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When the Provincial legislature passed the Act to Incorporate the City of St. Catharines, the act included provisions and rules to hold new elections for Mayor and City Council. These to be held as soon as practical after May 1st. According to the Act, the Council “shall consist of a mayor, who shall be the head thereof, and eighteen aldermen, three aldermen being elected for each ward…”
The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre is helping us celebrate our 150th anniversary of being officially incorporated as a City with a weekly look back into our rich history from a diverse range of perspectives.
New elections were held in May 1876 and the newly elected council consisted of the following: Mayor - Calvin Brown, Council Members - T.C. Dawson, John Ronro, Dr. E. Goodman, L.S. Oille, J.B. McIntyre, Henry Carlisle, J.W. King, Joseph Grobb, T. Healey, Nelson Haight, D.W. Corbin C.C. Nelson, P. McCarthy, John Riley, Wm. Hallett, Dr. Thomas J. Jones, John E. Cuff, John H. Howse. John Riley was disqualified shortly after the election and replaced by Owen Duffy.
Calvin Brown was elected the 13th Mayor and remained in that office until the end of 1877. He had previously served as a council member from 1867 through 1870.
This commemorative glass from the Museum’s collection, made in 1976 to celebrate the City’s 100th birthday, celebrates Calvin and his wife Helen as the first Mayoral couple of the new city in 1876. (1976.87.17)
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