Everything about Gloucester Township Ontario totally explained
Gloucester Township is a historical township in eastern
Ontario,
Canada.
Originally known as Township B, it was established in
1792. In
1800, it was part of
Russell County, but became part of
Carleton County in
1838 and was incorporated as a township in
1850. The first settler in the township was
Braddish Billings in what is now the
Billings Bridge area of
Ottawa. Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa.
Gloucester was incorporated as a city in
1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in
2001.
According to the
Canada 2001 Census, the Township (original boundaries) had a population of 268,471.
Gloucester Township took its name from
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.
Reeves
- 1850 - James Sieveright
- 1851 - John McKinnon
- 1852 - Charles Billings
- 1852 - Peter Tompkins
- 1859 - Donald M. Grant
- 1863 - James Brown
- 1864 - Robert Blackburn
- 1865 - James Sieveright
- 1866 - John W. McGuire
- 1867 - Peter Tompkins
- 1868 - Robert Cummings
- 1873 - Honoré Robillard
- 1874 - Robert Cummings
- 1877 - William H. Hurdman
- 1880 - Robert Cummings
- 1881 - Alexander Robillard
- 1884 - Robert Cummings
- 1888 - James Spratt
- 1892 - R. Hopkins
- 1893 - P. Cassidy
- 1897 - W. Lennox
- 1898 - F. Caldwell
- 1901 - O. Rocque
- 1902 - F. Caldwell
- 1903 - R. Spratt
- 1913 - C. Hardy
- 1918 - R. Preston
- 1927 - T.A. Spratt
- 1930 - R. Spratt
- 1931 - John Innes
- 1940 - W.J. Perrault
- 1944 - John D. Boyce
- 1946 - J.B. Potvin
- 1948 - Alex Roger
- 1950 - A.E. Davidson
- 1952 - Earl Armstrong
- 1972 - R.W. MacQuarrie
- 1978 - Elizabeth Stewart
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