawa) in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1847. The Stewart family owned some of the land south of Gladstone Avenue, which was then the southern limit for the city of Ottawa. The area was called Stewarton, and the family home was located on the current site of the Canadian Museum of Nature. McLeod Street in Ottawa is named after him. Stewart studied at the University of Toronto, receiving an M.A. He served as a lieutenant in the Governor General's Foot Guards. In 1874, he married Linnie Emma, the daughter of Colonel Walker Powell. In 1881, with William Hodgson, he built the Molson's Bank building on the Sparks Street Mall. He served as president of the Canada Atlantic Railway and also served on the boards of seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
