Hello All, There have been several references recently to John Standfield being a "mayor". If anyone has some primary evidence of this fact, I would appreciate hearing about it. John Standfield was politically active in Canada, having run several times for election in the village of London East. I have only been able to establish him being elected once, in 1877, to the position of deputy reeve. He was defeated in the elections of 1876 and 1878. Before moving to London East around 1875 he was a storekeeper/merchant in Bryanston, where he was also the postmaster for several years. It is believed he was also a Justice of the Peace in Bryanston as well. Bryanston was/is a crossroads community just north of London. London East was a village that abutted the city of London, and the two eventually amalgamated in 1885. (London East boosters avoid the word "annexed") cheers, Geoff Anderson