Pittsburgh City Council

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The Pittsburgh City Council is the legislative body of the City of Pittsburgh. It consists of nine members.[1] City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts.

Current membership

The current members of the city council are:[2]

District Name Took Office Party
1Darlene Harris 2006 Dem
2Theresa Kail-Smith 2009[3] Dem
3Bruce Kraus† 2008 Dem
4Natalia Rudiak 2010 Dem
5Corey O'Connor 2012 Dem
6R. Daniel Lavelle 2010 Dem
7Deborah Gross 2014 Dem
8Dan Gilman 2014 Dem
9Rev. Ricky Burgess 2008 Dem

† Denotes Council President (since 2014[4])

Past Presidents

Past members[8]

  • Bill Peduto (2002–14)
  • Barbara Burns (2000–04)
  • Sala Udin (1997-2007)
  • Dan Onorato (1992-2000)
  • Patrick Dowd (2008-2013)
  • Christopher Smith (?-1997)
  • Michael Coyne (1988–92)
  • Bernard Regan (?-1992)
  • Jack Wagner (1984–94)
  • Alan Hertzberg 2003?[9]
  • Jim Ferlo (1988-2002)
  • Otis Lyons, Jr. (1988–89)
  • Mark Pollock (1986–89)
  • Stephen Grabowski (1984–88)
  • Ben Woods (1981–89)
  • Thomas E. Flaherty (1980–83)
  • Jim O'Malley (1980–87)
  • Michelle Madoff (1978–94)
  • William Robinson (1978–85)
  • Jim Bulls (1977–80)
  • Sophie Masloff (1976–88)
  • Richard E. Givens (1976–87)
  • James Lally (1976–80)
  • Frank Lucchino (1974–78)
  • John Lynch (1970–76)
  • William J. Coyne (1974–81)
  • Robert Rade Stone (1973–85)
  • Eugene DePasquale (1972–84, 1988–89)
  • Richard Caligiuri (1970–77)
  • Charles Leslie (1970–72)
  • Amy Ballinger (1970–76) Chairman of the cities committee to grant cable TV[10][11]
  • James Cortese (1970)
  • George Shields (1970–74)
  • John Lynch (1970–76)
  • Edgar Michaels (1969–74)
  • Thomas Fagan (1968–73)
  • Louis Mason Jr. (1967–77)
  • Peter Flaherty (1966–70)
  • Walter Kamyk (1963–70)
  • Charles Leslie (1961–69)
  • Phillip Baskin (1962–70)
  • James Jordan (1960–67)
  • Horner Green (1960–61)
  • George Shields (1970–74)
  • Edgar Michaels (1969–74)
  • J. Craig Kuhn (1959–70)
  • Charles McCarthy (1958–63)
  • David Olbum (1956–61)
  • Irma D'Ascenzo (1956–70)
  • Paul Jones (1954–60)
  • Emanuel Schifano (1952–56)
  • Bennett Rodgers (1952–59)
  • Charles Dinan (1952–58)
  • John Counahan (1952–70)
  • William Davis (1951–53)
  • Patrick Fagan (1950–67)
  • Frederick Weir (1947–60)
  • William Alvah Stewart (1946–51)
  • Joseph A. McArdle (1942–49)
  • Thomas Kilgallen (1940–51)
  • John Duff Jr. (1940–52)
  • Edward Leonard (1939–51)
  • A.L. Wolk (1938–56)
  • James A. O'Toole (1936–41)
  • Frederick Weir (1936–47)
  • Cornelius Scully (1935–36)
  • George Evans (1935–45)
  • William Magee (1934–37)
  • John Jane (1934–35)
  • John Houston (1934–35)
  • Thomas Gallagher (1934–65)
  • Walter Demmer (1934–51)
  • Frank Duggan (1933-33)
  • George Oliver (1933-33)
  • William Soost (1932–35)
  • John Phillips (1931–32)
  • Michael Muldowney (1930–33)
  • Clifford Connelley (1930–33)
  • George J. Kambach (1929–31)
  • Harry A. Little (1926–33)
  • Robert J. Alderdice (1924–32)
  • Joseph F. Malone (1922–30)
  • Wallace Borland (1922–25)
  • Charles Anderson (1920–39)
  • A.K. Oliver (1919–21)
  • John H. Henderson (1919–21)
  • Daniel Winters (1918–29)
  • William J. Burke (1918–19)
  • William H. Robertson (1916–24)
  • John H. Dailey (1916–21)
  • P.J. McArdle (1911–13, 1916–19, 1922–30, 1932-40)
  • Charles H. Hetzel (1914–15)
  • W.Y. English (1914–33)
  • John S. Herron (1914–33)
  • Dr. G.A. Dillinger (1913–17)
  • Robert Garland (1911–39)
  • Dr. S.S. Wooburn (1911–39)
  • W.G. Wilkins (1911–13)
  • Enoch Rauh (1911–19)
  • James P. Kerr (1911–18)
  • John M. Goehring (1911–15)
  • W.A. Hoeveler (1911–14)
  • Edward V. Babcock (1911–13)
  • David P. Black (1911)
  • A.J. Kelly (1911)
  • Robert McKnight (1847–49)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "City Council Function". www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us.
  2. ↑ "City Council." City of Pittsburgh (official website). Retrieved on January 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ Lord, Rich (February 19, 2009). "New Pittsburgh councilwoman sworn in". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2014-01-06 http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/01/06/Kraus-likely-to-replace-Harris-as-Pittsburgh-council-president/stories/201401060104. Retrieved 2014-01-06. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZIcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TGIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4315%2C399661
  6. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qyQbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gEsEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mcardle%20mayor&pg=1317%2C4631677
  7. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HjIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NkoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4606%2C5461493
  8. ↑ http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Facts.html
  9. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b8UwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1XADAAAAIBAJ&dq=veronica%20bradley&pg=3487%2C1016399
  10. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R1UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7138%2C8176
  11. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=atlRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TW4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh-police%20stadium&pg=6952%2C701938

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