<sod>Bathurst was incorporated as a town in 1912,<ref name=nbarch/><ref>by "An Act relating to the assessing of rates and taxes in the Town of Bathurst" (1912) and under the "Towns Incorporations Act"</ref> following a poll of ratepayers and property holders conducted on 30 May that year in which a majority vote of 195 to 54 determined the outcome. The first election occurred on 11 September, and the budget for the first year was fixed at $8 million.<ref>{{harvnb|MacMillan|1978|p=87-88}}</ref> The town of Bathurst's first mayor was P.J. Burns, who has a street (along Coronation Park) named after him.<ref>{{harvnb|MacMillan|1978|p=88}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Bathurst was incorporated as a town in 1912,<ref name=nbarch/><ref>by "An Act relating to the assessing of rates and taxes in the Town of Bathurst" (1912) and under the "Towns Incorporations Act"</ref> following a poll of ratepayers and property holders conducted on 30 May that year in which a majority vote of 195 to 54 determined the outcome. The first election occurred on 11 September, and the budget for the first year was fixed at $8 million.<ref>{{harvnb|MacMillan|1978|p=87-88}}</ref> The town of Bathurst's first mayor was [[Patrick J. Burns]], who has a street (along Coronation Park) named after him.<ref>{{harvnb|MacMillan|1978|p=88}}</ref><eod>