Saint John City Council

For the city council in Newfoundland and Labrador, see St. John's City Council.
Saint John Common Council
Leadership
Mayor
(head of council)
Donna Reardon
since June 7, 2021
Deputy Mayor
John MacKenzie
since June 21, 2021
Structure
Seats10 plus Mayor
Salary$32,600 (councillor)
$88,000 (mayor)[1]
Meeting place
Council Chamber
Saint John City Hall
Saint John, New Brunswick
Website
saintjohn.ca/en/city-hall/council-and-committees

The Saint John City Council or Saint John Common Council as distinguished by the city's own charter, is the city council for the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors.[2] In the 2007 Saint John, New Brunswick Ward Plebiscite, it was decided that as of the May 2008 quadrennial municipal elections, the city will be divided into four wards of approximately equal population, with two councillors to be elected by the voters in that ward, and two councillors to be elected at large.

The Common Council consists of:

  • The Mayor, who runs at-large, acts as chairman of the board.
  • Two at-large Common Councillors.
  • Two Common Councillors, from each of the city's four wards.

One is elected by the council to serve as Deputy Mayor.

  1. ^ Ibrahim, Hadeel (22 June 2021). "Saint John council selects John MacKenzie as deputy mayor". CBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Institutional Discrimination in the 1785 Saint John Royal Charter". UNB. Retrieved 4 August 2020.