Pembroke City Council

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The Pembroke City Council is the governing body of the Corporation of the City of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of five councillors, one mayor and one deputy mayor. [1]

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Elections

Elections are held every four years, per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act. [2] Councillors are elected by the electorate at large; that is, without geographic divisions. The mayor is also directly elected.

2006 elections

Results from 2006 municipal elections: [3]

Mayor

CandidateVotesElected
Ed Jacyno3,208X
Bob Bimm2,123

Council

CandidateVotesElected
Les Scott3,130X
Patricia Lafreniere3,019X
Dan Callaghan2,946X
Shirley White2,734X
Gary Severin2,551X
Terry O'Neill2,527X
Bob Hackett2,364X
Cheryl Lowe2,229X
Bill Higginson2,190
Terry Demers2,186
Irene Perrault1,754
Brad Barta1,395
Rick Macdonald1,293
Dean Fuisz1,249
Sandra Lubimiv1,223

Budget

For the 2009 fiscal year, council approved a municipal budget of $29.3 million CA$. As of 2009, the Corporation's debtload is $15.95 million. [4]

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References

  1. City of Pembroke. "City Hall". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. Queen's Printer for Ontario (2009-01-01). "Municipal Elections Act, 1996". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  3. City of Pembroke. "2006 Municipal Elections". Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. Uhler, Stephen. "City spending $29M this year". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2009-07-20.