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Question:
Prior to becoming the City of
Mississauga, how Mayors did the
Town of Mississauga have?
Answer:
One.
Robert Speck
He served as the only Mayor of the Town of
Mississauga, from 1967 until his death in 1972.
Question:
Who was the first woman
to enter municipal politics
in Toronto Township
(Mississauga)?
Answer:
Mary Fix.
Mary Fix was the first woman to enter politics in
the township. She was elected Reeve in 1955 and
re-elected in 1957 and 1958. In 1959 she became
the first woman Warden of Peel County, and was
again elected Reeve in 1961.
Question:
What year was Hazel McCallion
first elected mayor?
Answer:
1978.
Question:
How many consecutive terms of
office has Mayor Hazel McCallion
served?
Answer:
Mayor Hazel McCallion has served
11 consecutive terms of office.
Question:
Who is currently the longest
serving Ward Councillor in the
City of Mississauga?
A) Frank Dale
B) Patricia Mullin
C) Maja Prentice
Answer:
Both Patricia Mullin & Maja
Prentice were elected to
Mississauga City Council in 1985,
and are the longest councillors.
Mayor
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
- Hazel McCallion (1978)
- Carmen Corbasson (1994)
- Patricia Mullin (1985)
- Maja Prentice (1985)
- Frank Dale (1988)
- Eve Adams (2003)
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
- Carolyn Parrish (2006)
- Nando Iannicca (1988)
- Katie Mahoney (1992)
- Pat Saito (1991)
- Sue McFadden (2006)
- George Carlson (2000)
Question:
What plane appears in this picture?
Answer:
The Lancaster Bomber.
Produced in Malton, the first bomber rolled
out in August, 1943.
Question:
Where was this picture taken?
Answer:
The Dundas Street Bridge
over the Credit River, circa
1905.
Question:
What building is this?
Answer:
The Government Inn, built
circa 1796 near the mouth of
the Credit River.
Question:
What does this picture show?
Answer:
The explosion from the Mississauga
Train Derailment on November
10th, 1979.
Question:
Who am I?
Answer:
Sir John Beverly Robinson
He was the first Chief Justice of Upper
Canada and built “The Grange” around
1830.
Question:
This “lost village” was named in
honour on the Governor General
of Canada from 1868 – 1872.
Answer:
Lisgar.
Formerly known as Switzer’s Corners,
Lisgar took its name in honour of Sir John
Young, 1st Baron of Lisgar, Governor
General of Canada, 1868-1872.
Question:
This “lost village” was located
around the intersection of Dundas
Street and the Etobicoke Creek.
What was it called?
Answer:
Summerville.
Question:
This “lost village” was
reportedly named after
early settler Charles King.
What was it called?
Answer:
Mount Charles
(Also known as King’s Crossing)
Question:
What was the crossroads hamlet of
“Frogmore” named in reference to?
Answer:
Frogmore, once located around the
interesection of Dundas Street and
Winston Churchill Blvd. was named
in honour of the birthplace of Queen
Victoria, although another early
claim suggests that it was named for
the large number of frogs located in a
nearby marsh.
Question:
This “lost village” was located
around the intersection of
Mississauga Road and Derry Road,
and was named in honour of a man
nicknamed “Ginger”. What was it
called?
Answer:
Harris’ Corners
“Ginger” Harris was a hotel proprietor and
stage coach operator.
Question:
When was the Village of Port
Credit first surveyed?
Answer:
1835
The Village lots in Old Port Credit
Village were surveyed in 1835 by
Robert Lynn.
Question:
What was the former street name
for Mississauga Road South?
Answer:
Joseph Street
Named in honour of Joseph Sawyer,
a Chief of the Mississaugas
Question:
When did the original Port Credit
Lighthouse burn down?
A)1936
B)1918
C)1926
Answer:
1936.
Built circa 1883, the first Port
Credit Lighthouse was accidentally
burned in 1936.
True or False?
The building known as the
Masonic Temple once served as a
Methodist Church?
Answer:
True.
First consecrated as a Methodist Chapel in the
1840s, the building represents Port Credit’s first
established place of worship, and has direct
connection to early non-Native settlers and to
the Native Mississaugas. The building was
moved to its present location in 1894, serving as
a community hall known as “Shaw’s Hall”, and
was purchased by the Masonic Lodge in 1915.
Question:
Who was “John Street” named in
honour of?
Answer:
John Jones
Brother of Reverend Peter Jones.
John was a chief of the Mississaugas,
a Methodist Missionary and teacher.
“Peter Street” is named after Peter
Jones.
Question:
What is Burnhamthorpe
Road named after?
Answer:
Burnhamthorpe Road takes it name
from the “lost village” of
Burnhamthorpe (also called
Sandhill), that was located around
the intersection of Dixie Road and
Burnhamthorpe Road.
True or False:
Burnhamthorpe Road has had
several other names in its past,
including “Rogers Road”.
Answer:
True.
Burnhamthorpe Road was also informally
known as the “Back Line” and the “Sandhill
Sideroad”, amongst other names.
Question:
What is Derry Road named in
reference to?
Answer:
The “lost village” of Derry West,
which was located around the
intersection of Derry Road and
Hurontario Street.
Question:
Who was Bristol Road
named for?
Answer:
Richard Bristol
A land surveyor who worked with
Timothy Street.
Question:
Who was Dundas Street
named for?
Answer:
Lord Henry Dundas
He was the Secretary of War for the United
Kingdom from 1794-1801.