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councillor

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See also: counsellor, counselor, and Councillor

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Etymology

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Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council +‎ -or.

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councillor (plural councillors) (British spelling, primary Canadian spelling)

  1. A member of a council.
  2. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.
    • 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News‎[1]:
      The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
    • 2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51:
      And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said.

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