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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted September 12, 2011 at 10:06:52
History of large human settlements are replete with mergers & amalgamations - cities thus evolve and grow. Settlements usually associated with frozen time are called Hamlets. That is not to say one is better than the other, it is just the way of growth.
The Paradox of Amalgamations: An Analysis of Municipal Restructuring Practices in Ontario
Breaking up is hard to do: merger & demerger in the Montreal megacity. The wider context of local government consolidation
Hamilton's Amalgamation History Lesson by Tony Colvin
1849: Establishment of Wentworth County and townships, including Flamborough East Flamborough West, Beverly, Ancaster, Barton, Saltfleet, Glanford and Binbrook
In 1974, Hamilton combined with the Wentworth County and the latter's other towns and townships to form the two-tier municipal federation of Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. Portions of the former county became part of Burlington and Cambridge.
May 10, 1978: The Stewart Commission report released its recommendations that a new city of Wentworth replace the city of Hamilton and the surrounding communities in a one-tier government with 27 aldermen, each representing one ward. June 16, 1978: the recommendations were shelved by the provincial government.
Municipal Mergers and Demergers in Quebec and Ontario
The Relevance of Toronto's New Governmental Structure for the 21st Century
Amalgamation Politics - Notable municipal mergers
Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2011-09-12 10:09:32
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