Georgina is a town in south-central Ontario . The northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York , the town is bounded to the north by Lake Simcoe . Although incorporated as a town, it operates as a township in which dispersed communities share a common administrative council. The largest communities are Keswick , Sutton , and Jackson's Point . Smaller communities include Pefferlaw , Port Bolster, Roches Point , Udora , and Willow Beach. The town was formed by the merger of the Village of Sutton, the Township of Georgina, and the Township of North Gwillimbury in 1971 and incorporated in 1986. North Gwillimbury had been part of Georgina but became its own township in 1826. It took its name from the family of Elizabeth Simcoe , née Gwillim .
12-866: Belhaven may refer to: Places [ edit ] Belhaven, Georgina, Ontario , Canada Belhaven, Scotland Belhaven, North Carolina , U.S. Alexandria, Virginia , U.S., originally called Belhaven Belhaven Neighborhood , in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. Businesses and organisations [ edit ] Belhaven Brewery , in Belhaven, Scotland Belhaven Hospital , in Dunbar, Scotland Belhaven Press , an imprint of Pinter Publishers Belhaven University , in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Belhaven Belle Haven (disambiguation) Lord Belhaven and Stenton ,
24-438: A change of 4.9% from its 2016 population of 45,418 . With a land area of 287.69 km (111.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 165.6/km (428.9/sq mi) in 2021. Racial profile As per the 2011 Canadian Census Religions Mother Tongue The Town of Georgina operates under a ward system , and its municipal council consists of the mayor, regional councillor (known procedurally as deputy mayor) and
36-484: A councillor for each of the five wards. The current council consists of: The mayor and the deputy mayor represent Georgina at meetings of York Regional Council . Georgina is part of the federal riding of York—Simcoe , represented by Scot Davidson of the Conservative Party of Canada , who was elected in a by-election on February 25, 2019. Provincially, it was part of the riding of York North until 2007 and
48-607: A title in the Peerage of Scotland Belhaven Hill School , Belhaven, Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Belhaven . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belhaven&oldid=1252221771 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
60-481: Is Wayne Emmerson. The chairman and CEO of York Regional Council is Wayne Emmerson, who was elected by a majority of York Region Councillors on December 11, 2014. The chairman and CEO of York Regional Council was Bill Fisch. There is no executive committee, instead ideas are brought forward in Regional Committees and voted upon by the council. Services under the region's scope include: The Regional Chair
72-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Georgina, Ontario The main centres in Georgina are the communities of Keswick , Belhaven, Sutton West , Jackson's Point, Baldwin, Virginia, Pefferlaw , Port Bolster, Udora , and Willow Beach. Other settlements include Jersey, Cedarbrae, Brown Hill, Island Grove, Maple Hill, Elm Grove, Roches Point (named for
84-872: Is now part of the provincial riding of York—Simcoe , represented by Caroline Mulroney of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . York Regional Council York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario , Canada . Created in 1970, it consists of 21 elected representatives plus the Regional Chair. The elected members are the mayors of each of its nine municipalities ( Aurora , East Gwillimbury , Georgina , King , Newmarket , Markham , Richmond Hill , Vaughan , and Whitchurch-Stouffville ), as well as an additional eleven Regional Councillors from
96-612: Is the CEO of the Region and serves, ex officio , on all Committees. The position replaced the former Warden of York County (1850-1970) and is selected by the other members of Regional Council. Died 2018. York Regional Council main operations are located at 17250 Yonge Street in Newmarket . The four-floor complex was designed by Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal and opened in 1992. It features an organic building shape with various towers located at
108-532: The creation of York Region and served for two terms (1971-1978). The current Regional Chair is Wayne Emmerson Regional Council usually meets on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30am at the York Region Administrative Centre offices in Newmarket. Elected in the 2022 York Region municipal elections . The chairman and CEO for this term is Wayne Emmerson. The chairman and CEO for this term
120-545: The end. The main entrance features two clock towers. Before 1992, Council sat at 50 Eagle Street, which is now home of the Newmarket Courthouse. The administration offices were located at 62 Bayview Parkway, which was built from 1954 to 1957 for York County and used by the region from 1971 to 1994. The old regional offices are being demolished in 2022. A new 8 storey glass annex by WZMH Architects has been built to consolidate several rented facilities and also to house
132-467: The family of Author Mazo de la Roche, who is buried in the cemetery, at St. George's Anglican Church, Sibbald Point), Sibbald Point, Virginia/Virginia Beach (originally called Frenchtown), McRae Beach, Duclos Point, Balfour Beach, Varney, Brighton Beach, and a variety of other beach communities. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Georgina had a population of 47,642 living in 17,895 of its 19,368 total private dwellings,
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#1732852721785144-415: The more populous municipalities—four from Markham, three from Vaughan, two from Richmond Hill and one each from Georgina and Newmarket. These members are elected via double direct election . The Regional Chair is elected at large by the members of Regional Council at their inaugural meeting and serves a four-year term. The first Regional Chair, Garfield Wright, was appointed by the provincial government upon
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