Greater Sudbury City Council (french: Conseil municipal du Grand Sudbury) is the governing body of the City of

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, Canada. The council consists of the

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plus a twelve-person council. The city is divided into twelve wards; each ward is represented by one councillor. The council meets at

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. The city was created by amalgamating the former City of Sudbury with six suburban municipalities on January 1, 2001. Initially, the council structure consisted of six wards, each represented by two councillors. Ward boundaries in the new city were drawn by grouping former suburban municipalities with adjacent neighbourhoods in the former city. For the 2006 municipal election, council was reorganized into twelve single-member wards. Past mayors of the city and the former suburban municipalities are listed at

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2000-2003

Council elected in the 2000 municipal election:

2003-2006

Council elected in the 2003 municipal election:

2006-2010

Council elected in the 2006 municipal election:

2010-2014

Council elected in the 2010 municipal election. As the vacancies in wards 1 and 8 occurred less than six months prior to the 2014 municipal election, by provincial law both were required to be filled by temporary appointment to the seat rather than in a conventional

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. Sizer was appointed on June 26 to succeed Belli, and McIntaggart was appointed on July 8 to succeed Cimino. Unlike many cities in similar circumstances, Greater Sudbury City Council opted ''not'' to impose a requirement that the appointed councillors could not run for reelection in 2014; Sizer chose to run as a candidate and won reelection, while McIntaggart did not run.

2014-2018

Council elected in the 2014 municipal election.

2018-2022

Council elected in the 2018 municipal election.

2022-2026

Council elected in the 2022 municipal election.

Ward boundaries

* Ward 1: Gatchell,

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, the West End, Copper Park, Moonglo, South of Ontario St., and West of Regent St. * Ward 2:

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(Whitefish, Naughton, Lively, Worthington),

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* Ward 3:

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(Onaping, Levack, Dowling),

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, Hull, Larchwood * Ward 4:

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, Bélanger, Simard, Elm West,

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* Ward 5: Val Caron, Blezard Valley, Nickeldale, Cambrian Heights Guilletville, Notre Dame, LaSalle area west of Rideau * Ward 6: Val Thérèse, Hanmer * Ward 7: Garson,

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, Skead,

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* Ward 8: New Sudbury (east of Barry Downe Rd.) * Ward 9: Coniston, Wahnapitae,

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, McFarlane Lake, South End * Ward 10: Lockerby, Lo-Ellen, University Area, Kingsmount, Bell Park, Downtown (south of Elm Street) * Ward 11: Minnow Lake, New Sudbury (west of Barry Downe Road, east of Arthur St, south of Lasalle Blvd.) * Ward 12: Flour Mill, Downtown (north of Elm Street), New Sudbury (east of Rideau Street, west of Barry Downe Road & north of Lasalle Blvd.), Kingsway-Bancroft area

Former boundaries

From amalgamation in 2001 until reorganization in 2005, the wards were as follows: * Ward 1: former Town of

, plus the communities of

, Gatchell, Robinson and the West End in the former city of Sudbury. * Ward 2: former Towns of

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and

, and the northwestern corner of old Sudbury. * Ward 3: former City of

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, New Sudbury west of Rideau Street and the Cambrian Heights neighbourhood. * Ward 4: former Town of

, the northern half ( Garson- Skead) of the former Town of

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, the newly annexed geographic townships north and east of

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, and New Sudbury east of Barry Downe Road. * Ward 5: southern half ( Coniston- Wahnapitae) of the former Town of Nickel Centre, the downtown core, most of the former Sudbury south of

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, and the newly annexed townships south of the former Regional Municipality. * Ward 6: the only ward whose boundaries lay entirely within the old City of Sudbury, included the Flour Mill, Minnow Lake, Adamsdale and New Sudbury between Barrydowne Road and Rideau Street.

References

External links

Greater Sudbury City Council
{{Canadian Legislative Bodies Municipal councils in Ontario