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Red Deer City Council
The Red Deer City Council is the governing body for the city of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and eight councillors. Current Red Deer City Council *Ken Johnston, mayor *Michael Dawe, councillor *Cindy Jefferies, councillor *Dianne Wyntjes, councillor *Lawrence Lee, councillor *Bruce Buruma, councillor *Vesna Higham, councillor *Kraymer Barnstable, councillor *Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen (born November 25, 1953) is a politician, accountant and former cabinet minister in Alberta, Canada. Early life Doerksen was born in Bassano, Alberta, Bassano, Alberta on November 25, 1953. He was employed by the Bank of Montrea ..., councillor See also * List of mayors of Red Deer, Alberta References External links Red Deer City Council website Municipal councils in Alberta Politics of Red Deer, Alberta {{Alberta-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural council, village council, or board of aldermen. Australia Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the exact definition of a city council varies. However, it is generally only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status (usually on a basis of population) that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is "Corporation of the City of ______" or similar. Some of the urban areas of Australia are governed mostly by a single entity (see Brisbane and other Queensland cities), while others may be controlled by a multitude of much smaller city councils. Also, some significant urban areas can be under the jurisdiction of otherwise rural local governments. Periodic re-al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education. It is surrounded by Red Deer County and borders on Lacombe County. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills, alongside the Red Deer River. History The area was inhabited by First Nations including the Blackfoot, Plains Cree and Stoney before the arrival of European fur traders in the late eighteenth century. A First Nations trail ran from the Montana Territory across the Bow River near present-day Calgary and on to Fort Edmonton, later known as the Calgary and Edmonton Trail. The trail crossed the Red Deer River at a wide, stony shallows. The "Old Red Deer Crossing" is upstream from the present-day city. Cree people called the river , which means "Elk River." European arrivals sometimes called North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. It is one of the only two landlocked provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan being the other). The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate but experiences quick temperature changes due to air aridity. Seasonal temperature swings are less pronounced in western Alberta due to occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area at , and the fourth most populous, being home to 4,262,635 people. Alberta's capital is Edmonton, while Calgary is its largest city. The two are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Doerksen
Victor Doerksen (born November 25, 1953) is a politician, accountant and former cabinet minister in Alberta, Canada. Early life Doerksen was born in Bassano, Alberta, Bassano, Alberta on November 25, 1953. He was employed by the Bank of Montreal for 12 years. He left his job to run for political office a day after hearing about John Oldring retiring as MLA for Red Deer South. Albertan politician Doerksen was first elected to the riding of Red Deer South after it was created from the old Red Deer (provincial electoral district), Red Deer riding in the 1993 Alberta general election. He held the seat for 4 terms for the Progressive Conservatives and did not seek re-election in the 2008 Alberta general election, 2008 election. After winning his 3rd term in office in the 2001 election, Doerksen was appointed as the Minister of Innovation and Science and sworn into the portfolio in 2001. Doerksen quit his post as the Minister of Innovation and Science on August 15, 2006, and announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Red Deer, Alberta
{{Short description, none This is a list of the Mayors of Red Deer, Alberta. In all countries of the Commonwealth, mayors are awarded the title of His/Her Worship. Currently, elections for the office of mayor take place every four years on the third Monday in October, the next occurring in 2017. Mayors of the Town of Red Deer (1901–1913) * 1901–1903 Raymond Leonard Gaetz * 1903–1904 The Rev. George A. Love * 1904–1906 Edward Michener * 1906–1908 Halley H. Gaetz * 1908–1909 William J. Botterill * 1909–1910 Samuel E. McKee * 1910–1912 Robert B. Welliver * 1912–1913 Francis Wright Galbraith Mayors of the City of Red Deer * 1913 Francis Wright Galbraith * 1913–1914 Stanley N. Carscallen * 1914–1916 John A. Carswell * 1916–1918 George Smith * 1918–1920 William E. Lord * 1920–1924 Dr. John Collison * 1924–1927 Edgar G. Johns * 1927–1930 Dr. Harold J. Snell * 1930–1932 Fred Turnbull * 1932–1936 W. Peter Code * 1936–1944 Edward S. Hogg * 1944–1947 H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Councils In Alberta
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
