• Source: Municipal Council of Newark

      • The Municipal Council is the legislative branch of government for Newark, New Jersey.
      Newark was governed by a mayor and common council from 1836 to 1917 and then by a five-member commission until 1954.
      Effective as of July 1, 1954, the voters of the city of Newark, by a referendum held on November 3, 1953 and under the Optional Municipal Charter Law (commonly known as the Faulkner Act), adopted the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) Plan C as the form of local government.
      There are nine council members elected on a nonpartisan basis at the regular municipal election or at the general election for terms of four years: one council member from each of five wards and four council members on an at-large basis. The mayor is also elected for a term of four years.
      Municipal elections in Newark are nonpartisan and are held on the second Tuesday in May. A council candidate seeking a post in a ward must receive more than 50 percent of the vote. If a candidate does not receive a majority, a run-off election is held with the two candidates with the greatest number of votes.
      Council members choose their own president and until 2014, when the position was eliminated, vice president.


      Members


      As of September 2024 council members were:

      C. Lawrence Crump (Council President/Council Member-at-Large)
      Patrick O. Council (Council Member, South Ward)
      Carlos M. Gonzalez (Council Member-at-Large)
      Dupré L. Kelly (Council Member, West Ward)
      Vacancy (Council Member, Central Ward)
      Luis A. Quintana (Council Member-at-Large)
      Anibal Ramos, Jr. (Council Member, North Ward)
      Louise Scott-Rountree (Council Member-at-Large)
      Michael J. Silva (Council Member, East Ward)


      Mayor



      The mayor may cast a tie-breaking vote on the municipal council when there is an equal number of yes and no votes. The Mayor can also call for meetings of the council outside those regularly scheduled.
      The Newark mayoral election took place May 13, 2014 and was won by Ras Baraka.
      Luis A. Quintana had stepped down as Council President to be sworn in as mayor on November 4, 2013 following the resignation of Cory Booker, completing the term which ended June 30, 2014.
      Baraka also won the 2018 election and the 2022 election.


      Council members since 1954




      = Council presidents

      =
      John A. Brady, 1954–1958
      Michael A. Bontempo, 1958–1962
      Ralph A. Villani, 1962–1970
      Louis Turco, 1970–1973
      Frank G. Megaro, 1973–1974
      Earl Harris, 1974–1982
      Ralph T. Grant, Jr., 1982–1986
      Henry Martinez, 1986–1990
      Ralph T. Grant, Jr., 1990–1991
      Donald Tucker, 1991–1992
      Donald Bradley, 1992–1993
      Gary Harris, 1993–1994
      Donald Bradley, 1994–2006
      Mildred C. Crump, 2006–2010, 2013–2021
      Donald Payne Jr., 2010–2012
      Luis A. Quintana, 2013, 2021–2022
      LaMonica McIver, 2022-2024
      C. Lawrence Crump, 2024–


      = Council vice presidents

      =
      Luis A. Quintana, 2006–2010, 2018–2021
      Anibal Ramos, Jr., 2010-2013
      Augusto Amador, 2013–2014
      Position temporarily eliminated late 2014 – May 2015.
      Augusto Amador 2015–2018
      LaMonica McIver, 2021–2022
      Position eliminated, 2022


      = Council members at-large

      =
      Michael A. Bontempo, 1954–1966, 1970–1974
      John A. Brady, 1954–1966
      James T. Callaghan, 1954–1962, 1966–1968
      Jack Waldor, 1954–1958
      Raymond V. Santoro, 1958–1962
      Anna Santoro, 1962
      Anthony Giuliano, 1962–1968
      Ralph A. Villani, 1962–1973
      Leon Ewing, 1968
      Anthony J. Giuliano, 1968–1978
      Anthony Imperiale, 1968–1970
      Calvin D. West, 1966–1970
      Sharpe James, 1982–1986
      Earl Harris, 1970–1982, 1986–1988
      Marie L. Villani, 1973–1993
      Ralph T. Grant, Jr. 1978–1994
      Gary Harris, 1988–1995
      Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, 1995–2006
      Mildred C. Crump, 1994–1998, 2006–2021
      Donald K. Tucker, 1974–2005
      Luis A. Quintana, 1994–2013, 2014–
      Bessie Walker, 1998–2006
      Ras Baraka, 2005–2006
      Carlos M. Gonzalez 2006–
      Donald M. Payne, Jr., 2006–2012
      Eddie Osborne, 2014–2022
      C. Lawrence Crump, 2021–
      Louise Scott-Rountree, 2022-


      = North Ward council members

      =
      Mario V. Farco, 1954–1958
      Joseph V. Melillo, 1958–1970
      Frank G. Megaro, 1970–1974
      Anthony Carrino, 1974–2002
      Hector M. Corchado, 2002–2006
      Anibal Ramos, Jr., 2006-


      = East Ward council members

      =
      Phillip Gordon, 1954–1968
      Louis Turco, 1968–1974
      Finney J. Alati 1974
      Henry Martinez, 1974–1998
      Augusto Amador, 1998–2022
      Michael J. Silva, 2022-


      = West Ward council members

      =
      M. Joseph Gallagher, 1954–1958
      Frank Addonizio, 1958–1970
      Michael P. Bottone, 1970–1982
      Ronald L. Rice, 1982–1998
      Mamie Bridgeforth, 1998–2006
      Ronald C. Rice, 2006–2014
      Joseph A. McCallum Jr., 2014-2022
      Dupré L. Kelly, 2022-


      = South Ward council members

      =
      Samuel Cooper, 1954–1957
      Sophie Cooper, 1957–1962
      Lee Bernstein, 1962–1969
      Horace P. Sharper, 1969–1970
      Sharpe James, 1970–1982
      Donald M. Payne Sr., 1982–1989
      Donald Bradley, 1989–2006
      Oscar S. James, II, 2006–2010
      Ras Baraka, 2010–2014
      John Sharpe James, 2014-2022
      Patrick O. Council, 2022-


      = Central Ward council members

      =
      Irvine I Turner, 1954–1970
      Dennis Westbrooks, 1970–1974
      Jesse Allen, 1974–1978
      Benjamin F. Johnson, III, 1978–1982
      George Branch, 1982–1998
      Cory Booker, 1998–2002
      Charles A. Bell, 2002–2006, 2008–2010
      Dana Rone, 2006–2008
      Darrin S. Sharif, 2010–2014
      Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, 2014–2018
      LaMonica McIver, 2018–2024


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