Gloucester Township is a historical township in Eastern

Eastern Ontario

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 Ontario

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, Canada

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Originally known as Township B, it was established in 1792. In 1800, it was part of Russell County

Russell County, Ontario

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, but became part of Carleton County

Carleton County, Ontario

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 in 1838 and was incorporated as a township in 1850. The first settler in the township was Braddish Billings

Braddish Billings

Braddish Billings was an early settler in the Ottawa area.He was born in Ware, Massachusetts in 1783, but moved to the Brockville area with his family when he was 9. He later worked cutting down the white pine along the Ottawa River and transporting the logs down river...

 in what is now the Billings Bridge

Billings Bridge

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 area of Ottawa

Ottawa

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. Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa. Gloucester

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

 was incorporated as a city in 1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in 2001.

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

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, the Township (original boundaries) had a population of 268,471.

Gloucester Township took its name from Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

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Reeves

• 1850 - James Sieveright
  James Sieveright
  James Sieveright was a Scottish-born Canadian farmer and community leader.He was born in Aberdeenshire, the son of English parents, and came to Upper Canada with his parents in 1824. He became the first reeve of Gloucester Township in 1850 and served a second term as reeve in 1865. Sieveright was...
  
  
• 1851 - John McKinnon
• 1852 - Charles Billings
• 1852 - Peter Tompkins
• 1859 - Donald M. Grant
• 1863 - James Brown
• 1864 - Robert Blackburn
  Robert Blackburn (politician)
  Robert Blackburn was a member of the Canadian House of Commons.Blackburn was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1828, the son of Robert Blackburn, and came to Canada in 1842. He became a lumber merchant and partner in woollen mills. He was reeve of Gloucester Township, Ontario in 1864...
  
  
• 1865 - James Sieveright
• 1866 - John W. McGuire
• 1867 - Peter Tompkins
• 1868 - Robert Cummings
  Robert Cummings (politician)
  Robert Cummings was a Canadian manufacturer and community leader.He was born in Gloucester Township, Ontario to a family of Irish immigrants in 1833. He learned the trade of carriage making and became a leading Canadian manufacturer...
  
  
• 1873 - Honoré Robillard
  Honoré Robillard
  Honoré Robillard was a Liberal-Conservative Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Ottawa City from 1887 to 1896 and a provincial Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Russell from 1883 to 1886...
  
  
• 1874 - Robert Cummings
• 1877 - William H. Hurdman
  William H. Hurdman
  William H. Hurdman was a Canadian entrepreneur and community leader.He was born in Hull Township, Quebec in 1818. His family came from Ireland and his father had worked with Philemon Wright. In 1841, William Hurdman and his brothers started a lumber business under the name Hurdman Brothers. In...
  
  
• 1880 - Robert Cummings
• 1881 - Alexander Robillard
  Alexander Robillard
  Alexandre Robillard was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Russell from 1886 to 1898....
  
  
• 1884 - Robert Cummings
• 1888 - James Spratt
• 1892 - R. Hopkins
• 1893 - P. Cassidy
• 1897 - W. Lennox
• 1898 - F. Caldwell
• 1901 - O. Rocque
• 1902 - F. Caldwell
• 1903 - R. Spratt
• 1913 - C. Hardy
• 1918 - R. Preston
• 1927 - T.A. Spratt
• 1930 - R. Spratt
• 1931 - John Innes
• 1940 - W.J. Perrault
• 1944 - John D. Boyce
• 1946 - J.B. Potvin
• 1948 - Alex Roger
• 1950 - A.E. Davidson
• 1952 - Earl Armstrong
  Earl Armstrong
  Earl Armstrong was an Ontario farmer and politician. He served as reeve of Gloucester Township from 1952 to 1972.He was the son of William Armstrong and descended from Irish immigrants to Canada. He married Peninnah Sloan, a school teacher from Manotick. He took over the operation of the family...
  
  
• 1972 - R.W. MacQuarrie
• 1978 - Elizabeth Stewart
  Elizabeth Stewart
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