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council 
n. an elective administrative body at the municipal level, as for a village, town, city, township, county, or district.
- 1852 (1853) [They] choose from among the council a town reeve, and in certain cases a deputy town reeve, the same as in townships.
- 1958 . . . the councils of the town of Leduc, the Municipal District of Strathcona. . . .
- 1852 (1853) [They] choose from among the council a town reeve, and in certain cases a deputy town reeve, the same as in townships.