Greater Victoria is located in British Columbia,Canada,on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) on Vancouver Island as well as some adjacent areas and nearby islands.
Knysna Municipality is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality,in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022,its population is 96,055. Its municipal code is WC048.
A police board,police services board,or police commission is an appointed commission of a local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. Police boards may be required by government regulation,as they are in most of Canada,or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities.
Ida Chong is a Canadian politician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 1996 until 2013. As part of the Liberal Party caucus,she was a provincial cabinet minister from 2004 to 2013,serving in various portfolios under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. Chong and New Democratic Party MLA Jenny Kwan together became the first Chinese-Canadian members of the BC Legislative Assembly.
Saskatoon City Council is the governing body of Saskatoon,the largest city in the central Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It consists of ten councillors representing ten wards throughout the city and the mayor of Saskatoon,who is elected city-wide. The current council was elected to a four-year term on November 13,2020.
The Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is a public library that serves Victoria,British Columbia and the surrounding area.
Esquimalt Royal Naval Dockyard was a major British Royal Navy yard on Canada's Pacific coast from 1842 to 1905,subsequently operated by the Canadian government as HMC Dockyard Esquimalt,now part of CFB Esquimalt,to the present day.
Dame Frances Helen Wilde is a New Zealand politician,and former Wellington Labour member of parliament,Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015,and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Linda D. Jackson is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Vaughan,Ontario. Jackson was elected mayor on November 14,2006. Jackson won the election by 90 votes,displacing incumbent Michael Di Biase. She was later defeated by Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election.
Jane Sterk is a Canadian psychologist,businesswoman,academic,and politician. She is the former leader of the Green Party of British Columbia and a business professor at University Canada West. In the 2009 British Columbia provincial election she was a candidate in the riding of Esquimalt-Royal Roads and in the 2013 election was a candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill. Sterk was elected councillor in the Township of Esquimalt in 2005 was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007. In the 2004 federal election and the 2005 provincial election as a candidate in the Esquimalt ridings,she placed fourth and third with 9% and 10% of the vote,respectively.
Randall C. Garrison is a Canadian politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election,he represents the electoral district of Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke and is a member of the New Democratic Party. He serves as the party's critic for lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender issues,succeeding former MP Bill Siksay,and for National Defence. Since becoming an MP,he has introduced legislation to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code,return federal environmental protection to the Goldstream River,and lobbied the government to implement an action plan concerning the endangered Southern resident killer whales. A former criminology and political science instructor at Camosun College,Garrison is openly gay and lives in Esquimalt,British Columbia,with his partner,Teddy Pardede.
Dean Fortin served as mayor of Victoria,British Columbia,from 2008 to 2014.
Christian Provenzano is a Canadian politician,who was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie,Ontario,in the 2014 municipal election. He served as mayor until 2022.
Mitzi Jayne Dean is a British-Canadian non-profit administrator and politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Esquimalt-Metchosin as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. She is currently Minister of State for Child Care in British Columbia.
Éric Alan Caldwell is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He has served on the Montreal city council since 2013,representing the Hochelaga division as a member of Projet Montréal. In November 2017,he was appointed to the Montreal executive committee by new mayor Valérie Plante.
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on October 20,2018. Races were held in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas.
Fred J. Haynes is a British-Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Saanich,British Columbia from 2018 until 2022. Prior to being elected,Haynes was a high school teacher,university instructor,business networking tool publisher and business and economic development consultant. He is also an aikido instructor,in which he has an eighth degree black belt.
Pam Alexis is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Abbotsford-Mission as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food of British Columbia since 2022.
Marianne Alto is a Canadian politician,who has served as mayor of Victoria,British Columbia since November 3,2022.
