CATALOGUE OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, FROM ITS INCORPORATION IN 1840. [NOTE. From the year 1796, up to the year 1833, the Municipal affairs of the City were administered by Justices of the Peace, sitting in Special Sessions for that purpose. In 1832 the City was incorporated, (1st William IV., chap. 59,) and to that end was divided into eight Wards, viz.: East, West, St. Ann, St. Joseph, St. Antoine, St. Lawrence, St. Louis, and St. Mary; each Ward electing two members. The first meeting of the Corporation was held on the fifth June, 1833, at which Jacques Viger, Esquire, was elected Mayor of the City of Montreal; an office which he continued to hold until the new incorporation, in 1840.] J. P. SEXTON, City Clerk, appointed 12th Sept., 1840. This Corporation was appointed by the Governor General for a term of office, to expire in December, 1842; their successors being subject to election by the people. (2) Died and was replaced by J. M. Desrivières, 3rd June, 1842. (4) Declined to act, and was replaced by John Redpath, 12th Sept., 1840. (5) Resigned and replaced by James Ferrier, 1st July, 1841. (6) Died and was replaced by William Lunn, 20th June, 1842. (7) Declined to act, and was replaced by John Mathewson, 12th September, 1840. F* A This Corporation was elected under the provisions of the 4th Vic., cap. 36, the City being divided into six Wards, viz.: East, Centre, West, Queen, St. Lawrence, and St. Mary, with three members for each Ward. (1) By the Act 8 Vic., cap. 59, the City was divided into nine Wards, as at present, giving two members to each of the Suburban Wards, and three to each of the City Wards, (East, Centre and West). (2) On the 18th May, 1846, Alderman John E. Mills, who had been put in nomination for the office of Mayor along with Mr. Ferrier, on the preceding 9th March, and who claimed to have had a majority of votes on that occasion, was declared by the Court to have been duly elected Mayor of the City, and he accordingly assumed the duties of that office. (1) Resigned and was replaced by Alfred LaRocque. (2) Died in November, and was replaced by Joseph Bourret, as Mayor, and by C. S. Rodier, as Councillor in the St. Antoine Ward. (3) Left the City, and was replaced by J. B. Homier, in Dec., 1847. (4) Resigned, and was replaced by Archibald Macfarlane. |