Robert A. Hastey Explained

Robert A. Hastey
Birth Date:1847
Death Date:September 8, 1930
Death Place:Ottawa
Office:29th Mayor of Ottawa
Term Start:1906
Term End:1906
Predecessor:James A. Ellis
Successor:D'Arcy Scott

Robert A. Hastey (1847  - September 8, 1930) was mayor of Ottawa in 1906. [1] He was born in Bytown in 1847. He worked in the stagecoach business for a number of years. Hastey served on city council as an alderman for twelve years and served as mayor for about a month after mayor James A. Ellis resigned to take a job with the city.

He died in Ottawa in 1930 and was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery.

Hastey Street in the Sandy Hill area of the city was named after him.

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Notes and References

  1. Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005)