New Orleans City Council
The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The current mayor-council form of city government was created in 1954, following the 1950 amendment of the state constitution that provided for a home rule charter for the city. The 1954 Charter provided for seven members, five elected from single-member districts, and two elected at-large, replacing the 1912 Charter, which provided for a commission form of government with a mayor and four commissioners.[1]
New Orleans City Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Council President | |
Council Vice President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 7 |
Political groups | Democratic (7) |
| Elections | |
| Two-round system | |
Last election | November 13, 2021 |
| Meeting place | |
| New Orleans City Hall Council Chamber New Orleans, LA | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The council members are elected to four-year terms, using the two-round system. The President and the Vice President of the Council are chosen by the council at its organizational meeting on the day members take office following the election. The President is elected from the two at-large members; any of the other members of the Council may be elected Vice President.[2]
Members edit
The current members of the New Orleans City Council:[3]
Officers:
- President: Helena Moreno
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| A | Joseph I. Giarrusso III | DEM |
| B | Lesli Harris | DEM |
| C | Freddie King III | DEM |
| D | Eugene J. Green | DEM |
| E | Oliver Thomas | DEM |
| At-large Division 1 | Helena Moreno | DEM |
| At-large Division 2 | Jean Paul "JP" Morrell | DEM |
All 7 members of the council are Democrats[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Council members under the 1954 Charter edit
Under the 1954 Charter, council members are elected to four-year terms that begin on the first Monday in May following the election, except that a councilmember elected to fill a vacancy serves only for the remainder of the unexpired term.[11] Vacancies that occur less than one year before the end of the term may be filled by appointment; vacancies of a year or longer are filled by special election, and that vacancy may be filled by appointment for the period before the special election.[12] After the regular 1970 elections, a redistricting dispute delayed the next regular Council elections until 1976, and the following regular Council election was held in 1978.[11] Effective in 1991, a council member who has served more than one and a half terms in two consecutive terms may not be elected to the office for the following term.[11][12] Beginning in 2014 the at-large seats are voted on as separate offices, designated as Division 1 and Division 2.[13] Effective June 1, 2018, the terms of office begin on the second Monday in January following the election.[14]
Office holders for terms before 2022 and reference notes for those office holders are from the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Office holders for the 2022-2026 term are from the Louisiana Secretary of State election results for the November 13, 2021, general election and the December 11, 2021, runoff election.
| Term | At-Large Seats[15] | District Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 | Division 2 | A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1954-1958 | Glenn P. Clasen | A. Brown Moore | Paul V. Burke | Walter M. Duffourc | |||
| 1958-1962 | Glenn P. Clasen[16] James A. Comiskey[17] | Victor H. Schiro[18] Theodore Hickey[19] | Henry B. Curtis | Fred J. Cassibry[20] John J. Petre[21] | Theodore Hickey[22] Walter M. Duffourc[23] | ||
| 1962-1966 | James E. Fitzmorris | Joseph V. DiRosa | Clarence O. Dupuy, Jr. | John J. Petre | Daniel Kelly | ||
| 1966-1970 | John J. Petre | Eddie L. Sapir[26] | James A. Moreau | Philip Ciaccio | |||
| 1970-1976[27] | Joseph V. DiRosa | James A. Moreau | Frank Friedler[29] | Eddie L. Sapir[30] | John D. Lambert | ||
| 1976-1978 | Joseph I. Giarrusso | Frank Friedler | A.L. Davis | Mike Early | |||
| 1978-1982 | Frank Friedler[33] Joel Loeffleholz[34] | Brod Bagert[36] Niles Hellmers[37] | Philip Ciaccio[39] Howard Beck[40] | ||||
| 1982-1986 | Bryan Wagner | Lambert Boissiere | Wayne Babovich[41] Ulysses Williams[42] | ||||
| 1986-1990 | Peggy Wilson | ||||||
| 1990-1994[43] | |||||||
| 1994-1998 | Peggy Wilson | James (Jim) Singleton | Roy Glapion | Ellen Hazeur-Distance | |||
| 1998-2002 | Eddie L. Sapir | Suzanne Haik Terrell[44] Howell Crosby[45] Scott Shea[46] | Roy Glapion[47] H. Kenneth Johnston[48] Marlin Gusman[49] | Ellen Hazeur-Distance[50] Lula Harris Breaux[51] | |||
| 2002-2006 | Oliver Thomas | Jacquelyn B. Clarkson | Marlin Gusman[53] David Payton[54] | Cynthia Willard-Lewis | |||
| 2006-2010 | Oliver Thomas[56] Michael Darnell[57] Jacquelyn B. Clarkson[58] | James Carter | Cynthia Hedge-Morrell | ||||
| 2010-2014 | Arnie Fielkow[59] Eric Granderson[60] Stacey Head[61] | Jacquelyn B. Clarkson | Susan Guidry | Stacey Head[62] | Kristen Gisleson Palmer | Jon Johnson[65] Ernest Charbonnet[66] James Austin Gray II[67] | |
| 2014-2018 | Stacey Head | LaToya Cantrell[68] | Nadine Ramsey | James Austin Gray II | |||
| 2018-2022 | Joseph I. Giarrusso III | Jay H. Banks | Kristen Gisleson Palmer | Cyndi Nguyen | |||
| 2022-2026 | Jean Paul "JP" Morrell | Lesli Harris | Freddie King III | Eugene J. Green | Oliver Thomas | ||
Earlier members, under the commission form of government edit
- A. Brown Moore (Public utilities commissioner, 1950-1954)
- Lionel Ott (Finance commissioner, 1946-1954)
References edit
- ^ "200 Years of the City Charter". City Archives, New Orleans Public Library. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ "New Orleans Home Rule Charter, Section 3-107".
- ^ "Meet the Council". New Orleans City Council. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
- ^ Stein, Michael Isaac (28 January 2021). "Donna Glapion appointed interim City Councilwoman". The Lens. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Joe Giarrusso III". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Jay Banks". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Kristin Palmer". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Jared Brossett". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Cyndi Nguyen". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Helena Moreno". Ballotpedia.
- ^ a b c "New Orleans City Council Members Since 1954". City Archives, New Orleans Public Library. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ a b New Orleans Home Rule Charter, Section 3-105
- ^ "New Orleans Home Rule Charter, Section 3-102".
- ^ New Orleans Home Rule Charter, Section 3-102, June 29, 2015
- ^ Designation of seats as Division 1 and Division 2 began in 2014
- ^ 1958-1961; appointed CAO, January 1961
- ^ 1961-1962; elected to fill Clasen's unexpired term
- ^ 1958-1961; appointed to fill Mayor Morrison's unexpired term, 1961
- ^ 1961-1962; appointed to fill Schiro's unexpired term
- ^ 1958-1961; elected judge, Civil District Court, July 1960
- ^ 1961-1962; elected to fill Cassibry's unexpired term
- ^ 1958-1961; appointed to fill Schiro's unexpired At-Large term, 1961
- ^ 1961-1962; appointed to fill Hickey's unexpired term, 1961
- ^ 1962-1966; elected judge, Civil District Court, 1966
- ^ Elected Mayor, 1970
- ^ 1967-1970; elected to fill Marcus' unexpired term
- ^ After the regular 1970 elections, a redistricting dispute delayed the next regular Council elections until 1976. The next regular election for Council was held in 1978.
- ^ 1970-1974; elected to La. Court of Appeals, 1974
- ^ 1974-1976; elected to fill Beer's unexpired term
- ^ 1970-1975; elected judge of Municipal Court, 1975
- ^ 1975-1976; appointed to fill Sapir's unexpired term
- ^ Elected Mayor, 1986
- ^ 1978-1980; retired, 1980
- ^ 1980-1981; appointed to fill Friedler's unexpired term
- ^ 1981-1982; elected to fill Friedler's unexpired term
- ^ 1978-1980; elected to La. Public Service Commission, 1980
- ^ 1980-1981; elected to fill Bagert's unexpired term, 1980; elected City Court judge, 1981
- ^ 1981-1982; elected to fill Hellmers' unexpired term
- ^ 1978-1982; appointed judge, La. 4th Cirtcuit Court of Appeals, January 1982
- ^ 1982; appointed to fill Ciaccio's unexpired term
- ^ 1982-1985; resigned, 1985
- ^ 1985-1986; appointed to fill Babovich's unexpired term
- ^ Term limits went into effect in 1991.
- ^ 1998-1999; resigned when elected La. Elections Commissioner
- ^ 2000; appointed to fill Terrell's unexpired term
- ^ 2000-2002; elected to fill Terrell's unexpired term
- ^ 1998-1999; died in office
- ^ 2000; appointed to fill Glapion's unexpired term
- ^ 2000-2002; elected to fill Glapion's unexpired term
- ^ 1998-2000; resigned when elected Clerk of First City Court
- ^ 2000; appointed to fill Hazeur-Distance's unexpired term
- ^ 2000-2002; elected to fill Hazeur-Distance's unexpired term
- ^ 2002-2004; resigned when elected Criminal Sheriff, 2004
- ^ 2004-2005; appointed to fill Gusman's unexpired term
- ^ 2005-2006; elected to fill Gusman's unexpired term
- ^ 2006-2007; resigned August 13, 2007
- ^ 2007; appointed to fill Thomas' unexpired term
- ^ 2007-2010; elected to fill Thomas' unexpired term
- ^ 2010-2011; resigned to head National Basketball Retired Players Association
- ^ 2011-2012; appointed to fill Fielkow's unexpired term
- ^ 2012-2014; elected to fill Fielkow's unexpired term
- ^ 2010-2012; resigned when elected to fill Fielkow's unexpired At-Large position
- ^ 2012; appointed to fill Head's unexpired term
- ^ 2012-2014; elected to fill Head's unexpired term
- ^ 2010-2012; resigned, 2012
- ^ 2012; appointed to fill Johnson's unexpired term
- ^ 2012-2014; elected to fill Johnson's unexpired term
- ^ Elected Mayor, 2018
External links edit
- New Orleans City Council Homepage