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Central Library - York Blvd Dropbox Temporarily Closed

The York Boulevard drop box at Central Library is temporarily closed today, Monday June 27. Both the Jackson Square Lobby entrance and 1st Floor drop boxes remain open for library material returns. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Publish Date:

Monday, June 27, 2022 - 11:30am

Terryberry and Westdale Branches

Renovations at both the Terryberry and Westdale Branches are wrapping up. Both locations are expected to reopen in mid-July. Please stay tuned to our website and social media channels for updates. Thank you for your patience.

Publish Date:

Monday, June 27, 2022 - 10:30am

Mayors of Hamilton and Dundas

Mayor Henry McKinstry (ca1805-1871). Mayor 1859-1861

Hamilton

1847: Colin Campbell Ferrie (1808-1856)

1848: George Sylvester Tiffany (1805-1586)

1849: William L. Distin (1789-1879)

1850: John Fisher (1806-1882)

1851: John Rose Holden (1821-1879)

1852: Nehemiah Ford (circa 1808-1860)

1853: William G. Kerr (circa 1816-1861)

1854: James Cummings (1815-1894)

1854-1855: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1856: James Cummings (1815-1894)

1857: John Francis Moore (1816-1870)

1858: George Hamilton Mills (1827-1901)

1859-1861: Henry McKinstry (1805-1871)

1862-1864: Robert McElroy (1810-1881)

1865-1866: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1867: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)

1868: Hutchison Clark (1806-1877)

1869: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)

1870: George Murison (1820-1889)

1871-1872: Daniel Black Chisholm (1832-1899)

1873-1874: Benjamin Ernest Charlton (1835-1901)

1875-1876: George Roach (1818-1904)

1877-1878: Francis Edwin Kilvert (1838-1910)

1879-1881: James Edwin O'Reilly (1833-1907)

1882-1883: Charles Magill (1816-1898)

1884-1885: John James Mason (1842-1903)

1886-1887: Alexander McKay (1843-1912)

1888-1889: William Doran (1834-1903)

1890-1891: David McLellan (1841-1892)

1892-1893: Peter Campbell Blaicher (1835-1900)

1894-1895: Alexander David Stewart (1852-1899)

1896: George Elias Tuckett (1835-1900)

1897-1898: Edward Alexander Colquhoun (1844-1904)

1899-1900: James Vernall Teetzel (1853-1926)

1901-1902: John Strathearn Hendrie (1857-1923)

1903-1904: Wellington Jeffers Morden (1837-1928)

1905-1906: Sanford Dennis Biggar (1861-1920)

1907-1908: Thomas Joseph Stewart (1848-1926)

1909-1910: John Inglis McLaren (1865-1948)

1911-1912: George Harmon Lees (1860-1936)

1913-1914: John Allan (1856-1922)

1915-1916: Chester Samuel Walters (1878-1958)

1917-1920: Charles Goodenough Booker (1859-1926)

1921-1922: George Charles Coppley (1858-1936)

1923-1925: Thomas William Jutten (1861-1955)

1926-1927: Freeman Ferrier Treleaven Q.C. (1884-1952)

1928-1929: William Burton (1888-1944)

1930-1933: John Peebles (1827-1948)

1934-1935: Herbert Earl Wilton (1869-1937)

1936-1943: William Robert Morrison, K.C. (1878-1947)

1944-1949: Samuel Lawrence (1879-1959)

1950-1962: Lloyd Douglas Jackson (1888-1973)

1963-1976: Victor Kennedy Copps (1919-1988)

1977-1980: John Alexander MacDonald (1927-)

1981-1982: William Powell (1907-1992)

1983-2000: Robert Maxwell Morrow (1946-)

2001-2003: Robert E. Wade (1933-)

2004-2006: Larry Di Ianni (1948-)

2006-2010: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)

2010-2014: Robert Bratina (1943-)

2014-Present: Fred Eisenberger (1952-)

Mayor John Don (1888-1981), Mayor 1950-1953

Dundas

1848: John Paterson (1805-1856)

1849: James Belle Ewart (1801-1853)

1850-1852: James Coleman (1811-1881)

1853-1854: Robert Holt (1801-1876)

1855: George Munns Barton (1829-1892)

1856-1857: John Quarry (ca 1810-1877)

1858: Alexis Fidèle Begue (1805-1872)

1859-1861: Thomas Howard McKenzie (1811-1896)

1862-1865: John Mair Thornton (ca 1823- )

1866: Dr. James McMahon (1830-1909)

1867-1871: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)

1872-1873: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1874: James Somerville (1834-1916)

1875: Alexander Stronach Wink (ca 1843-1899)

1876-1878: Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)

1879-1883: Alexander Richard Wardell (1835-1913)

1884; Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1885; Thomas Wilson (1828-1891)

1886-1887: Herbert Charles Gwyn (1846-1926)

1888-1889: Henry Bickford (1842-1889)

1889-1890: John Bertram (1829-1906)

1891-1892: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)

1893: Robert McKechnie, Jr. (1834-1913)

1894-1895: Col. William Edward Sheridan Knowles (1862-1931)

1896-1897: Thomas Atkins Wardell (1865-1902)

1898: Henry Bertram (1856-1945)

1899-1900: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)

1901-1902: Charles (Chub) Collins (ca 1857-1914)

1903-1904: William Lawson (1854-1948)

1905-1906: John Wolfenden Dickson (1865- )

1907-1908: William Henry Moss (1859-1941)

1909-1910: John Wilkie Lawrason (1871-1940)

1911: Richard Todd Wilson (1839-1927)

1912-1913: Edwin Alfred Woodhouse (1845-1924)

1914-1915: William H. C. Fisher ( -1921)

1916-1917: Charles Edgar Dickson (1878-1939)

1918: Herbert C. Davis (1871-1952)

1919: Samuel Joseph Lennard (1857-1921)

1920-1921: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)

1922-1923: Alfred Broad (1884-1953)

1924-1927: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)

1928-1929: John Edward Robinson (1893-1968)

1930: Dr. W. E. Inksetter (1865-1947)

1931-1935: Dr. Alonzo Campbell Caldwell (1880-1961)

1936-1939: Robert P. Manning (1881-1951)

1940-1941: Edmund J. Mahony (1870-1955)

1942-1944: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)

1945-1946: David P. (Bud) Cliff (ca 1902-1996)

1947-1949: Robert Hart Hunter (1880-1974)

1950-1953: John C. Don (1888-1981)

1954-1957: George Earl Kemp (1893-1965)

1958-1961: John Alexander Warren (ca 1914-2003)

1962-1965: Albert S. Edwards (1906-1965)

1965-1967: Leslie Brown Couldrey (1889-1996)

1968-1976: Hugh Munson Everett (1917-1999)

1977-1985: Joseph T. Bennett (ca 1925- )

1985-1988: Mary Ann Seldon (ca 1942- )

1988-2000: John Addison (ca 1943- )