History
Richmond Hill was incorporated as a village in 1873, and the town council consisted of a reeve and four councillors. The councillors were the top four vote-getters of all persons running for the job. The reeve and councillors served one-year terms. Richmond Hill was incorporated as a town in 1957, and the council was expanded to include a mayor, a reeve, a deputy reeve and four councillors. In 1966, the council began to serve two-year terms, rather than the previous one-year terms. The council was reorganised in 1971 after the incorporation of York Region to have a mayor, two regional councillors shared with York Region Council, and six councillors. 1970 had also seen Richmond Hill expand from 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) to 27,000 acres (110 km2) and from 19000 residents to 34000 residents with the annexation of land from Whitchurch Township, Markham Township, Vaughan Township and King Township. In 1982, the terms of councillors were extended to three years, and in 2006 the terms were extended to four years.
| Year | Reeve | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | Abraham Law | Jacob Brillinger | David Hopkins | William Powell | William S. Warren | ||||
| 1874 | William Harrison | William Atkinson | Isaac Crosby | John Brown | Asa B. Wilson | ||||
| 1875 | William Trench III | Denis C. O'Brien | William Pogue | ||||||
| 1876 | Peter G. Savage | William Powell | |||||||
| 1877 | |||||||||
| 1878 | James Langstaff | Benjamin Redditt | |||||||
| 1879 | Francis McConaghy | ||||||||
| 1880 | James Langstaff | Christopher Duncumb | Isaac Crosby | William H. Pugsley | |||||
| 1881 | William Trench III | John H. Sanderson | |||||||
| 1882 | |||||||||
| 1883 | John Brown | Henry F. Hopper | Isaac Crosby | ||||||
| 1884 | Robert E. Law | Alexander Moodie | |||||||
| 1885 | William H. Pugsley | Peter G. Savage | Francis McConaghy | William Powell | Benjamin Redditt | ||||
| 1886 | |||||||||
| 1887 | |||||||||
| 1888 | William J. Wilson | William A. Sanderson | William Atkinson | ||||||
| 1889 | |||||||||
| 1890 | |||||||||
| 1891 | |||||||||
| 1892 | John Brydon | Jeremiah Mortson | John Palmer | ||||||
| 1893 | William Atkinson | ||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||
| 1895 | |||||||||
| 1896 | John H. Sanderson | ||||||||
| 1897 | Peter G. Savage | William Innes | William A. Wright | ||||||
| 1898 | David Hill | Henry F. Hopper | |||||||
| 1899 | John Palmer | Thomas H. Trench | |||||||
| 1900 | Reuben W. Glass | ||||||||
| 1901 | William Furey | ||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||
| 1903 | John P. Glass | James Paulin | |||||||
| 1904 | |||||||||
| 1905 | Isaac Crosby | ||||||||
| 1906 | Isaac Crosby | Hesse A. Nicholls | John H. Sanderson | ||||||
| 1907 | William H. Pugsley | Edward Barker | |||||||
| 1908 | David Sloan | ||||||||
| 1909 | Herbert H. Hopper | John Palmer | |||||||
| 1910 | George S. Sims | ||||||||
| 1911 | John Tyndall | ||||||||
| 1912 | |||||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||
| 1914 | John Hickson | ||||||||
| 1915 | |||||||||
| 1916 | |||||||||
| 1917 | Jacob Lunau | George A. McDonald | Joseph A. Monkman | Thomas H. Trench | |||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
| 1919 | Thomas H. Trench | John A. Greene | David Hill | ||||||
| 1920 | |||||||||
| 1921 | Norman Batty | ||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||
| 1923 | |||||||||
| 1924 | John A. Greene | Robert N. Endean | James McLean | William H. Pugsley | |||||
| 1925 | Jacob Lunau | ||||||||
| 1926 | Jacob Lunau | Walter G. Baldock | J. Roy Herrington | Gordon H. Sloan | |||||
| 1927 | James McLean | ||||||||
| 1928 | David Hill | A. Chapman | |||||||
| 1929 | Henry Davis | Frederick J. Mansbridge | Wesley Middleton | Frank E. Sims | |||||
| 1930 | Albert Chapman | ||||||||
| 1931 | David Hill | James McLean | Harold Mills | Joseph Monkman | |||||
| 1932 | J.A. Greene | ||||||||
| 1933 | J.A. Greene | Alex Little | Wes Middleton | James McLean | |||||
| 1934 | William Neal | ||||||||
| 1935 | James McLean | ||||||||
| 1936 | Percy Hill | ||||||||
| 1937 | Christian Nelson | ||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||
| 1939 | |||||||||
| 1940 | Thomas Trench | Robert Little | Wes Middleton | William Neal | Dr. J.P. Wilson | ||||
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| 1943 | J.A. Greene | Allan Bales | Percy Hills | Ralph Paris | |||||
| 1944 | William Neal | ||||||||
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| 1946 | |||||||||
| 1947 | Cecil Mabley | ||||||||
| 1948 | Percy Hill | W.J. Taylor | Ken Tomlin | ||||||
| 1949 | |||||||||
| 1950 | J.A. Greene | Floyd Perkins | |||||||
| 1951 | Ken Tomlin | ||||||||
| 1952 | W.J. Taylor | Jack Rice | |||||||
| 1953 | |||||||||
| 1954 | Harold Jones | ||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||
| 1956 | Donald Plaxton | ||||||||
| In 1957, with the incorporation of Richmond Hill as a town, the positions of Mayor and Deputy Reeve were added to the council | |||||||||
| Year | Mayor | Reeve | Deputy Reeve | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||
| 1957 | William Neal | W.J. Taylor | Floyd Perkins | James Harrart | Harold Jones | Donald Plaxton | Stanley Tinker | ||
| 1958 | Ken Tomlin | Donald Plaxton | James Bradstok | Joseph Patterson | |||||
| 1959 | Floyd Perkins | Stanley Tinker | Robert Ross | ||||||
| 1960 | James Haggart | Thomas Broadhurt | Margaret Southwell | Howard Willans | |||||
| 1961 | James Haggart | Floyd Perkins | John Bradstock | Alan White | |||||
| 1962 | Thomas Broadhurst | Alex Campbell | John MacDiarmid | ||||||
| 1963 | William Neal | Stanley Tinker | Thomas Murphy | Walter Scudds | |||||
| 1964 | Thomas Broadhurst | James Haggart | Lois Hancey | William Lazenby | Robert Saunders | ||||
| 1965 | Donald Plaxton | Floyd Perkins | Eric Handbury | ||||||
| 1966/67 | John MacDiarmid | Ivan Mansbridge | |||||||
| 1968/69 | |||||||||
| 1970 | William Lazenby | Ivan Mansbridge | Shaun Beggs | Eric George | David Schiller | ||||
| In 1971, with the incorporation of York Region, the council was again reorganised. | |||||||||
| Year | Mayor | Regional Councillor | Regional Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor |
| 1971/72 | William Lazenby | Donald Plaxton | Gordon Rowe | Shaun Beggs | Stewart Bell | Andrew Chateauvert | Lois Hancey | David Schiller | Lou Wainwright |
| 1973/74 | Lois Hancey | William Corcoran | Graeme Bales | David Stephenson | Charles Stewart | ||||
| 1975/76 | David Schiller | John Birchall | Marylo Graham | Mike Burnie | Al Duffy | ||||
| 1977/78 | Lou Wainwright | ||||||||
| 1979/80 | Gordon Rowe | David Amos | David Barrow | ||||||
| 1981/82 | Al Duffy | Lois Hancey | Doug Smith | Bill Bell | Bob Cage | Frank Gallant | |||
| 1982-85 | |||||||||
| 1985-88 | Tom Simpson | Gail Blackburn | Bryon Wilfert | ||||||
| 1988-91 | Bill Bell | Frank Endean | Janet Mabley | David Cohen | Catherine Bishop | ||||
| 1991-94 | Gail Blackburn | Isabelle Gargarella | Jane Robertson | ||||||
| 1994-97 | Janet Mabley | Vito Spatafora | Brenda Hogg | Nick Papa | |||||
| 1997-00 | David Barrow | David Bishop | Joe Di Paola | ||||||
| 2000-03 | Brenda Hogg | Arnie Warner | Lynn Foster | ||||||
| 2003-06 | Elio Di Iorio | ||||||||
| 2006-10 | David Barrow | Vito Spatafora | Greg Beros | Nick Papa | Godwin Chan | ||||
| 2010-14 | Carmine Perrelli | Castro Liu | |||||||
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