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<br />The Western IlistnctCouncil
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<br />INTROJ)UCT'ION
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<br />MAYORS
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<br />Windsor: JOHN.' W. . WHEELTON, Mayor
<br />City Hall, 254-1611
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<br />Th.efirst .m~ting of the pjstrjct,'.Co!.Im:i1
<br />for the Western District was held in the CoiUrt
<br />House, Town of Sandwi<:b. on the 1.th day
<br />of February, 1842,PUI'Sull.nttothe. "Act. to
<br />provide>fo~ the Better Il'l:ter'llal<:;overnmEmt
<br />of that Jl8.1}ofthe Province whichfoimerly
<br />constituted the Province of UPper Canada,
<br />by the establishment of <Local. Municipal Au-
<br />thorities therein."
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<br />Act 4 and5, VilZt; Ca.J).lO went into effect
<br />January1st,l842.IWPresentati~ were., pres-
<br />ent from the following<WWJtShjpswhich.com-
<br />prised' the County of, &<lsex:-AI1derdon, .~l-
<br />chester, Gosfield,Maidstone, Malden. Mersea,
<br />Rochester and Sandwich.
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<br />From Kent:---emnaen"., · Chatham, J:)()ver
<br />East and West" Harwich':Howard, ".orr()J:'d,
<br />Raleigh, Romney,Tilbupr East" TilburyW'est
<br />and ZOne.
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<br />From ,Lambton :"~Bosf.lll9uet, DaWn, Moore
<br />and Enniskill~n. PIYlIl,ptOl'l,5)anUa,. Sornb1'8.
<br />and" WalWick. .
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<br />The said<Pjstri.ctG~ci}Inet fl'QJJl tune to
<br />time in . theCou.I1iI:1:Q\lSe'~dwich, until, the
<br />close Of tl1e~tol)ersess,ionOf 1849. This was
<br />the last year of tl1eDistrict Council.
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<br />TheMuni~palCoutJ.cil of the UnitedCoun-
<br />ties of Essex, Kent and Lambton Jllet ill the
<br />Court House, Sandwich, on the 28thq8.)" , of
<br />January,. 1850. Repr!$entatiyeswe~ present
<br />from all the abOve-mentioned m1.U1icipalities
<br />in the County of <Essex with the exception of
<br />Tilbury West,. which had been .,attached to
<br />Kent until the close of 1851. 'I'hisCouncil was
<br />only inexistence for. one year.'I'helliSt session
<br />closed on the 11th day of October, 1850. Kent
<br />then separated from. the unioJ1.
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<br />The MtmicipalCo\.mcilof the United cOUn-
<br />ties of Essex and Lambton met in the Court
<br />House,. Sandwich,onthe27thday of. Janua.ry,
<br />1851. 'I'hisuniOlleontinued .' 'f~ about two
<br />YE.'ars and a half, the last session clOSing On
<br />the 23rd duy of JunE.', 1853.
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<br />Amherstburg: :MURRAy SMITH, Mayor
<br />736-4668
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<br />Essex: MARVIN. LECLAIR, Mayor
<br />776-8528
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<br />Harrow: TY ~YJ\1l\, . Mayor
<br />738-2338
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<br />Kingsville:a CULL, Mayor
<br />Box 591, 733-4560
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<br />Leamington: A. R. CULLEN, Mayor
<br />Town Hall, 326-9509
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<br />Tecumseh: HECTOR LACASSE, Mayor
<br />735-4121
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