Robert Simpson

Robert Simpson served on Barrie council in eleven terms, 1856 to 1876, as mayor (1871–1872 and 1876), 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.

It holds no contact details and no biography. If you are related to Robert Simpson and something here is wrong, the corrections page says how to tell us.

This profile is built from the City's list, which prints the name as “Robert Simpson”; the entries are counted as one person by the rules set out on Barrie's mayors and councils.

In office: Council In office: Reeve In office: Deputy reeve In office: Mayor

Offices Robert Simpson held (lines, coloured by office) and federal or provincial races lost (dots).

Council terms come from the City of Barrie's list, which gives years only, so each is drawn from the year it begins to the year the next begins; a seat in Parliament or the legislature runs to the next general election. Hover or tap a mark for the detail; the lists below are the record.

On the City's list of council members

The terms the City of Barrie's own list of council members, 1837 to 2022, shows Robert Simpson 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.

1856 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson” December 9, 1856: Council's books of minutes and by-laws burn in a fire at the home of the town clerk, George Lane.
1857 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson”
1858 Reeve, as “Robert Simpson”
1859 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson”
1860 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson”
1861 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson” 1861: Dr. A. Pass, Barrie's first doctor and a past councillor, dies.
1869 Councillor, as “Robert Simpson”
1870 Dep Reeve, as “Robert Simpson”
1871 Mayor, as “Robert Simpson” January 1, 1871: Barrie becomes an incorporated town, divided into three wards: St. George's, St. Andrew's and St. Patrick's. January 2, 1871: Robert Simpson, a brewer, is elected Barrie's first mayor. Names Robert Simpson.
1872 Mayor, as “Robert Simpson”
1876 Mayor, as “Robert Simpson”

Source: City of Barrie, Members of Barrie Councils, 1837 to 2022 (updated November 2022).