VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Woodbridge Village Council, 1882

Yorkregion.com
Jan. 7, 2016


This image is of the Woodbridge Village Council of 1882

Names not listed in order: John Abell (Reeve), Thomas F. Wallace (Councillor), James Mounsey (Councillor), William Farr (Councillor), John Rowntree (Councillor), Joel Reaman (Clerk) The Baldwin Act stipulated that hamlets of 900 or more residents were to be incorporated as villages. Thus in 1882 Woodbridge was raised to this level, and a municipal government independent of Vaughan Township’s was established. This structure continued until 1971 when the Township of Vaughan became the Town of Vaughan with the Village of Woodbridge being incorporated into the latter. Exactly 20 years to the day after this event, Vaughan was designated a city (Jan. 1, 1991).

This Vintage Vaughan photo is courtesy of the City of Vaughan Archives, Office of the City Clerk.