Bench donated by Frank E. Leavers
[Photo: By KPA]
There is only brief information on Frank E. Leavers. His obituary says that he was:
Retired Justice of the Peace for the Province of Ontario, last Reeve of Port Credit, past President of the Mississauga Real Estate Board.What is a reeve?
What was a Reeve?...Toronto Township was the name of everything from Lake Ontario to Steeles Avenue, bounded by Winston Churchill Blvd. on the west to the Etobicoke River on the east (minus the Incorporated villages of Streetsville and Port Credit). It was mostly agricultural land.
Port Credit, Streetsville, and Toronto Township each had Reeves to represent them on the County of Peel's council. Their equivalent today would be Regional councillors.
View of Lake Ontario
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Photograph of members from the 1977-1978 Mississauga City Council
Standing from left to right back row: Councillor Harold E. Kennedy, Councillor Frank Leavers, Councillor Frank J. McKechnie, Councillor Frank H. S. Hooper, Councillor Frank Bean, Councillor Terence W. Butt, Councillor Larry Taylor;
Standing from left to right front row: Councillor Mary Helen Spence, Mayor Ron Searle and Councillor Hazel McCallion
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Ceremonial Inaugural Meeting of the 1977-78 Council of the City of Mississauga took place on January 4, 1977.
Photograph taken at the ceremonial inaugural meeting of the 1977-1978 Council of Mississauga on January 4th, 1977
This was the first term as Mayor for Ronald Searle. During this short time council approved an official plan to create a downtown core for Mississauga and make it separate from Toronto. Council was also looking into reports on how much money it would save if the City quit itself from Peel Region. [Source]