List of mayors of Pickering, Ontario

This is a list of mayors, reeves and clerks of the City of Pickering, Ontario, Canada.

Town clerks (1811-1849) During the early days of Pickering Township the Town Clerk was the town officer with the most authority. Term Town Clerk 1811 – 1822 Thomas Hubbard 1823 – 1835 William Sleigh 1836 – 1839 James Sharrard 1840 – 1843 Joseph Wilson 1844 – 1848 George Barclay 1849 Hector Beaton1 Note Hector Beaton was appointed as collector in 1836 and by 1849 he was filling three roles (assessor, collector and clerk). He remained in the role of Town Clerk until 1883, at which point his son Donald R. Beaton filled the roll until 1944.

Reeves (1850-1873) Following the Municipal Corporations Act of 1849, Reeves became part of the Pickering leadership. The first meeting of Pickering Council following the Act was held on January 21, 1850, at Thompson's Inn, located south of Brougham.

Term Reeve 1850 - 1852 William Henry Michell 1853 - 1854 John MacVeigh Lumsden Truman P. White 1855 - 1856 John MacVeigh Lumsden 1857 - 1864 Truman P. White1 1865 James McCreight 1866 Truman P. White 1867 - 1868 James McCreight 1869 - 1874 Truman P. White 1875 - 1876 John Miller 1877 Truman P. White 1878 - 1883 John Miller 1884 - 1887 Joseph Monkhouse 1888 John Miller 1889 Sylvester Mackey 1890 John Miller 1891 - 1892 George Parker 1893 - 1894 Ralph R. Mowbray 1895 - 1896 George Gerow 1897 - 1898 Ralph R. Mowbray 1899 - 1900 William G. Barnes 1901 - 1902 Thomas Poucher 1903 Thomas Beare 1904 James Underhill 1905 James McBrady 1906 - 1907 James Todd 1908 - 1910 John A. White 1911 Ralph R. Mowbray 1912 William George Scott 1913 - 1914 William W. Sparks 1915 - 1916 Elias B. Hoover 1917 - 1918 Ralph R. Mowbray 1918 John Forgie 1919 - 1920 William George Scott 1921 - 1922 Fred H. Richardson 1923 - 1924 John Forgie 1925 - 1926 Adam Spears 1927 - 1929 George M. Forsyth 1930 - 1931 George L. Middleton 1932 - 1934 Ernest L. Chapman 1935 - 1937 Robert C. Reesor 1938 - 1939 Ralph E. Mowbray 1940 - 1944 William Reesor 1945 - 1947 D. Blake Annis 1948 - 1951 William H. Westney 1952 - 1955 George Todd 1956 William G. Newman 1957 - 1958 William G. Lawson 1959 - 1963 John Sherman Scott 1964 - 1967 Clifford Laycox 1968 - 1973 John Williams

Note T.P. White served as Ontario County Warden in 1861.

Mayors (1974-present) Term Mayor 1974 - 1977 George Ashe1 1977 - 1988 John E. Anderson1 1988 - 2003 Wayne Arthurs 2003–2022 David Ryan 2022–present Kevin AsheKristen Calis, "Kevin Ashe elected new mayor of Pickering". DurhamRegion.com, October 24, 2022.

Note George Ashe resigned and was elected to the Ontario Legislature. John Anderson was appointed Mayor following George Ashe's resignation

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