1930 City Council - Mayor Nathaniel Bascome Darrell
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
Duncan McNichol Ward 1 -
Alexander Kenneth Cruickshanks Ward 1 - 
John Joseph McDonald Ward 1 - 
John George Macdonald Ward 2 - 
Ira Northup Gerry Ward 2 - 
Charles White Wilson Ward 2 - 
Eugene Grimes Murphy Ward 3 - 
Joseph McInnes Ross Ward 3 - 
Robert Barclay Pow Ward 3 - 
James John Heney Ward 4 - 
Fred Evan Moore Ward 4 - 
Ellesworth Clyde Schoales Ward 4 - 
1931 City Council - Mayor Eugene Grimes Murphy
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
John Joseph MacDonald  Ward 1 -

Alexander Kenneth Cruickshanks

  Ward 1 - 
Walter Polhill  Ward 1 - 
John George Macdonald  Ward 2 - 
Ira Northup Gerry  Ward 2 - 
Edward Saunders Rutledge  Ward 2 - 
Robert Barclay Pow  Ward 3 - 
Harry Faulkner  Ward 3 - 
Victor Wolever Maclean  Ward 3 - 
Fred Evan Moore

 Ward 4

 - 
James John Heney  Ward 4 - 
Ellesworth Clyde Schoales  Ward 4 - 
1932 City Council - Mayor Eugene Grimes Murphy
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
Alexander Kenneth Cruickshanks  Ward 1 -
James Cardinal  Ward 1 - 
John Joseph McDonald  Ward 1 - 
Robinson 'Robert' Sutherland  Ward 2 - 
John George Macdonald  Ward 2 - 
Ira Northup Gerry  Ward 2 - 
Robert Barclay Pow  Ward 3 - 
Harry Faulkner  Ward 3 - 
Victor Wolever Maclean  Ward 3 - 
James John Heney  Ward 4 - 
Fred Evan Moore  Ward 4 - 
James Henry Gallinger  Ward 4 - 
1933 City Council - Mayor Robert Barclay Pow
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
John Joseph McDonald  Ward 1 -
Alexander Kenneth Cruickshanks  Ward 1 Resigned on July 11, 1932 and died August 30, 1932
Frank Charry  Ward 1 Replaced Cruickshanks on July 13, 1932
James Cardinal  Ward 1 - 
John Edwin Arnold  Ward 2 - 
Ira Northup Gerry  Ward 2 - 
John George Macdonald  Ward 2 - 
Harry Faulkner  Ward 3 - 
James Albert Speers  Ward 3 - 
John Joseph Flanagan  Ward 3 - 
Franklin L. Cunningham  Ward 4 - 
James Henry Gollinger  Ward 4 - 
Fred Evan Moore  Ward 4 - 
1934 City Council - Mayor Robert Barclay Pow
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
John Joseph McDonald  Ward 1 -
Frank Charry  Ward 1 - 
William Murray Grant  Ward 1 - 
John Edwin Arnold  Ward 2 - 
Ira Northup Gerry  Ward 2 - 
John George Macdonald  Ward 2 - 
James Albert Spears  Ward 3 - 
Nathaniel Bascome Darrell  Ward 3 - 
Chisholm Mackenzie Ross  Ward 3 - 
Franklin L. Cunningham  Ward 4 - 
John Walter Looney  Ward 4 - 
William Howard  Ward 4 - 
1935 City Council - Mayor Robert Barclay Pow
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
Frank Charry  Ward 1 -
William Murray Grant  Ward 1 - 

Robert Miller Walker

  Ward 1 - 
John Edwin Arnold  Ward 2 - 
William Hunter Skene  Ward 2 - 
John George Macdonald  Ward 2 - 
James Albert Speers  Ward 3 - 
Chisholm Mackenzie Ross  Ward 3 - 
Dr. Benjamin Charles Hardiman  Ward 3 - 
Garfield Anderson  Ward 4 - 
William Howard  Ward 4 - 
Frank L. Cunningham  Ward 4 - 
1936 City Council - Mayor Robert Barclay Pow
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
Frank Charry  Ward 1 -
Robert Miller Walker  Ward 1 - 
Alfred Batters  Ward 1 - 
John Oliver Booth  Ward 2 -
George Albert Eoll  Ward 2 - 
William Hunter Skene  Ward 2 - 
Chisholm Mackenzie Ross  Ward 3 - 
James Labert Speers  Ward 3 - 
Dr. Benjamin Charles Hardiman  Ward 3 - 
Thomas Robert Ross  Ward 4 - 
James Henry Gollinger  Ward 4 - 
William Howard  Ward 4 - 
1937 City Council - Mayor Benjamin Charles Hardiman, M.D.
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
 Frank Charry  Ward 1 -
 Robert Miller Walker  Ward 1 - 
 Alfred Batters  Ward 1 - 
 John Oliver Booth  Ward 2 - 
 William Hunter Skene  Ward 2 - 
 George Albert Eoll  Ward 2 - 
 Robert Barclay Pow  Ward 3 - 
 Sigurd Snoree Orstad  Ward 3 - 
 Frank Smith Williams  Ward 3 - 
 William Howard  Ward 4 - 
 John Action Gurney  Ward 4 - 

A plebiscite on Jan. 4, 1937, decided that in future, Aldermen would be elected by general vote instead of wards and that there would be two-year terms with half retiring each year.

1938 City Council - Mayor Chisholm Mackenzie Ross
CouncillorsWardsNotes of Interest
 Frank Charry  Ward 1 -
 Alfred Batters  Ward 1 - 
 John Joseph Spooner  Ward 1 - 
 John Oliver Booth  Ward 2 - 
 George Albert Eoll  Ward 2 - 
 Melville Moss Bryan  Ward 2 - 
 Robert Barclay Pow  Ward 3 - 
 Sigurd Snorre Orstad  Ward 3 - 
 Frank Smith Williams  Ward 3 - 
 John Acton Gurney  Ward 4 - 
 Garfield Anderson  Ward 4 - 
 James John Heney  Ward 4 - 
1939 City Council - Mayor Chisholm Mackenzie Ross*
CouncillorsLength of TermNotes of Interest
Robert Barclay Pow 2 years to December 1940 -
Alfred Batters 2 years to December 1940 - 
Robert Carson 2 years to December 1940 - 
Cecil Rae Strachan 2 years to December 1940 - 
Garfield Anderson 2 years to December 1940 - 
Melville Moss Bryan 2 years to December 1940 - 
John Oliver Booth 1 year to December 1939 - 
Charles White Wilson 1 year to December 1939 - 
James John Heney 1 year to December 1939 - 
Dr. Benjamin Charles Hardiman 1 year to December 1939 - 
John Joseph Spooner 1 year to December 1939 - 
John Acton Gurney 1 year to December 1939 - 

 *Elected for a two-year term

 

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