History of Scarborough, ON

In 1850, Scarborough was established as a township. Following the inclusion, the Scarborough government was led by a reeve, deputy-reeve and three councilors, each elected annually. The council initially met in Woburn County but was relocated to Birchcliff in 1922, where most of the people were then living. During the Great Recession the local government was on the verge of collapse. The Ontario Municipal Board intervened and appointed a committee to oversee the collapse of local government.

The expansion of Toronto east, in the 19th century, led to the construction of stock stocks in the corridors of Kingston Road and Danforth Road in Scarborough. This led to the construction of a walking line. In 1893, Toronto and the Scarboro 'Electric Railway, Light and Power Company built a one-track line along Kingston Road to Blantyre. For the next 13 years this was expanded to West Hill. In 1904, the line became the Scarboro Division of Toronto and the York Radial Railway. Service continued on this route until 1936 when it was replaced by a bus service.

On April 15, 1953, Scarborough was incorporated into Metropolitan Toronto, a new high-level municipal government with the capacity to manage regional services such as roads, transportation, police and ambulance services. (Firefighting services remained different.) Scarborough retained local council but received representation from the new Metro Council. The new council had 24 members, 12 of whom were in the old city of Toronto and 12 from the city's municipalities. The council was not directly elected but was made up of members of each local council. Scarborough's contribution was his assistant at the time who was Oliver Crockford.