Simcoe emerged from
the village state and took on the dignity of an incorporated town with a
Mayor and other apportenances of a larger municipal existence in the
year 1878. Since then sixteen men have had the honor of election at the
hands of their fellow townsmen to the chief magistracy. Of the sixteen,
thirteen were given more than one term.
In 1882 the late A. Walsh
defeated the late F. Gordon after a fierce contest, but leaving town to
become the Government Land Commissioner at Winnipeg, almost immediately
afterwards, he resigned, serving as Mayor only a few days.
Mr. Wallace declined to accept a
second term. Major Sihler alone of the sixteen was compelled to face
opposition for his second term. The complete list reads as follows: --
1878 -- John
Wilson
1879 -- John Wilson
1880 -- R.
T. Livingstone
1881 -- R. T. Livingstone
1882 -- A.
Walsh (resigned); John
Wilson
1883 -- John Wilson
1884 -- Wm.
Wallace
1885 -- Jas.
Hayes
1886 -- Jas. Hayes
1887 -- Jas. Hayes
1888 -- G.
H. Luscombe
1889 -- G. H. Luscombe
1890 -- G. H. Luscombe
1891 -- J.
Lorne Campbell
1892 -- J. Lorne Campbell
1893 -- A.
McCall
1894 -- A. McCall
1895 -- T.
R. Atkinson
1896 -- T. R. Atkinson
1897 -- W.
E. Tisdale
1898 -- W. E. Tisdale
1899 -- Wm.
Sutton
1900 -- Wm. Sutton
1901 -- R.
S. McGill
1902 -- R. S. McGill
1903 -- C.
A. Austin
1904 -- C. A. Austin
1905 -- Robt.
Gunton
1906 -- Robt. Gunton
1907 -- H.
A. Carter
1908 -- H. A. Carter
1909 -- Dr.
Sihler
1910 -- C.
A. Austin
