Gloucester, originally known as Township B, was established in 1792. The first settler in the township was
Braddish Billings in what is now the
Billings Bridge area of Ottawa. In 1800, the township became part of
Russell County, and later
Carleton County in 1838. In 1850, the area was incorporated as
Gloucester Township, named after
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa. Gloucester was incorporated as a city in 1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in 2001.
Township, Town, and City Halls • 1872–1962:
Bank Street in Billings Bridge • 1962–1987: 4550 Bank Street in
Leitrim • 1987–1997: 1400 Blair Towers Place in the Park of Commerce • 1997–2001: 1595 Telesat Court in
Pineview Reeves Reeves of Gloucester Township: • 1850
James Sieveright • 1851 John McKinnon • 1852
Charles Billings • 1852-1858 Peter Tompkins • 1859-1862
Donald M. Grant • 1863 James Brown • 1864
Robert Blackburn • 1865
James Sieveright • 1866
John W. McGuire • 1867 Peter Tompkins • 1868–1872
Robert Cummings • 1873
Henry Robillard • 1874–1876 Robert Cummings • 1877–1879
William H. Hurdman • 1880 Robert Cummings • 1881–1883
Alexander Robillard • 1884–1887 Robert Cummings • 1888–1891
James E. Spratt • 1892–1894
Robert Hopkins • 1895–1896
P. Cassidy • 1897
W. Lennox • 1898–1900
F. Caldwell • 1901
O. Rocque • 1902
F. Caldwell • 1903–1912
R. Spratt • 1913–1917
C. Hardy • 1918–1926
R. Preston • 1927–1930
T.A. Spratt • 1930
R. Spratt • 1931–1939
John Innes • 1939
W.J. Perrault • 1939
R. Preston • 1940–1943
W.J. Perrault • 1944–1945
John D. Boyce • 1946–1947
J.B. Potvin • 1948–1949
Alex Roger • 1950–1951
A.E. Davidson • 1952–1972
Earl R. Armstrong • 1972–1978
Bob MacQuarrie • 1978–1980
Elizabeth Stewart Mayors • 1981–1982
Elizabeth Stewart • 1982–1984 Fred G. Barrett • 1984–1985 Mitch Owens • 1985–1991 Harry Allen • 1991–2001 Claudette Cain ==Demographics==