![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Municipal borough</span> Former type of British and Irish local government](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/England_Administrative_1931.jpg/320px-England_Administrative_1931.jpg)
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in Scotland from 1833 to 1975 with the reform of royal burghs and creation of police burghs.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montreal City Council</span> Governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Montreal_City_Council_diagram.svg/320px-Montreal_City_Council_diagram.svg.png)
The Montreal City Council is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the city council. The council is a democratically elected institution and is the final decision-making authority in the city, although much power is centralized in the executive committee. The council consists of 65 members from all boroughs of the city. The council has jurisdiction over many matters, including public security, agreements with other governments, subsidy programs, the environment, urban planning, and a three-year capital expenditure program. The city council is also required to supervise, standardize or approve certain decisions made by the borough councils.
The Sherbrooke City Council is the governing body for the mayor–council government in the city of Sherbrooke, in the Estrie region of Quebec. The council consists of a mayor and 14 councillors.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louise Harel</span> Canadian politician](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/LouiseHarel_2.jpg/320px-LouiseHarel_2.jpg)
Louise Harel is a Quebec politician. In 2005 she served as interim leader of the Parti Québécois following the resignation of Bernard Landry. She was also interim leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec. She represented the riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the Montreal region, and its predecessors, from 1981 to 2008. She ran for Mayor of Montreal as the representative of the Vision Montreal municipal political party in the 2009 election, but was defeated by incumbent Gérald Tremblay. In the 2013 Montreal election, Harel supported federalist Marcel Côté for mayor but failed to be elected to her own council seat.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernard Sévigny</span> Canadian mayor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Photo_Bernard_S%C3%A9vigny_%2805-11-2010%29.jpg/320px-Photo_Bernard_S%C3%A9vigny_%2805-11-2010%29.jpg)
Bernard Sévigny is a Canadian politician, who was mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec from 2009 to 2017.
The 2009 Magog municipal election was held on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in the city of Magog, Quebec. In the mayoral contest, Vicki May Hamm was elected over incumbent Marc Poulin.
The 2009 Town of Bedford municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in the town of Bedford, Quebec. Incumbent mayor Claude Dubois was returned without opposition.
Several municipalities in the Canadian province of Quebec held elections on November 4, 2001, to elect mayors, reeves, and city councillors. The most closely watched contest was in the newly amalgamated city of Montreal, where Gérald Tremblay defeated incumbent Pierre Bourque.
Heather Keith, formerly known as Heather Keith-Ryan, is an anglophone rights activist from the Eastern Townships region of the Canadian province of Quebec. She has served two terms as president of the Townshippers' Association and in this capacity has opposed provincial restrictions on the use of the English language. Keith herself is fluent in English and French.
The 2001 Potton municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec.
The 2005 Sherbrooke municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The communities of Brompton and Lennoxville also elected borough councillors, who do not serve on the city council.
The 2009 Sherbrooke municipal election was held on November 11, 2009, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The communities of Brompton and Lennoxville also elected borough councillors, who do not serve on the city council.
The 2009 Potton municipal election took place on November 1, 2009, to elect a mayor and councillors in Potton, Quebec.
The 2005 Magog municipal election was held on November 6, 2005, to elect a mayor and councillors in the city of Magog, Quebec. Marc Poulin was re-elected to a third term as mayor without opposition.
Yvette Bissonnet is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was a member of the Montreal city council from 2001 to 2009, serving as a member of the Montreal Island Citizens Union. She had previously served on the Saint-Leonard council before that city's amalgamation into Montreal.
Lyn Thériault, formerly known as Lyn Faust, is a politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2001 as a member of the Vision Montreal party. She was also an elected member of the Commission scolaire de Montréal from 1998 to 2007.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Montreal municipal election</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Joly_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg/320px-Joly_cropped_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 3, 2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council, including the mayor, borough mayors, and city councillors, as well as 38 borough councillors. Denis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard, who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on November 5, 2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On July 2, 2013, Louise Harel, leader of the opposition Vision Montréal, announced she would not be running for mayor, instead supporting Marcel Côté.
The Mayor of Marlborough officiates over the Marlborough District of New Zealand, which is administered by the Marlborough District Council, with Blenheim as its main town. The role was created as a result of the 1989 local government reforms, when Blenheim Borough was amalgamated with Picton Borough, and Marlborough County to form Marlborough District.
The Verdun borough council is the local governing body of Verdun, a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The council consists of seven members: the borough mayor, two city councillors representing the borough's electoral districts, and four borough councillors representing of the same electoral districts.
The 1968 Hammersmith Council election took place on 9 May 1968 to elect members of Hammersmith London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.