List Of Mayors Of Scarborough, Ontario
This is a list of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario. The township of Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough was created in 1850. The head of the local government was a reeve (Canada), 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 *1850 : Peter Secor - former postmaster and associated with William Lyon Mackenzie *1851 - 1853 : John P. Wheler *1854 : John Torrance - surveyor and owner of several farms near McCowan Road and Eglinton Avenue East *1855 - 1864 : John P. Wheler - second term *1865 : Donald G. Stephenson - farmer *1866 : Thomas Brown *1867 - 1870 : George Chester *1871 - 1875 : John P. Wheler - third term *1876 : George Chester - second term *1877 - 1880: Donald G. Stephenson - second term ...
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Township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada, Scotland and parts of the United States, the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban. Australia ''The Australian National Dictionary'' defines ''township'' as: "A site reserved for and laid out as a town; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town". The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a shire, district or city) or authority. Canada In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use. *In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a . Townships are referred to as "lots" in Prince Edward ...
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