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Brantford (2021 population: 104,688 [2]) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government.
This is a list of mayors of the city of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Until 1956 mayors were elected for one year terms. Beginning in 1957, mayoral terms were extended to two years by Ontario law. In 1987, the provincial government changed the Municipal Elections Act to require local government elections every three years.
Brantford City was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1949. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford riding .
The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards. The city council elections are held every four years and the citizens and community members of Brantford vote for their candidates, who are eligible to be confirmed by majority of ...
Public transit began in Brantford in 1886 with horse drawn cars which by 1893 had been converted to electric. The City of Brantford took over these operations in 1914. The Public Utilities Commission was formed in 1935 by amalgamating the Hydro Electric Commission, the Board of Water Commissioners and the Municipal Railway Commission.
Marquis, T.G. Brantford, The Telephone City [dead link ], The Greater Brantford Expositor, pp. 13–14, 20, 1909. Murray, Robert P. (2005), The Early Development Of Radio In Canada, 1901-1930: An Illustrated History Of Canada's Radio Pioneers, Broadcast Receiver Manufacturers, And Their Products , Sonoran Pub
Taylor returned to city council in 1997, winning an open seat in Brantford's third ward. Over the next three years, he served on the city's corporate services, social services, and community development committees and was part of a special committee examining issues relating to the opening of the Brantford Charity Casino. [10]
Calnan first ran for Brantford city council in the 2003 municipal election. [38] He finished third in the city's fourth ward. He was appointed to council in February 2006, after incumbent Dave Wrobel resigned for health reasons. (There is a tradition in Brantford of appointing the runner-up candidate to fill a vacancy on council.