W.A. Gill
W.A. Gill served on Barrie council in six terms, 1934 to 1939, on the City of Barrie's own list of council members.
This page records a public role and nothing more: the council terms, offices and notes as the City prints them.
This profile is built from the City's list, which prints the name as “W.A. Gill”; the entries are counted as one person by the rules set out on Barrie's mayors and councils.
In office: Ward 5
Offices W.A. Gill held (lines, coloured by office) and federal or provincial races lost (dots).
On the City's list of council members
The terms the City of Barrie's own list of council members, 1837 to 2022, shows W.A. Gill serving, with the office and any note as the City prints them, and the milestones of each council: events from the City's history and notes, dated. The full list is on Barrie's mayors and councils.
- 1934 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill”
- 1935 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill” 1935: No municipal election is held, because of the economic depression.
- 1936 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill” 1936: No municipal election is held, for economic reasons.
- 1937 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill” 1937: No municipal election: every civic office but one is filled by acclamation.
- 1938 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill” 1938: No municipal election for a fourth straight year: every civic office is acclaimed, one of them decided by the flip of a coin.
- 1939 Alderman, Ward 5, as “W.A. Gill”
Source: City of Barrie, Members of Barrie Councils, 1837 to 2022 (updated November 2022).