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London, England was governed by the London County Council from 1889 until 1965

London City Council is the governing body of the city of London, Ontario, Canada. London County Council (LCC was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence and the first London-wide general municipal London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

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Composition

One councillor represents each of the 14 city wards. London also has a four-member Board of Control and a mayor, elected city-wide, resulting in a 19-member city council.

The Board of Control, which deals with personnel and financial matters generally, makes recommendations to the city council, recommendations which can be altered, amended, rejected or endorsed by a simple majority vote of council.

City Council meets in London City Hall at 300 Dufferin Avenue, adjacent to Victoria Park and the London Life Insurance Company. London Life Insurance Company is a Canadian Life insurance company best known for its " Freedom 55 " slogan evocative of saving money to an extent that would

Recent Reform

Before November of 2006, the London city council had 14 councillors, 2 from each of the 7 former wards.

Background

The composition and structure of city council was the subject of two questions on the 2003 election ballot, an action initiated by Ward 3 Councillor Fred Tranquilli and his discussion paper, A Better Way, which proposed a smaller city council -- 10 wards with one councillor per ward, plus the mayor elected city wide and the elimination of Board of Control for an 11-member city council.

While the yes votes prevailed, the overall voter turnout was less than 50 per cent and according to the provisions of the Municipal Act, the referendum results were not binding.

When the council decided to maintain the status quo, a grassroots citizen's activist group, Imagine London, appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to change the ward composition to 14 wards defined by communities of interest in the city, including a separate ward for the downtown core. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB is an independent administrative tribunal that hears applications and appeals on municipal and planning matters such as zoning bylaws subdivision plans COI, Community of Interest is a means by which network assets and or network users are segregated by some technological means for some established purpose

UWO law librarian/ media professor Sam Trosow argued the case at the OMB for Imagine London arguing that smaller wards based on communities of interest would result in more "effective representation" for the electorate. UWO may refer to University of Western Ontario University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh This argument is based on a 1991 Supreme Court of Canada decision involving electoral boundaries in the Province of Saskatchewan (often cited as the "Carter" case). The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276

The OMB ruled for the Imagine London petitioners in late December 2005 and while the city sought leave to appeal the OMB decision to Superior Court via a full-day hearing in January of 2006, leave to appeal was denied when Justice McDermid released his decision on February 28, 2006.

Council members

Mayor

Board of Control

City Council

See also

External links

David Winninger (born October 10, 1949 in London Ontario, Canada) is a Politician in Ontario This is list of Mayors of London, Ontario, Canada. London was incorporated as a Town in 1848 and became a City in 1855
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