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According to Hong Kong laws, when a designated public holiday falls on a Sunday or on the same day of another holiday, the immediate following weekday would be a public holiday. However, there are exceptions; for example, as Lunar New Year 2007 falls on a Sunday (18 February), the government have designated the Saturday directly before (17 ...
Toronto City Council is the governing body of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario. Meeting at Toronto City Hall , it comprises 25 city councillors and the mayor of Toronto . The current term began on November 15, 2022.
May 10, 2023: Scarborough—Guildwood MPP Mitzie Hunter resigns her seat in order to pursue a bid to become the mayor of Toronto during the 2023 by-election. [16] December 1, 2023: Kitchener Centre elects Ontario Green candidate, Aislinn Clancy. Thus doubling Green representation in the Legislature. [17]
Toronto, Ontario. Occupation. Political administrator. Stephen Holyday is a Canadian politician who has served on Toronto City Council since 2014. He is currently the deputy speaker and represents Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre. [1] [2] He was first elected in the old Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre during the 2014 municipal election .
Below is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada . Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election and he was chosen by the Reformers. The most recent election to the office of mayor was a by-election on June 26, 2023 in which Olivia Chow was elected.
In 1875, the City Council fixed the first Monday in August as a Civic Holiday. [17] The holiday was renamed "Simcoe Day" in 1969 in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who established York (now Toronto) as the capital of Ontario, and who was the leading proponent of the Act Against Slavery.
The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965. The building is located adjacent to Nathan Phillips Square, a public square at the northwest ...
Hong Kong 1 July march in 2011. On 1 July of each year since the 1997 handover, a march is led by the Civil Human Rights Front.It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the Chief Executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.