List of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario
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This is a list of reeves and mayors of Scarborough, Ontario in Canada. The township of Scarborough was created in 1850. The head of the local government was a reeve until the incorporation of Scarborough as a borough in 1967, at which point the head of the local government was styled as mayor and continued after becoming a city in 1983. Since 1998, Scarborough has been a community within the city of Toronto, and the head of the local government is the Mayor of Toronto.
Township Reeves
Borough Mayors
After 1967, the title of reeve of the Township of Scarborough was changed to the Mayor of the Borough of Scarborough. Scarborough became a city in 1983 with the former mayor of the borough becoming mayor of the city. After 1998, the Mayor of Scarborough ceased to exist and was replaced by the Mayor of Toronto.
Board of Control
Scarborough had a Board of Control from 1966 until it was abolished with the 1988 election and replaced by directly elected Metro Councillors. The Board of Control consisted of four Controllers elected at large and the mayor and served as the executive committee of Scarborough Council. Controllers concurrently sat on Metropolitan Toronto Council
Names in boldface indicate Controllers that were or became Mayor of Scarborough in other years.
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