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Revision as of 04:53, 18 February 2008
The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario.
The council consists of the Mayor of Brantford and 10 Councillors(2 per ward)
The city council elections are held every two years and the citizens and community members of Brantford vote for their candidates, who are eligible to be confirmed by majority of popular votes.
The first city council of Brantford was held on June 18th, 1877.
Poorly Considered Laws
They are famous for poorly thought out bylaws.
They passed an "Anti-Terror Bylaw" in 2002 that makes park use illegal after 11pm. They also have zero postings to this effect in their parks and yet have the local police enforce the law rigidly.
They build new soccer fields in the West end, however they failed to allocate any legal on road parking space or a parking lot to access the park. This resulted in one of their traffic cops ticketing EVERY parent park at a youth soccer practice.
They poorly plan and then poorly execute plans on a consistent basis.
First City Council Members of 1877
- The First Mayor of the City of Brantford: Dr. James W. Digby
- Alderman George Wilkes
- Alderman Thomas Large
- Alderman Daniel Costello
- Alderman Matthew A. Burns
- Alderman Edward Fisher
- Alderman George Watt
- Alderman Peter M. Keogh
- Alderman W. J. Scarfe
- Alderman George Lindley
- Alderman George Hardy
- Alderman J.J. Hawkins
- Alderman Dennis Hawkins
- Alderman Thomas Elliot
Current 2007 Members
- Mayor - Mike Hancock
- West Brant, Downtown, Ward 1 - Jennifer Kinneman and Mark Littell
- North Brant, Ward 2 - Vince Bucci and John Sless
- Brier Park, Ward 3 - Greg Martin and Dan McCreary
- Branlyn Community, Ward 4 - Richard Carpenter and James Calnan
- Eagle Place, Ward 5 - John Bradford and Marguerite Ceschi-Smith