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Cornwall City Council
The Cornwall City Council () is the governing body for the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors. The mayor is elected via a first-past-the-post system while the councillors are elected via a blanket election where each voter can vote for 10 councillors, and the 10 councillors with the most votes are elected to the council. 2010–2014 *Bob Kilger, mayor *Denis Carr, councillor *Bernadette Clément, councillor *Maurice Dupelle, councillor *Syd Gardiner, councillor *Glen Grant, councillor *Elaine MacDonald, councillor *David Murphy, councillor *André Rivette, councillor * Leslie O'Shaughnessy, councillor - resigned in 2012 and was succeeded by Gerald Samson in a by-election *Gerald Samson, councillor *Denis Thibault, councillor 2014–2018 Elected on October 27, 2014, the 2014–2018 council entered office on November 30, 2014. * Leslie O'Shaughnessy, mayor *Bernadette Clement, councillor *Claude E. Macintosh, councillor *Elain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough council, rural council, village council, board of aldermen, or board of selectmen. Australia Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the exact definition of a city council varies. However, it is generally only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status (usually on a basis of population) that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is "Corporation of the City of ______" or similar. Some of the urban areas of Australia are governed mostly by a single entity (e.g. Brisbane and other Queensland cities), while others may be controlled by a multitude of much smaller city councils. Also, some significant urban areas can be under the jurisdiction of otherwise rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall, Ontario
Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated where the provinces of Central Canada, Ontario and Quebec and the U.S. state of New York (state), New York converge. It is Ontario's easternmost city. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Cornwall is administered independently from the county. Cornwall is named after the English Duchy of Cornwall; the city's coat of arms is based on that of the duchy with its colours reversed and the addition of a "royal tressure," a Scottish symbol of royalty. It is the urban area, urban centre for the surrounding communities of Long Sault and Ingleside to the west; the Mohawk people, Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne to the south; St. Andrews West and Avonmore to the north; and Glen Walter, Martintown, Apple Hill, Williamstown, and Lancaster to the east. The city straddles the St. Lawrence River and is home to the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, which oversees navigation and shipping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-past-the-post Voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a '' majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still officially used in the majority of US states for most elections. However, the combination of partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisdictions means that most American elections behave effectively like two-round systems, in which the first round ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanket Primary
The blanket primary is a system used for selecting political party candidates in a Partisan primary, primary election, used in Argentina and historically in the United States. In a blanket primary, voters may pick one candidate for each office without regard to party lines; for instance, a voter might select a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic candidate for governor and a Republican Party (United States), Republican candidate for senator. In a traditional blanket primary the candidates with the highest number of votes for each office ''in each party'' advance to the general election, as the respective party's nominee. Blanket primaries differ from open primary, open primaries – in open primaries voters may pick candidates regardless of their own party registration, but may only choose among candidates from a single party of the voter's choice. A blanket primary gives registered voters maximum choice in selecting candidates among those systems that separate primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Kilger
Robert Peter Paul Kilger King's Privy Council for Canada, PC (June 29, 1944 – November 29, 2021) was a Canadian politician. Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Kilger was the former Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal member of Parliament for the Cornwall region, representing the riding Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry (federal electoral district), Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry from 2000 to 2004, and Stormont—Dundas from 1988 to 2000. He was Chief Government Whip, and Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. He lost his seat in the 2004 Canadian federal election, 2004 election to Conservative Party of Canada (current), Conservative candidate Guy Lauzon. Prior to his political life, he was a businessman and coached the Cornwall Royals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1981. He also was a referee in the NHL. His son was former National Hockey League forward Chad Kilger. Kilger was elected Mayor of the City of Cornwall on November 13, 2006, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie O'Shaughnessy
Leslie O'Shaughnessy (April 13, 1954 – August 14, 2023) was a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Cornwall, Ontario in the 2014 municipal election."Cornwall chooses change" . '''', October 27, 2014. Born in Cornwall, O'Shaughnessy previously served as reeve of the nearby township of in the 1990s, and ran as a |
Bernadette Clement
Bernadette Clement (born May 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician, who was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau on June 22, 2021. She was previously mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, having been elected in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections, after serving three terms as a municipal councillor. A Black Canadian,"Bernadette Clément, mairesse de Cornwall" Ici Radio-Canada Toronto, February 24, 2019. she is the first woman and first person of colour to serve as mayor of the city, and the first Black Canadian woman to serve as a mayor in Ontario. Senator Clement joined the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Towndale
Justin Towndale is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the mayor of Cornwall. He had previously served as a councillor on the city council. Early life Justin was born in Toronto and moved to Cornwall as an infant after being adopted by his parents, Angelo and Margaret. While Justin's adoptive parents are Indian his biological mother was Trinidadian. His parents migrated from India to Canada from Kochi with Angelo arriving in Canada in 1969 and Margaret arriving later, in 1971. Justin attended The University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. He graduated with an Honours Bachelors of Arts, with a Double Major in Political Science and Canadian Studies with a Minor in History. Following graduation, Justin worked at Queen's Park for John Milloy for four years. Towndale is a Captain in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces. He is a member of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, and represented the regiment in the commemorativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
