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List Of Wardens Of Halifax County, Nova Scotia
The Municipality of the County of Halifax was created in 1879. It operated from 1880-1996 when all municipal units in the county (including the county government) were amalgamated to form the Halifax Regional Municipality. Wardens were chosen amongst the elected councillors at the beginning of each yearly session of the County Council. Wardens *1880 – Colonel John Wimburn Laurie *1881-1882 – Donald F. Archibald *1883-1888 – B.W. Chipman *1889-1898 – John E. Shatford *1899-1901 – Benjamin Curry Wilson *1902-1904 – George H. Madill *1905-1907 – Charles E. Smith *1908 – John H. Taylor *1909-1913 – William Bishop *1914-1919 – Charles E. Smith *1920-1925 – Wilson Madill *1926-1930 – R. A. Brenton *1931 – Hector M. Smiley *1932-1933 – John J. Hopkins *1934–1937 – W. W. Peverill *1938–1955 – William James Dowell *1956-1961 - Fred G. Leverman *1961-1964 - George D. Burris *1964-1979 - Ira Settle *1979-1982 - Elizabeth Lawrence Salton *1982-1988 - Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were Amalgamation (politics), amalgamated in 1996: History of Halifax (former city), Halifax, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Bedford, and Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Halifax County. Halifax is a major economic centre in Atlantic Canada, with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Saint Mary's University (Halifax), Saint Mary's University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agricult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wimburn Laurie
Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie, (1 October 1835 – 19 May 1912) was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada for thirty years and then returned to England. Military career He was born in London, England, the son of John Laurie and Eliza Helen Collett, and educated at Harrow, at Dresden, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.''The Canadian men and women of the time a handbook of Canadian biography'' HJ Morgan (1898) He entered the in 1853 and served in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Mayors Of Places In Nova Scotia
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government In Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Municipality, formally known as Halifax is located in Nova Scotia, Canada. The municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a sixteen-person Regional Council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every leap year. The Halifax Regional Council has also established smaller "community councils" wherein three or more councilors from a geographic area agree to form these councils to deal primarily with local development issues. Most community council decisions are subject to final approval by regional council. The Halifax Regional Council has responsibility for the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, Halifax Regional Water Commission, Halifax Transit, parks and recreation, public works and waste management. Emergency services Two areas of contention during the post-amalgamation years have been in the areas of police and fire services. Police services Halifax Regional Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
