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Henry Price (politician)	He became an active member of the Conservative Party and in 1944 he was co-opted as a member of Lewisham Borough Council, elections having been suspended for the duration of the Second World War.
Myrtle Sarrosa	Sarrosa also became the Sanggunian Kabataan (Youth Council) President of her municipality, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, Philippines in year 2010.
Robert Noton Barclay	Barclay was first elected a member of Manchester City Council in 1917 and amongst the committees he served on, he was a member of the Finance Committee.
Arthur James Waugh	His Union activities and membership of the local Labour Party was to propel him to being elected to the Coventry City Council in 1945.
George Currie (politician)	With an interest in politics, Currie was elected to Wirral County Borough Council and served as Chairman of the Council in 1938 -- 39.
Ulrike Lunacek	On 5 May 2006 Lunacek was elected co-chair of the European Green Party in Helsinki, a position she held for 3 years.
Oliver Heald	He became the chairman of the North Hertfordshire Conservative Association for two years from 1984.
Kerry Prendergast	Prendergast has had a long career in local body politics, having started her political life as a Tawa Borough councillor in 1986.
Harold Elverston	He served as Hon. Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation from 1906 -- 25.
Carl Herman Halvorsen	He worked as a solicitor at that time, and in 1873 he was elected to serve in Bærum municipal council.
Cecil Walker	He became actively involved in Unionist politics in the 1970s, and was elected to Belfast City Council in 1977.
Hugh Smyth	Smyth was first elected to the council in 1972 as representative for the Shankill ward.
Parmjit Dhanda	After the 2010 general election he became a non-executive director of Hanover Housing Association - an association specialising in housing and support for the elderly and as Parliamentary and Campaigns Officer for the Prospect Trade Union.
Emma Cons	In 1889 Cons became the first female alderman on the London County Council (LCC), working alongside the first elected women members Jane Cobden (elected for Bow and Bromley) and Lady Sandhurst (elected for Brixton).
Bill Pitt	His initial alliance in politics was with the Conservatives and he was Chairman of South Norwood Young Conservatives in 1959 -- 60.
Joshua Cardwell	In 1952 he was elected to Belfast Corporation for Victoria Ward and later became an Alderman.
Arnaud Danjean	He is elected a Member of the Burgundy Regional Council on 21 March 2010.
Ehsan Jami	From that date until 2010 he continued to be a member of the city council as independent member' fraction Jami'.
Leslie Seymour	He was also involved in Conservative Party politics and was elected to Birmingham City Council from Small Heath ward in 1937.
John Williamson (politician)	He was a member of the Auckland Provincial Council in the first council from 22 July 1853, representing the Pensioner Settlements electorate.
Thomas Hubbard (Member of Parliament)	Hubbard was elected to Kirkcaldy Town Council in 1936, and also served on the executive of the Fifeshire Miners' Association.
Gilmour Leburn	He became active politically as a Unionist, and in 1948 was elected to Fife County Council.
Sadet Karabulut	From March till November 2006 she was a member of the municipal council of Amsterdam.
Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven	In 1978 she was elected to the local legislative in Vinkeveen and she immediately became a member of the local executive.
Noel Dempsey	At the time he was the youngest ever member of that authority and he later served as the youngest ever chairman of the council in 1986.
Simon Danczuk	He was a campaign strategist for Labour Party during the 2006 Local Elections and sat on North West Labour's Regional Board (the Party's governing body for the region) for 13 years.
Rod Aldridge	Prior to Capita, Aldridge worked for Aerotron Limited and in local government for 10 years with East Sussex County Council, Brighton Borough Council, Crawley Borough Council and West Sussex County Council, joining CIPFA in 1974, ultimately becoming its Technical Director.
Will Owen	Already involved in Labour Party politics, in 1923 Owen was elected to Blaina District Council, on which he served for four years.
Nicky Gavron	In 1986, following the abolition of the Greater London Council, she was elected as a Labour councillor for Archway ward in the London Borough of Haringey.
Linda Brava	Politics Brava represented the Swedish People's Party and was elected to the Helsinki City Council for a four-year term in 1996, serving also as a board member of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
Emer Costello	She was first co-opted onto Dublin City Council as a member for the North Inner City area in 2003 to replace her husband, Joe Costello, who resigned following the end of the dual mandate.
James Agnew	In March 1851 he was elected a member of the council and remained on the council until his death some 50 years later.
Nick Harvey	He was elected as the vice chairman of the Union of Liberal Students for a year in 1981.
Manuel Valls	While vice president of the regional Council, he was also elected as mayor of Évry in 2001 and still retains that post.
Roger Gifford	Gifford was elected Alderman for the City of London Ward of Cordwainer in 2004 and is a member of the City of London Corporation Policy and Resources Committee.
Anne McTaggart	She was elected at a by-election (on 4 June 2009) as a Councillor in the Drumchapel / Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council.
John MacDougall (British politician)	After joining the Labour Party in 1981, MacDougall was elected as a Labour Party member of Fife Regional Council for Burntisland the following year.
Patrick Bartley	He also became active in politics in the Labour Party, and in 1934 was elected to Washington Urban District Council.
Clarice Shaw	In November 1913 she was elected to Leith Town Council, giving her the distinction of being the first Labour woman member of a town council in Scotland.
Simon Kirby	Kirby was an elected as a councillor in 1992 on Brighton and Hove City Council, later also serving on Mid Sussex District Council and East Sussex County Council, where he was cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development.
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty	Shanmukham Chetty joined the Justice Party and became a Councillor in the Coimbatore municipality in 1917.
Stefan Terlezki	His political career began in 1968, when he became a Conservative member of Cardiff City Council.
Judith Jolly, Baroness Jolly	In 2007, she was Chair of Devon and Cornwall Regional Executive.
Erias Lukwago	He resigned from Parliament in 2011, and was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Kampala, a position he holds until today.
Fiona O'Malley	Her first political position was as elected member of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from 1999.
Henry Overstolz	He quickly involved himself in the city's government and, in 1847, was elected to membership in the City Council.
Alphonse Verville	He became leader of the plumbers' union in Montreal and in 1904 became president of the MTLC, Montreal's Trades and Labour Council.
Ralph Love	In 1962 he was elected to the Wellington City Council, and became Māori welfare officer for Wellington under the Department of Māori Affairs.
Se?n MacManus (politician)	He was also elected to Sligo County Council in 1999 where he still serves.
Roberto Cota	In 2001 he was elected regional secretary of Lega Nord Piemont.
Wilfred Paling	He entered local politics in 1919 when he was elected to the West Riding County Council and to Bentley with Arksey Urban District Council.
John Dugdale (Labour politician)	He was elected to London County Council in 1934 from Islington South.
Harry van Bommel	In that year, he was elected to the Amsterdam City Council, having been elected to the Amsterdam East district council in 1990.
Edward R. Pease	Pease was also a member of the Independent Labour Party and in February 1900 he represented the Fabian Society at the meeting where it was decided to establish'' a distinct Labour group in Parliament'', forming the Labour Representation Committee (LRC - the forerunner to the Labour Party) to which Pease was elected, serving on the Party's executive committee for 14 years.
Ratu Atut Chosiyah	At the time of Ratu Atut's reelection in 2011 it was reported that her husband, Hikmat Tomet, was member of Golkar in the Indonesian People's Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR), her younger sister, Ratu Tatu Chasanah, was the deputy district head of Serang Regency in Banten, her step-brother, Tb Haerul Nurjaman, was deputy mayor of Serang, her son, Andika Hazrumy, was a member of the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD) in Jakarta, and her daughter-in-law, Adde Khairunnisa, was the deputy speaker of the Serang regional council.
Piero Fassino	In 1975 he was elected as Member of the City Council of the Piedmont regional capital, a position he remained in for ten years.
Pascal Couchepin	He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 11 March 1998 as a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the canton of Valais.
Paul Keetch	Keetch joined the Liberal Party while still at school, and chaired the Hereford Young Liberals and the West Midlands Region Young Liberals, as well as being the election agent for the Liberals in Hereford in 1983.
Peter W. Heller	1984 Heller was elected to the City Council of Freiburg and served on the Council's committees for the municipal budget, environment, and culture.
Matt Carter (politician)	He subsequently held a number of jobs in the Labour Party, including head of policy, local organiser for Teesside and Durham and regional organiser in South West England during the 2001 general election.
Michael Conaghan	When the party merged with Labour in 1991 he was elected to Dublin City Council representing the Ballyfermot local electoral area.
John McDonnell (politician)	In 1981, McDonnell was elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) as a member for Hayes and Harlington.
Iain Wright	He was elected as a councillor for the Rift House ward of Hartlepool Borough Council in 2002, and a served on the council's Cabinet with responsibility for performance management.
Wilf Proudfoot	In 1950 Proudfoot became the youngest member of Scarborough Borough Council when he was elected as a councillor for the Conservative Party.
John Paul Phelan	He was elected to Kilkenny County Council in 1999 for the Piltown electoral area, the youngest person ever elected to that council.
Leslie Herron	He was elected as the first chairman of the Australian Rugby Football Union was that body was first started on 25 November 1949.
Niamh Bhreathnach	She is a member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the Blackrock local electoral area since 2004.
Derek Conway	In 1974, at the age of 21, Conway was elected as a councillor of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead council.
James William Cleland	He returned to London and soon became active in politics in London and in 1901 he was elected to the London County Council for the Liberal backed Progressive Party, representing Lewisham.
Andrew M. Maynard	He had served as Stonington's borough warden since 1999, leading the borough as its chief elected official.
Henri Story	In 1938, he is elected as municipality Council member and becomes Alderman for the large urban public enterprises, which he manages as a professional manager.
Pat Carey	Carey first entered local politics in 1985 when he was elected to Dublin City Council for the Finglas area.
Yeng Guiao	In 2001, Guiao became a board member in the province of Pampanga, after serving in numerous local positions in his home town.
Wilson Ruffin Abbott	He was elected to the city council from St. Patrick's Ward, which he carried by some 40 votes, and served as a member of the central committee established in 1859 by the Reformers in Canada West.
Daniel Boyle (politician)	Although a new political career had opened up, he did not neglect his Manchester power base ; he was elected an Alderman of the city (with Labour help) in November 1910.
Joan Collins (politician)	A post office clerk by profession, Collins was elected to Dublin City Council at the 2004 local elections for the Crumlin - Kimmage local electoral area.
Doug Donaldson	He got involved in municipal politics in 1999 when he became a member of the Hazelton municipal council.
Juli?n Besteiro	In 1931 he was elected a councillor of the Madrid town council.
Bertie Ahern	He was elected to Dublin Corporation at the 1979 local elections for the Cabra East-Finglas West Local electoral area (LEA).
Artur Baghdasaryan	In November 1993 he was elected the Vice-Chairman of Shengavit Community Council, Executive Committee.
Ian Mearns	He has been a member of Gateshead Borough Council since 1983.
Veronica Hardstaff	In 1971 she was elected as a Labour Party candidate to Sheffield City Council in Walkley ward, becoming a full-time councillor ; she served for seven years.
Frans Migub ?Goagoseb	He became active in politics in 1974 as a member of the Damara Council (DC).
Grant Haskin	As a result of the 18 May 2011 Local Government Elections he was re-elected councillor for the City of Cape Town where he remains the Caucus leader.
Jack Wall (politician)	He worked as an electrician before entering into local politics in 1991 when he was elected to Athy Town Council and Kildare County Council.
Paul Keetch	He was elected a Liberal to Hereford City Council in 1983 at the age of 21, making him the then-youngest city councillor in the UK, and served two years before resigning his seat to move to London.
Louis Aliot	After having sat during twelve years in the regional council of Midi-Pyrénées, he has been a regional councillor in the Languedoc-Roussillon since March 2010.
Bernie Wood	After moving to Wellington, Wood served for 24 years as secretary -- treasurer or chairman of the Wellington Rugby League He was deputy chairman of the New Zealand Rugby League in 1992.
Moshe Erem	In 1926 he was elected onto Tel Aviv's city council.
Colm Keaveney	At the 2012 Labour party Conference in Galway, he was elected Chairman of the Labour party.
Sir Herbert Huntington-Whiteley, 1st Baronet	He became a member of Blackburn town council, and in 1892 was mayor of the borough.
Joseph Bermingham	He remained active in local politics and was elected to Kildare County Council in 1991.
Ruairi Quinn	He won a council seat on Dublin Corporation at the local elections in 1974 in the Pembroke - Rathmines local electoral area and took a leading role in the Labour Party group on the city council.
Roman Bronfman	In 1993 he became the Head of the Haifa Municipality Absorption Authority, and has held that post since then.
Vernon Hamersley	Hamersley first became active in public life in 1899, becoming a member of the Toodyay Road Board.
D. J. Williams (politician)	In 1931 Williams was elected to Pontardawe Rural District Council near Neath as a Labour Party candidate, and also elected to the Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation.
Claire Kober	On 8 June 2010, Kober was appointed by Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe as Deputy Chair of London Councils, the body which represents the interests of the 32 London Borough Councils.
Ron Evans (politician)	Evans was elected Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) in 2005, a provincial body which advocates on behalf of all of Manitoba's First Nations.
David Winnick	He was a councillor from 1959 on Willesden Borough Council, then on the London Borough of Brent.
Samuel Bealey	Bealey remained a provincial councillor until the dissolution of the first parliament on 14 July 1857.