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Barrow was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). [23] [24] In September 2022, a week before his death, the Richmond Hill council dedicated the Dave Barrow Square, located east of the city's Central Library, in his honour. [24]
DiPaola, now a member of town council opposed the measure, calling it "treading down a course of political correctness". [10] Following the resignation of Dave Barrow, West was elected as mayor of Richmond Hill in a by-election on January 24, 2022. He defeated Ward 6 councillor Godwin Chan, regional councillor Carmine Perrelli and DiPaola, who ...
The council was reorganised in 1971 after the incorporation of York Region to have a mayor, two regional councillors shared with York Region Council, and six town councillors. 1970 had also seen Richmond Hill expand from 1,700 acres (6.9 km 2) to 27,000 acres (110 km 2) and from 19000 residents to 34000 residents with the annexation of land ...
On November 8, 2022, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor.Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. [1] The Republican nominee, Stacia Hall, received 2,368 votes in the primary, and independent candidate Rodney "Red" Grant garnered 4,700 signatures to gain ballot access.
Martine Marcelin, who spoke during the city council meeting Aug. 20, has started a GoFundMe account, hoping to raise $30,000 to purchase another vehicle and repair damages to her home. “We lost ...
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
David Catania, a member of the city council from 1997 to 2015, was the last member of the Republican Party elected to the council, but changed his political affiliation to independent in 2004. This will be the first election that will allow for non-citizens to vote for DC council members after a law enacted in early 2023.
In 1973, Congress enacted the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, providing for an elected mayor and 13-member district council, with the first elections to take place the following year. [7] Incumbent mayor-commissioner Walter Washington was elected the first home-rule Mayor of the District of Columbia on November 5, 1974. [8]