Reeves and Mayors Timeline
Until 1980, the longest consecutive occupant of the mayor's chair was C. H. Meier, with eight years. (Thomas E. Henry served as mayor for 10 years but in two terms, of seven and three years.) Five times sons have been elected to the office previously held by their fathers: J. C. W. Daly, followed by his son, T. M. Daly; W. F. McCulloch and J. A. McCulloch; John Brown and Tom Brown; Dr. J. D. Monteith and J. Waldo Monteith; W. H. Gregory and W. P. Gregory. The first woman mayor was Betty McMillan, 1975-1976.
Two mayors died in office: Andrew W. Robb in December, 1881, and E. K.Barnsdale in August, 1916. Two others resigned: Stratford's first mayor J. C. W Daly, who quit in August, 1859, and Second Lieutenant Colonel John L. Youngs, in 1919, when he was recalled for military service overseas.
Adelaide Leitch in Floodtides of Fortune provided a list of reeves for the village of Stratford and a partial list of mayors. Additional information provided by Patricia Shantz, Administrative Assisatant to the Mayor, City of Stratford. The authors of this document have also added to the original lists. The names in red are Mayors that have streets named after them. The names in blue have a bio.
Source: Thanks to Stratford City Hall for the list
VILLAGE OF STRATFORD REEVES
William F. McCulloch 1854-55
Alexander B. Orr 1856-58
TOWN OF STRATFORD MAYORS
John C. W. Daly Jan.-Aug. 1859
William Smith Aug.-Dec. 1859
William F. McCulloch 1860-62
Peter R. Jarvis 1863-67
JJames A. Carral 1868
Thomas M. Daly 1869-70
James A. McCulloch 1871-72
Thomas Stoney 1873-74
Samuel R. Hesson 1875
Thomas M. Daly 1876-78
Alexander Grant 1879-80
Andrew W. Robb 1881
William Roberts 1883
William Gordon 1884-85
CITY OF STRATFORD MAYORS
William Gordon Apr.-Dec. 1885
Charles J. Macgregor 1886-87
Henry T. Butler 1888-89
John Brown 1890-91
Elijah Hodgins 1892
John C. Monteith 1893-94
William Davidson 1895-96
John O'Donoghue 1897-98
James Hodd 1899-1900
James Stamp 1901-02
William Hepburn 1903-04
William J. Ferguson 1905-06
William Gordon 1907-08
William S. Dingman 1909-10
John Brown 1911-12
Charles N. Greenwood 1913
John Stevenson 1914
Elijah K. Barnsdale 1915-Aug. 1916
Duncan M. Ferguson Aug. -Dec. 1916
Joseph D. Monteith 1917-18
John L. Youngs Jan.-July 1919
John Stevenson July-Dec. 1919
Walter H. Gregory 1921-22
CITY OF STRATFORD MAYORS
Thomas Brown 1923-25
David R. Marshall 1926-27
John A. Andrew 1928-29
Charles E. Moore 1930-31
George I. Graff 1932-33
Oliver. J. Kerr 1934-35
Walter H. Gregory 1936
Thomas E. Henry 1937-43
J. Waldo Monteith 1944-45
Thomas E. Henry 1948-50
Alfred D. Simpson 1951-52
Lawrence Feick 1953-54
Wilfred P. Gregory 1955-56
Frederick W. Cox 1957-58
Robert E. Mountain 1959
Clarence H. Meier 1960-67
John V. Killer 1968-69
James C. Neilson 1970
Donald S. Davis 1971-72
Keith A. Culliton 1973-74
Betty M. McMillan 1975-76
Keith A. Culliton 1977-78
E. S. "Ted" Blowes 1979-88
David Hunt 1989-2000
Karen Haslam 2001-2003
Daniel. B. Mathieson 2004-2022
Martin Ritsma, 2022-