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a district having local self-government through a council which is partly elected and partly appointed.
1952  The campaign for election to the Yellowknife Town Council, still officially termed the Trustee Board of the Yellowknife Administrative District, has been settled for 1953.
1953  Having obtained the right to local democratic government, the Municipality (formerly an "Administrative District") will elect for the first time all members of its Council.