CLARINGTON, ONTARIO

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'The Municipality of Clarington' is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It gained its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was intended to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included village of the same name. (It was confusing to many that Bowmanville had a larger population than "Newcastle Village", and it also housed the former Town of Newcastle's municipal offices, causing some to believe the town should have all been called "Bowmanville" instead of "Newcastle" during that period).
The name "Clarington" is a portmanteau of the names of the two historical townships that made up the geographic area: "Clarke" and "Darlington".
It is part of the Oshawa, Ontario Census Metropolitan Area.
Major employers in Clarington include the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, General Motors in Oshawa, and several medium-to-large sized manufacturing businesses; however, most residents travel to points west in Durham Region or to Toronto for employment.

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Local government

Communities

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Local government

Clarington is governed by an elected municipal Council consisting of a Mayor, and local Councillors representing each of the Municipality's four wards. In addition, two Regional Councillors each represent a pair of wards. The Mayor and the Regional councillors sit on both Clarington Council and Durham Region Council.
The current council was elected on November 13, 2006 for a four-year term. The members of the council are:
'Mayor': Jim Abernethy
'Members of Council':

★ Mary Novak - Regional Councillor,Wards 1 and 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville / Courtice)

★ Charlie Trim - Regional Councillor,Wards 3 and 4 (Clarke / Newcastle / Bowmanville)

★ Adrian Foster - Councillor, Ward 1 (Courtice)

★ Ron Hooper - Councillor, Ward 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville)

★ Willie Woo - Councillor, Ward 3 (Bowmanville / Clarke)

★ Gord Robinson - Councillor, Ward 4 (Clarke / Newcastle)

Communities

The municipality consists of several urban communities, including:

★ Bowmanville

★ Courtice

★ Newcastle

★ Orono
Rural communities include:

★ Enniskillen

★ Hampton

★ Kendal

★ Newtonville

★ Solina

★ Tyrone

External links

★ Municipality of Clarington

★ Clarington Tourism