| In Office
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Mayor
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Born/Died
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Notes
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| 1838
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Thomas Kirkpatrick
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(1805-1870)
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First mayor after Kingston becomes Town. First member of parliament for Frontenac.
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| 1839
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Henry Cassaday
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(1797-1839)
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Died in office.
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| 1839-1840
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James Sampson
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(1789-1861)
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| 1841-1843
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John Counter
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(1799-1862)
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| 1844
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James Sampson
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(1789-1861)
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| 1844-1845
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Thomas Weeks Robison
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(1810-1866)
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| 1846
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Robert McLean
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(1806-?)
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Disappeared after being ousted from office due to amalgamation.
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| 1846
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John Counter
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(1799-1862)
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First mayor after incorporation as city.
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| 1847
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Thomas Kirkpatrick
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(1805-1870)
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| 1848
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William Ford Jr.
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(1811-1893)
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| 1849
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Francis Manning Hill
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(1809-1854)
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| 1850
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John Counter
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(1799-1862)
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| 1851
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Francis Manning Hill
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(1809-1854)
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| 1852-53
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John Counter
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(1799-1862)
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| 1854
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John Flanigan
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(1815-1888)
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| 1855
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John Counter
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(1799-1862)
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| 1855-1856
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve
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(1825-1864)
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| 1857
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George Davidson
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(1810-1887)
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| 1858
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John Flanigan
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(1799-1862)
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| 1859-1860
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Orlando Sampson Strange
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(1826-1906)
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| 1861-62
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve
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(1825-1864)
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| 1863-1865
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John Creighton
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(1817-1885)
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Elected by acclamation 1864, 1865
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| 1866-1868
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John Breden
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(1801-1893)
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| 1869-1870
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William Robinson
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(1824-1912)
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| 1871
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Archibald Livingston
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(1827-1890)
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| 1872
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Samuel Trangott Drennan
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(1819-1882)
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| 1873
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Henry Cunningham
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(1831-1904)
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| 1874-1875
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Michael Sullivan
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(1838-1915)
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| 1876
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Byron M. Britton
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(1833-1920)
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| 1877
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John McKelvey
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(1837-1927)
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| 1878
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John McIntyre
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(1843-1916)
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| 1879
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Charles Fuller Gildersleeve
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(1833-1906)
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Also first president of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway c1871-c1900.
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| 1880
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Robert John Carson
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(1846-1935)
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| 1881
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Edward John Barker Pense
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(1848-1910)
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Also the owner of the newspaper, the Daily British Whig.
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| 1882
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John Gaskin
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(1840-1908)
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| 1883
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Charles Livingston Sr.
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(1825-1888)
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| 1884
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Dr. James McCammon
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(1833-1884)
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| 1885
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Edward Handley Smythe
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(1844-1903)
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| 1886
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John Lanyon Whiting
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(1852-1922)
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| 1887
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John Carson
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(1858-1912)
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| 1888-1889
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James Duncan Thompson
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(1848-1910)
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| 1890-1891
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William Melville Drennan
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(1853-1900)
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| 1892
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Donald M. McIntyre
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(1855-1931)
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| 1893
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Neil Currie Polson
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(1852-1940)
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| 1894
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Dr. John Herald
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(?-1905)
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| 1895
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Clark William Wright
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(1859-1916)
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| 1896
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Robert Elliott
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(1861-?)
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| 1897
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John S. Skinner
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(?-1897)
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| 1898
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Charles Livingston Jr.
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(1857-1931)
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Son of Charles Livingston Sr.
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| 1899
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Dr. Edward Ryan
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(1860-1938)
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| 1900
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James Arnott Minnes
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(1868-1927)
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| 1901
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Robert Edwin Kent
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(1861-?)
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| 1902
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John Morgan Shaw
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(?-1925)
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| 1903-1904
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Dr. John Howatt Bell
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(1867-1940)
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| 1905
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Robert Newton Frederick McFarlane
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(?-1934)
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| 1906-1907
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John McDonald Mowat
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(1873-1916)
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Died overseas during World War I.
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| 1908
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Dr. Arthur Edward Ross
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(1870-1952)
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Represented Kingston as MLA and MP.
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| 1909-1910
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Daniel Couper
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(1863-1925)
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| 1911
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Christopher L. Graham
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| 1912
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Franklin John Hoag
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(1868-1957)
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| 1913
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Timothy John Rigney
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(1872-1967)
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| 1914
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Robert Dundas Sutherland
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(1874-1935)
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| 1915
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Abraham Shaw
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(1848-1922)
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| 1916
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Dr. Alexander White Richardson
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(18??-1938)
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| 1917-1918
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John McKane Hughes
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(?-1932)
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| 1919
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Henry Wallace Newman
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(1875-1926)
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| 1920-1921
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Hugh Collamer Nickle
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(1874-1946)
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| 1922
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Samuel S. Corbet
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(1870-1959)
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| 1923-1926
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Thomas Bryant Angrove
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(1869-1903)
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| 1927
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Havelock Ford Price
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(1862-1930)
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| 1928-1930
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William H. Craig
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(1880-1930)
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| 1931-1932
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George Clark Wright
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(1885-1956)
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Son of Clark William Wright
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| 1933
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Dr. Bruce Hopkins
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(1886-1971)
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| 1934
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William P. Peters
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| 1935
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John Clifford Reynolds
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(1897-?)
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| 1936
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George Hanson
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(1862-1938)
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| 1937
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Charles P. Dalton
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| 1938-1943
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Dr. Harry A. Stewart
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(1892–1970)
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| 1944-1945
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Cecil Leroy Boyd
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(1889–1954)
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| 1946-1948
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Major James Stuart Crawford
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(1894–1948)
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In a meeting held September 10, 1943, Kingston's mayor, Major J. Stuart Crawford, was unanimously elected first president of the newly-established Hockey Hall of Fame.
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| 1948-1952
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Clifford Austin Curtis
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(1899–1981)
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| 1953-1956
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George Clark Wright
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(1885–1956)
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Died while completing last term in office.
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| 1956
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Russell E. McCullough
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(1906–2000)
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| 1957-1958
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Frank P. Boyce
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(1890–1985)
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| 1959-1964
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William Thomas Mills
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(1924–2011)
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| 1965-1968
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Robert A. Fray
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(1909–1993)
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| 1969-1972
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Ernest Valorie Swain
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| 1973-1976
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George Nicholas Speal
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(1932–2008)
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| 1977-1979
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Ken Keyes
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(b.1930)
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Represented Kingston as MPP.
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| 1980-1988
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John Gerretsen
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(b.1942)
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Represented Kingston as MPP.
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| 1988-1993
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Helen Cooper
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(b.1946)
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Progressive Conservative candidate for the House of Commons in 1997. Chair of the Ontario Municipal Board from 1993 to 1996
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| 1993-1994
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Ken Matthews
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(b.1928)
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| 1994-2000
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Gary Bennett
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(b.date unknown)
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Ontario Progressive Conservative Party candidate in Kingston and the Islands for the 2018 and 2022 provincial elections
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| 2000-2003
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Isabel Turner
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(1936–2021)
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Reeve of Kingston Township for 12 years until it was amalgamated into the City of Kingston in 2000
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| 2003-2010
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Harvey Rosen
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(1949–2022)
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After he was mayor, unsuccessfully sought federal and provincial Liberal nominations.
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| 2010-2014
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Mark Gerretsen
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(b.1975)
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Son of former mayor John Gerretsen, Represented Kingston as MP
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| 2014-
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Bryan Paterson
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(b.1977)
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