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Reeves, Mayors, Police Chiefs, Fire Chiefs and Township Clerks of Gloucester and Wardens

Reeves

1850 - James Sieveright
1851 - John McKinnon
1852 - Charles Billings
1852 - 1858 - Peter Tompkins
1859 - 1862 - Donald Masson Grant
1863 - James Brown
1864 - Robert Blackburn
1865 - James Sieveright
1866 - John W. McGuire
1867 - Peter Tompkins
1868 - 1872 - Robert Cummings
1873 - Henry Robillard
1874 - 1876 - Robert Cummings
1877 - 1879 - William Henry Hurdman
1880 - Robert Cummings
1881 - 1883 - Alexander Robillard
1884 - 1887 - Robert Cummings
1888 - 1891 - James E. Spratt
1892 - 1894 - Robert Hopkins
1895 - 1896 - Patrick Henry Cassidy
1897 - William Lennox
1898 - 1900 - Forest E. Caldwell
1901 - Ovide Arthur Rocque
1902 - Forest E. Caldwell
1903 - 1912 - Richard Spratt
1913 - 1917 - Robert Caleb Hardy
1918 - 1926 - Robert Preston
1927 - 1930 - Thomas Andrew Spratt
1930 - Richard Spratt
1931 - 1939 - John Innes
1939 - William John. Perrault
1939 - Robert Preston
1940 - 1943 - William John Perrault
1944 - 1945 - John David Boyce
1946 - 1947 - Jean-Baptiste Potvin
1948 - 1949 - Alex Roger
1950 - 1951 - A. Edgar Davidson
1952 - 1972 - Earl Robert Armstrong
1972 - 1978 - Robert Waldron MacQuarrie
1978 - 1980 - Elizabeth M. Stewart

Mayors

1981 - 1982 - Elizabeth M. Stewart
1982 - 1984 - Fred Garrett Barrett
1984 - 1985 - Mitch G. Owens
1985 - 1991 - Harry Allen
1991 - 2001 - Claudette Cain

Carleton County Wardens from Gloucester

1876 - Robert Cummings
1880 - Robert Cummings
1900 - B. Rothwell
1902 - Robert Cummings
1910 - Richard Spratt
1915 - Robert Caleb Hardy
1920 - Robert Preston
1933 - John Innes
1941 - William John Perrault
1954 - Earl Armstrong
1958 - Earl Armstrong
1964 - Earl Armstrong

Police Chiefs

1957 - 1963 - John Rankin (Gloucester-Nepean Police)
1964 - 1967 - Sam Drader (Gloucester Police)
1967 - 1982 - Kenneth Duncan
1983 - 1992 - Lester Thompson
1992 - 1994 - Ray Renault
January 1, 1995 - Gloucester, Nepean and Ottawa Police amalgamated into the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police which was renamed in 2001 as Ottawa Police

Constables

1828 - William Johnson
1887 - William Sims
1894 - H.C. Barrette
1916 - Edward Desjardins (Gloucester and Eastview)
1931 - 1951 - George Dolman
1932 - 1949 - John Brown
1940 - Albert Smith (acting)

Fire Chiefs

1943 - 1943 - Gray Burnett (Fire Marshall for Gloucester and Nepean)
1944 - 1949 - John R. Brown
1950 - 1951 - William A. Heron
1952 - 1952 - John Page
1953 - 1953 - James Hamelin
1954 - 1959 - Irwin Birtch
1959 - 1973 - Edmond Gravelle
1973 - 1979 - André St. Martin
1979 - John Cowell (acting)
1979 - 1987 - John Scullion
1987 - 1989 - Ronald Horrocks
1989 - 1993 - William Manoll
1993 - 1998 - Hubert "Moose" Labelle
1998 - 2000 - Richard Larabie
January 1, 2001 - Gloucester, Nepean and Ottawa Fire Departments amalgamated into the Ottawa Fire Services, with Richard Larabie hired as the first chief.

Township and City Clerks

1832 - 1842 - William Brennan
1843 - 1845 - Gustavus Clements
1846 - 1847 - James Sieveright
1848 - 1849 - Daniel O'Connor
1850 - 1855 - Thomas Doxey
1855 - 1906 - Charles Billings
1907 - 1927 - Hugh Braddish Billings
1927 - 1959 - Carman H. Guest
1959 - 1993 - Frederick D. Meldrum
1993 - 1994 - George Vadeboncoeur
1995 - 2000 - Michele Giroux

Eastview/Vanier Reeves

1909 - 1910 - W.R. Cummings
1911 - 1912 - Camille Gladu
1913 - Harry Hellard
1914 - 1917 - George Farmer
1918 - William Kipp
1920 - George Farmer
1921 - J.B. Charette
1922 - George Farmer
1923 - Felix Arbour
1924 - 1925 - Leon Petegorsky
1926 - 1928 - David Langelier
1929 - David Gingras
1930 - 1933 - Leon Petegorsky
1934 - 1935 - J.B. Charette
1936 - Joseph Robert
1937 - 1948 - Daniel Nault
1949 - 1952 - Leo Cantin
1953 - 1958 - Marcel Robert
1959 - M.Y. Robert
1960 - Hector Hotte
1961 - 1962 - J. Adolphe Mayer
The Reeve position was eliminated when Eastview was incorporated as a city in 1963

Eastview/Vanier Mayors

1910 - 1915 - Camille Gladu
1916 - 1917 - J.Herb White
1918 - 1919 - Dr. Arthur Desrosiers
1920 - J.Herb White
1920 - 1921 - Camille Gladu (died in office)
1921 - Captain G.H.A. (Alex) Collins (Acting)
1922 - Dr. Arthur Desrosiers
1923 - Arthur Guilbault
1924 - 1927 - Dr. Arthur Desrosiers
1928 - 1930 - Captain G.H.A. (Alex) Collins
1931 - 1932 - David Langelier
1933 - 1935 - Donat Grandmaitre
1936 - J.B. Charette
1937 - 1947 - Donat Grandmaitre
1948 - 1960- Gordon Lavergne
1961 - 1964 - Oscar Perrier
1965 - 1969 - Gerard Grandmaitre
1970 - 1972 - Roger Crete
1973 - 1974 - Gerard Grandmaitre
1975 - 1980 - Bernard Grandmaitre
1980 - 1982 - Wilfrid Champagne
1982 - 1985 - Marcel Chaput
1985 - 1991 - Gisele Lalonde
1991 - 2000 - Guy Cousineau

Eastview/Vanier Police Chiefs

1912 - Constable F. Nichols
1913 - 1915 - Chief Constable Prior
1915 - Chief Constable E. Henley
1918 - Paquette
1921 - 1961 - Richard Mannion
1961 - 1976 - Claude Dwyer
1977 - 1984 - Paul Pagé (Acting in 1977 and 1978)
Vanier Police was amalgamated with Ottawa Police on January 1, 1985

Eastview/Vanier Fire Chiefs

1909 - 1912 - F. Nichols
1912 - 1913 - F. Robert (Robit)
1914 - Amien Dupuis
1915 - 1918 - Philip Durocher
1918 - 1958 - Adelard Lenoue
1958 - 1961 - Michel Lenoue
1962 - 1965 - Bernard Joly
1965 - 1985 - Paul-Emile Corbeil
The Vanier Fire Department was amalgamated with Ottawa on July 1, 1985

Eastview/Vanier Clerk-Treasurers

1909 - 1910 - Henry R. Washington (Clerk)
1909 - 1910 - Allan Hellard (Treasurer)
1910 - 1920 - Henry R. Washington (Clerk-Treasurer)
1920 - Osias Thibault (Clerk-Treasurer)
1920 - 1921 - A. Belanger (Clerk-Treasurer)
1921 - J.C.S. Wolff (Clerk-Treasurer)
1921 - 1922 - Joseph Emond (Clerk-Treasurer)
1922 - 1924 - J.C.S. Wolff (Clerk-Treasurer)
1924 - 1938 - Romeo Begin (Clerk-Treasurer)
1938 - 1951 - J. Aurele Casault (Clerk-Treasurer)
1952 - 1953 - Gerald Hubert (Clerk)
1953 - 1960 - Leopold Labelle (Clerk)
1952 - 1960 - Mrs. Adrienne Laroche (Treasurer)
1960 - Jean-Paul Query (Acting Treasurer)
1961 - 1965- Joseph Dufresne (Treasurer)
1961 - 1964 - Len Morris (Clerk)
1965 - 1973 - Raymond G. Poulin (Clerk)
1966 - 1967 - Jean-Marc Racine (Treasurer)
1967 - 1969 - Roger Landry (Treasurer)
1969 - 1970 - Y.A. Gagne (Treasurer)
1971 - 1973 - Robert Leduc (Treasurer)
1973 - John Wilson (Acting Treasurer)
1973 - 1979 - Michael H. Boggs (Chief Adminstrative Officer and Treasurer)
1974 - 1975 - Jean Reny (Clerk)
1975 - 1978 - Adrienne Bouchard (Clerk)
1978 - 1985 - Ted (Théodore) Proulx (Clerk)
1979 - 1988 - Ted (Théodore) Proulx (Chief Administrative Officer)
1979 - 1981 - E.T. Ruthman (Treasurer)
1981 - 1989 - Jacques L. Maheux (Treasurer)
1985 - 1988 - Daniel J.P. Ouimet (Clerk)
1989 - 1992 - D. Bois (Treasurer)
1989 - 1994 - René L. Doré (Clerk)
1990 - 1997 - Daniel J.P. Ouimet (Chief Administrative Officer)
1994 - 1997 - Daniel J.P. Ouimet (Clerk)
1993 - 2000 - Christiane B. Brault (Treasurer)

Rockcliffe Reeves

1926 - Major David Livingstone McKeand
1927 - 1932 - Dr. R.E. Wodehouse
1933 - 1937 - Lieutenant Commander C.P. Edwards
1938 - 1954 - D.P. Cruikshank (died in office)
1954 - Group Captain E.R. Owen
1955 - 1956 - Honorable James D. Hyndman
1957 - 1965 - Denis Coolican
1966 - 1975 - Alan O. Gibbons
1976 - 1978 - Ronald H. Clark
1979 - 1985 - Mayor Beryl Plumptre (The Reeve position became Mayor in 1981)
1986 - 2000 - Mayor Patrick Murray



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