The mayor of Stratford officiates over the
Stratford District Council. The mayor is elected directly using the
first-past-the-post
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 votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
electoral system.
The current mayor is Neil Volzke. Volzke was first elected as mayor in a 2009 by-election following the death of previous mayor John Edwards.
History
The first Stratford Town Board was formed in 1882. The Stratford County Council was formed in 1890, and the Stratford Borough Council was formed on 22 July 1898. The county and borough councils amalgamated on 1 April 1989 to form the Stratford District Council, which was reconstituted on 1 November 1989 as part of the
nationwide restructure in local government.
List of mayors of Stratford
Stratford has had 24 mayors:
List of deputy mayors of Stratford
References
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