Mayors, Overseers, Councillors

Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

2 Overseers as a Village, then 12, (or was it 13?) Mayors as of 1957 shown in article below


Article submitted by Barry Dies 2021

Overseers

Henry Yardley
November 15, 1899 he was elected Overseer of the Village of Estevan after Village was incorporated.
b- Dec 22, 1855 in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
d- Jan 2, 1936 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, age 80
Buried in Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver BC

Louie Alexander Duncan
Elected in 1903
b- Apr 24, 1870, in Elma Township, Perth Co., ON
d- Oct 13, 1949 in Estevan SK
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Mayors

Henry Yardley - 1906, 1907
He was the First Estevan Mayor
b- Dec 22, 1855 in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England
d- Jan 2, 1936 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, age 80
Buried in Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver BC

Rev. John George Hastings- 1908, 1909, 1910
Post Master in Estevan from Nov 1, 1903-11-01 to Apr 22, 1919
Baptist Minister in Estevan
b- Nov 22, 1852 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland
d- Jun 23, 1924 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
buried in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC

Marshall Henry King- 1911 and until his death May 26, 1912
b- June 1858 at Downie Twp., Perth Co., Ontario
d- May 26, 1912 at Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Peter Cuthbert Duncan- June 1912
b- May 8, 1862 in Lot 3, Conc 11, Elma, Perth Co., ON.
d- Feb 19, 1940 in Toronto ON.
Buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto ON

James “Jim” Alpin Smith- 1913, 1914
Served with British Forces in South Africa Jan 1900-Jan 1901, Canadian Mounted Rifles, 6th Regiment
Sergeant RNWMP at MacLeod AB
b- Nov 15, 1868 in Halifax, Halifax Co. NS
Note- NS birth record shows middle name Alpine, Estevan cemetery records say middle name is Alfred, and he was born Nov 16, 1868
d- May 24, 1947
buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Peter Cuthbert Duncan- 1915, 1916, 1917
b- May 8, 1862 in Lot 3, Conc 11, Elma, Perth Co., ON
d- Feb 19, 1940 in Toronto, ON
Buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto ON

Adam Finlayson Milne- 1918 (note- not listed in article above, but shown in his Obituary)
b- Apr 8, 1881 at 187 Montrose St., Brechin, Scotland
d- Aug 15, 1946 at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Frederick "Fred" William Newcombe- 1919, 1920
b- Jan 17, 1879 Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, USA
d- June 4, 1936 Porter, Grays Harbor, Washington, USA
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
In 1927 he applied to be a member of the Sons of the American Revolution

Eleazer William Garner- 1921, 1922, 1923
b- Apr 28, 1887, On a Farm near Walkerton, Bruce Co, ON
d- Oct 27, 1937 at his home at Estevan
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Manager of the Truax-Traer Coal Mine, Former MLA
1918 admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar
1920 organized a stock company and managed the Big Lump Mine near Estevan

Arthur George Garrish- 1924, 1925
b- Jan 19, 1879 in Edgbaston, King's Norton Registration District, Notingham, England
d- Sept 20, 1963, age 83 at 4178 West 10th Ave, Vancouver BC
Cremated- Mt. View Cemetery, Vancouver
Chartered accountant

Albert Milton Taisey- 1926, 1927
b- Oct 27, 1871,in Lake City, MN, USA
d- Apr 25, 1944 in Estevan
buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Peter Bengt Holmgren - Jan 1, 1928, 1929
b- Apr 8, 1886 at Åsbo Östergötland Sweden
d- Nov 29, 1958 in Estevan, SK, age 72
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Left Sweden when he was 1 month old
Came to Saskatchewan in 1904 from Wilmar MN

David Albert Bannatyne Sr.- 1930, 1931, 1932
(Mayor during the Sept 29, 1931 Miner's riot)
b- Nov 1, 1880 at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
d- Dec 10, 1954 at St. Joseph Hospital, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Peter Bengt Holmgren - 1933
b- Apr 8, 1886 at Åsbo Östergötland Sweden
d- Nov 29, 1958 in Estevan, SK, age 72
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Henry “Harry” William Nicholson - 1934
b- Jan 15, 1887 in Cavalier, Pembina, ND, USA
d- Feb 13, 1982 in Estevan SK
Buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens
Took over the Nicholson Coal Mine, in the valley south of Estevan, started by his father Malcolm Nicholson

Peter Bengt Holmgren - 1935, 1936
b- Apr 8, 1886 at Åsbo Östergötland Sweden
d- Nov 29, 1958 in Estevan, SK, age 72
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

David Bannatyne Sr.- 1937, 1938, 1939
b- Nov 1, 1880 at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
d- Dec 10, 1954 at St. Joseph Hospital, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Henry “Harry” William Nicholson - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
(Mayor when Estevan became a City Mar 1, 1957)
b- Jan 15, 1887 in Cavalier, Pembina, ND, USA
d- Feb 13, 1982 in Estevan SK
Buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens

John Barabash - Jan 1967, 1968
b- May 4, 1931
d- February 4, 2017, Calgary, AB, age 85
Chief Magistrate in Estevan

Greg Trout - 1969, 1970
b- April 29, 1919
d- Sept 25, 2010 at Regina, age 91
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery

Ida Marie Petterson, nee Strom - 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
(First Female Mayor in Saskatchewan)
b- Mar 30, 1912 near Lake Alma, SK
d- Feb 22, 1999, in Estevan, SK Buried in Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, SK

Galen J. Wahlmeier - 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
b- Feb 19, 1934 in Jennings, Kansas
d- July 26, 2018 in Kipling SK
School teacher, played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Gerald Ivan Ross - 1983-1984, 1985
b- Apr 21, 1930 in Estevan SK
d- April 12, 2002, Mexico City, Mexico, age 71

Alphonsus Bernard “Bernie” Collins B.Ed, M.Sc. - 1986, 1987, 1988
b- June 18, 1935 in Regina SK
d- March 26, 2018 Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK
Buried at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan SK

John Empey- 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

John G. Len - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
b- July 18, 1941
d- October 30, 2015

Tim Perry- 2001, 2002, 2003

John Empey- 2004, 2005

Gary St. Onge- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Roy Ludwig- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

First Council

Other Councillors to 1957


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