The actress Liz Dawn was appointed as Lady Mayoress of which city in 2000?
"final dance together. She came out of retirement in December 2015 to make a one-off guest appearance in the soap ""Emmerdale"" as the character Mrs Winterbottom. Dawn won the Special Achievement Award at the 2008 British Soap Awards for her decades-long portrayal of her iconic character. Dawn was appointed an MBE in the 2000 Queens Birthday Honours, for services to the Manchester Children’s Hospital, the Genesis Appeal and the Liz Dawn Breast Cancer Appeal, St. James’s Hospital, Leeds. At the age of 18, Dawn married Walter Bradley in Leeds in 1957 and the couple had a son, Graham, but the"
"1995. However, Faison was returned to city council in the 1997 city election and became city council president. She was initially seen as an ally of Camden Mayor Milton Milan, and his policies. However, their relationship rapidly deteriorated when Milan was indicted for corruption in March 2000. Faison was sworn into office as Mayor of Camden in December 22, 2000, as Camden's first female mayor. Faison became acting mayor one day after the conviction of her predecessor, former Mayor Milton Milan, who was found guilty of 14 of 19 charges of political corruption on December 21, 2000. She held office"
"fourth term in the 2000 municipal election. In the 2003 municipal election, Diamond faced allegations that her style as mayor had been abrasive, that her management of the city's downtown revitalization program was failing and that her focus on freezing municipal tax rates was no longer serving the city's changing needs. She was defeated by councillor John Gray. Diamond returned to municipal politics in the 2010 municipal election, winning election to a dual Oshawa City Council and Durham Regional Council seat, and was reelected in the 2014 municipal election. She died in Toronto on February 12, 2017 at the age"
"Dawn Zimmer Dawn Zimmer (born April 16, 1968) served as the 38th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. She is the wife of Stan Grossbard. As president of the Hoboken City Council, she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammarano's resignation on July 31, 2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for the balance of Cammarano's term on November 6, 2009 and was re-elected mayor for another 4-year term in November 2013. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, she was ranked #3, #4 and #5,"
"Vanessa Falco (2021; At-Large), Tiffanie Fisher (2019; 2nd Ward), Emily Jabbour (2021; At-Large) and Michael Russo (2019; 3rd Ward). In the 2017 general election, Ravinder Bhalla was elected to succeed Dawn Zimmer becoming the state's first Sikh mayor; Zimmer had chosen not to run for re-election to a third term and had endorsed Bhalla for the post. Bhalla's running mates, incumbents James Doyle and Emily Jabbour, won two of the at-large seats, while the third seat was won Vanessa Falco who had been aligned with the slate of mayoral candidate Michael DeFusco. Zimmer had been the city council president and"
"Lois Gaston Lois Gaston is a former Mayor and City Councilmember for City of Duarte, California. Gaston became a member of the Duarte City Council in 2003 and was elected as the mayor on November 28, 2006. She is the first African American woman to hold the mayoral position in the city's 50-year history. In March 2009 she was named the 44th Assembly District Woman of the Year by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino. Some of her notable accomplishments are membership of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and the Southern California Association of Governments, as well as serving as the"
"Ruthlane entered local politics herself. Vigfus was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in his later years and died on April 28, 2003. Asmundson was first elected to the City Council in 2002 and then reelected in 2006. She served as mayor ""pro tempore""until 2008, when she took over as mayor. In her first try at local politics in 2002, she garnered the highest number of votes among her fellow candidates. Hence, she became mayor pro-tempore from 2002 to 2004 and sat as mayor from 2004 to 2006. As mayor, Asmundson has been an advocate for stronger sister city relations throughout her"
"Lisa Scaffidi Lisa-Michelle Scaffidi (; born 12 February 1960) was the first female Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Scaffidi became mayor following the October 2007 council elections, after the retirement of her predecessor, Peter Nattrass, who served a record twelve years in the position. Scaffidi and the rest of the City of Perth council have been suspended since 2 March 2018, while the state government investigates the council's operations. Scaffidi was educated at Churchlands Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College after which she graduated as a dental therapist from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). She"
"post which she held for four years. After her term as Lord Provost, she sat as a councillor for a further 10 years, before retiring from the council at the 2017 elections. She is married to Duncan Cameron, a president of the Camanachd Association. Liz Cameron Liz Cameron, born in Partick, Glasgow is a former Lord Provost of Glasgow. She graduated from the University of Glasgow and became a college lecturer, teaching at Bell College of Technology in Hamilton. First elected as a Labour member of the ""Glasgow District Council"" in 1992, she was elected to the new City of"
"by his father, Henry Grossbard. Zimmer converted from Unitarianism to Judaism. Stan Grossbard and Dawn Zimmer have two children together. Dawn Zimmer Dawn Zimmer (born April 16, 1968) served as the 38th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. She is the wife of Stan Grossbard. As president of the Hoboken City Council, she became acting mayor after incumbent Peter Cammarano's resignation on July 31, 2009 following his arrest on corruption charges. Zimmer is the first female mayor of Hoboken. She was first elected mayor in a special election for the balance of Cammarano's term on November 6, 2009 and was re-elected"
"for the remainder of Milan's unexpired term, which ended in June 2001. She won her first full term on May 8, 2001, becoming the city's first elected female mayor. She took office for a full term on July 1, 2001. She won a second term in 2005, defeating New Jersey Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez, in a mayoral runoff election held on June 14, 2005. In November 2006, some Hispanic activists began a drive to recall Faison, arguing that the mayor has ignored the city's Latino neighborhoods and allowed racial discrimination in the city's fire department. She is a member of the"
"the next 12 years, as well as on the Frontenac County Council. She was elected mayor of the amalgamated City of Kingston in 2000 and served in that position until 2003, when she was succeeded by Harvey Rosen. In 2002, she was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of her many contributions to the Kingston community, and she has since had a public library branch in the Kingston Frontenac Public Library system named in her honour. Isabel Turner Isabel Turner is a Canadian politician, who was Mayor of Kingston, Ontario from 2000 to 2003. She served as a"
"as a Labour councillor for Archway ward in the London Borough of Haringey. She was leader of the London Planning Advisory Committee from 1994 until it was absorbed into the Greater London Authority. She was elected London Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey in the 2000 London Assembly election and was Deputy Mayor of London from May 2000 until June 2003, when the mayor, Ken Livingstone, appointed Jenny Jones, of the Green Party, to succeed her. Although she was selected as Labour's mayoral candidate for the 2004 elections, she stepped aside when Ken Livingstone was readmitted to the party. In"
"Zitt was selected from three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2017 of Efrain Velez, who resigned earlier that month. Recent scandals include the convictions of the mayor, David Delle Donna, and his wife, a member of the town planning board, on federal extortion and mail fraud charges, for which they were each sentenced to serve four years in federal prison; a former mayor, Peter LaVilla, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to misappropriating campaign funds and using the money for a private brokerage account; a councilman who resigned after being accused"
"of Elizabeth was formed on 16 November 1955, being named after Queen Elizabeth II, who visited the city in 1963. The first mayor of the City of Playford was Marilyn Baker, who had been the last mayor of the City of Elizabeth. She continued to hold that role until the 2006 council elections, when she was narrowly defeated by Martin Lindsell, the last mayor of the City of Munno Para. After 1997, the council planned and built a number of new housing developments aimed at attracting young working couples and families in an attempt to rejuvenate the area. A new"
"Francisco dela Cruz was again re-elected (1988–98); Quiñones was elected in May (1998–2001); and Guiñez was elected in May 2001. But his untimely death brought the Vice Mayor Barabag to the mayoralty seat in 2002 to finish the term up until 2004. Quiñones was again elected to office during the 2004 elections and would serve the office until 2007. In 2007 Domingo Lim was first elected and served as mayor until 2016 after winning the 2010 and 2013 mayoralty elections respectively. He was replaced by this wife Erlinda Lim who won the 2016 election and became the first ever woman"
"Lucy Turnbull Lucinda Mary Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004, including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 – the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies, including as chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission since 2015. Her husband Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Born Lucinda Mary Hughes, Turnbull is the daughter of Tom Hughes, a former Attorney-General of"
"a separate role, elected annually. Since 1999 the post has been held by the following councillors: <nowiki>**</nowiki> Following the council elections in May 2012, the position of lord mayor was unfilled, while the new Labour council attempted to split the responsibilities of the mayor between two councillors. Cllr Cerys Furlong filled the traditional mayoral roles from 17 May, as chair of the council during this period. The new mayor, Derrick Morgan, took office on 27 September after Furlong resigned her chair post when it became clear the split role proposition was losing support. The unitary authority area is divided into"
"state of chaos, with the airconditioners taken by her predecessor, wages not paid for a year and all out of funds. As the municipality did not have any computers, nor the funds to buy them Zinha Vaz asked with UNICEF if she could get old computers from them. During her time in office she also tried to upgrade the system of garbage collection in the city as to lessen the chance of a cholera outbreak. Zinha Vaz was reelected to the National People's Assembly on 28 November 1999 and gave up her position as mayor. During the same general elections"
"and thereafter known as the City of Marion. the Marion council comprises the mayor and 12 ward councillors across 6 wards, as follows: Kris Hanna is the fifth Mayor of the City of Marion and was sworn in on 18 November 2014. Adrian Skull commenced as the current chief executive on 31 August 2015. The November 2014 local government elections saw a new mayor and seven new councillors elected to serve the City of Marion. Kris Hanna was elected unopposed after Dr Felicity-Ann Lewis decided not to stand in the election. Jerome Appleby, Bruce Hull, Luke Hutchinson, Tim Pfeiffer and"
"former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Paul Tsongas, approached her about running for Lowell City Council in 1995. She was successful in that race, and two years after joining the council she was selected by her peers to serve as mayor, a post she held from 1998 until 2002. During her tenure as mayor, Donoghue championed historic economic development projects including the development of the Tsongas Arena and LeLacheur Park, the construction and renovation of 17 schools, and the creation of an overlay district that led to 800 artists’ lofts in formerly abandoned mill buildings. In 1999, during Donoghue’s mayoralty,"
"known locally for its downtown shopping on the square and for its natural beauty. The downtown is known for its murals, one of which was signed by Charlton Heston. The city operated under a city council form of government until 2003. Voters elected to convert the city to a strong-mayor form of government, making the mayor's position a full-time position with veto power. Lane Jean was elected mayor in 1996. The city employs approximately 50 individuals in seven different departments, including the Police Department, the Fire Department, and Parks and Recreation. The city operated a shelter designed for approximately 20"
"Dianne Haskett Dianne Louise Haskett (born March 4, 1955) was mayor of London, Ontario, Canada, from 1994 to 2000. She served two three-year mayoral terms, making a priority of downtown revitalization, heritage preservation, economic development, neighbourhood protection, protecting the environment, international relations, trade corridors' infrastructure, family values and anti-poverty initiatives. She is known for her deep commitment to her Christian faith. Haskett was born and raised in London's Kensal Park district north of Springbank Drive, a descendant of the pioneer Haskett family, one of the early Irish Protestant settlers in London and area, dating back to 1818. Haskett earned her"
"both the rise in cost, after a re-design, and for not being suited to the city's aesthetic. Clover Moore Clover Margaret Moore (née Collins, born 22 October 1945) is an Australian politician. She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842. She was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2012, representing the electorates of Bligh (1988–2007) and Sydney (2007–2012). Moore is the first popularly elected female Lord Mayor of"
"elected at-large in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. Adam Schneider served as the Mayor of Long Branch between 1990 and 2018. The current mayor is John Pallone. Members of the City Council are Rose Widdis, Dr. Mary Jane Celli, Bill Dangler, Mario Vieria, and Dr. Anita Voogt. Mayor Pallone and the city council members began their terms on July 1st, 2018. Councilman John ""Fazz"" Zambrano resigned from office following a July 20, 2006, federal court appearance at which he pleaded guilty to accepting a $1,000 bribe from an FBI informant. His seat was"
"Jenny Durkan Jenny Anne Durkan (born May 19, 1958) is an American politician and former prosecutor from Seattle, Washington. She was elected Mayor of Seattle in 2017, becoming the city's first female mayor since the 1920s and the city's second consecutive openly LGBT elected mayor. Durkan served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, appointed by President Barack Obama, from October 2009 through September 2014. Durkan was elected Mayor of Seattle in 2017. She took first place in the nonpartisan August primary and defeated urban planner and political activist Cary Moon in the November general election,"
"1989, the longest term any mayor has held in the state of Florida. Bobby Greatrex was mayor from 1989 to 1990, and Bruce Burch served from 1990 to 1994. Toreatha Wood became the city's first female mayor, as well as first African-American female mayor, serving from 1999 to 2000. Darry Evans was the first African American male mayor. Lorna Travis was mayor from 2000 to 2001, Susan Cook was mayor from 2001 to 2002, and Bob Jackson was mayor in 2002. Mayor Darla Lauer resigned for personal reasons, and was replaced by Mary Lee Cook. The current mayor is Douglas"
"combined set of governing bodies since 1856. There have been 45 individuals sworn into office. John W. Geary, elected in 1850, was the first mayor of the city. Charles James Brenham, who served as mayor during the 1850s, is the only person who has served two non-consecutive terms. The current mayor is former District 5 Supervisor and President of the Board of Supervisors London Breed, who won a special election following the death of Mayor Ed Lee on December 12, 2017. Breed will serve out the remainder of Lee's uncompleted term (until January 8, 2020), after which she is eligible"
"Sukhi Turner Dame Sukhinder ""Sukhi"" Kaur Gill Turner (born Sukhinder Kaur Gill, 13 April 1952) was the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1995 until her retirement from the position in 2004. She was also regarded by some as New Zealand's most prominent politician from the country's Indian community. Turner was born in Ludhiana, the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, to Squadron Leader Jasbir Singh Gill and Premjit Kaur on 13 April 1952. Born as Sukhinder Kaur Gill, she is a Sikh. She attended Bethany College, West Virginia, in the United States, gaining qualifications in history and"
"President, becoming the first woman and first African American to hold the position. Davis has served on the council for four terms. Mayor Jason Shelton sought re-election in 2017 and was returned to office for another four years in the Democratic Primary by garnering 85.55 percent of the votes cast. His opponent was Candace Knowles. Mayor Jack Reed did not seek reelection in 2013. Attorney Jason Shelton, a Democrat, was elected mayor on June 4, 2013, over council chairman Fred Pitts, a Republican. The city government has been honored with many awards in 2015, including: ° All-America City, National League"
"has won election to the city council since 1939, and no Republican has won the mayor's race since 1963. The city hosted the first six Democratic National Conventions, from 1832 through 1852, and hosted the DNC again in 1860, 1872, and 1912. Catherine Pugh became the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2016 and won the mayoral election in 2016 with 57.1% of the vote; Pugh took office as mayor on December 6, 2016. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake assumed the office of Mayor on February 4, 2010, when Dixon's resignation became effective. Rawlings-Blake had been serving as City Council President at the time."
"government, which functions under the ""Dongan Charter"", adopted in 1686 when Albany was incorporated as a city. A revised charter was adopted by referendum in 1998, but was applied strictly as an amendment to ""Dongan"". This gives Albany the distinction of having the oldest active city charter in the United States and ""arguably the longest-running instrument of municipal government in the Western Hemisphere."" The mayor, who is elected every four years, heads the executive branch of city government. The current mayor, Kathy Sheehan, was first elected in 2013. She replaced former mayor Gerald Jennings who was mayor for 20 years"
"Township Council are Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin (term ends June 30, 2020), Deputy Mayor Elie Y. Katz (2022), Deputy Mayor Mark J. Schwartz (2020), James Dunleavy (2022), Keith Kaplan (2022), Gervonn Romney Rice (2022), and Henry J. Pruitt (2020). In May 2000, three women ran for Township Council, and all three, incumbent Jackie Kates and newcomers Marie Warnke and Deborah Veach, were elected. Kates, Warnke and Veach completed their four-year terms and then ran for re-election in May 2004. Jackie Kates and Deborah Veach were re-elected and became Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively. Ms. Veach resigned her position in October 2005"