Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BRM2014.1.1094 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Color |
Title |
Peel County Council 1968 |
Description |
A colour photograph of members of Peel County Council 1968. The group of people, consisting of eighteen males and two females, are identified as Deputy Reeves, Reeves, Mayors, Clerk-Treasurers and Additional members. Members are identified from the areas of Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon, Chinguacousy, Port Credit, Caledon East, Bolton, Albion, Streetsville and Toronto Gore. Members are seen standing or seated against a wall in what is believed to be somewhere inside Peel County chambers. The men are all wearing pantsuits and ties while the two women are wearing suit jackets with matching skirts. Hazel McCallion is standing in the second row and is wearing a brown suit. Photograph is mounted on a beige cardboard mat board. Printed in black text at the top is the following: Peel County Council, 1968. E.W. Martin, Warden. The names of the members are printed below the photograph. A small square sticker is found on the back, bottom left and printed with black text that reads: Gordon Campbell Photographer 44 Queen St E. Brampton 451-4083. |
History |
Photograph captures members of Peel County Council. This was the first year Mississauga was incorporated into a town. It was also the first time that Hazel McCallion served in municipal politics. She was elected deputy-reeve for the Town of Streetsville. Peel County was formed in 1851 and encompassed the Townships of Albion, Caledon, Chinguacousy, Toronto and Toronto Gore. These townships would later evolve to form the municipalities of Mississauga, Brampton and the Village of Caledon which are now part of the Region of Peel, established in 1973. Prior to 1851, portions of Peel were governed under the administrations of York County (Toronto). Gordon Campbell was a local photographer from Brampton who was active during the 1950s and 1960s. He photographed a number of official council photographs for the County of Peel. Reference: A History of Peel County To Marks Its Centenary, 1967. Corporation of the County of Peel |
Photographer |
Campbell, Gordon |
People |
Speck, Bob Horwood, Nance Brydon, William Martin, Ernest Clark, Cyril Hunter, David M. Murray, Chic Archdekin, Jim Blair, Edward Stephen Leavers, Frank Berney, John James Newlove, William McMullin, Ivor Sibbald, Edward Scott McMillan, Roy Allan, Hill Hewson, D.E. Byrne, M.C. Wilson, Edgar Rutherford, Henry McKechnie, Frank |
Copyright |
All rights belong to Museums of Mississauga |