Detroit City Council

The Detroit City Council is the legislative body of the City of Detroit, Michigan. The City Council consists of nine members elected at-large for a four-year term. Ballot attempts to elect council members from city wards have failed. As of 2001, Detroit is the largest city in the country to elect its entire legislative council at-large.

The City Council was first constituted as the legislative body of the City in 1824 and was called the Common Council until July 1, 1974 - the effective date of Detroit's new City Charter.

Current members

• Monica Conyers - Council President
• JoAnn Watson
• Sheila Cockrel
• Barbara-Rose Collins
• Kwame Kenyatta
• Alberta Tinsley-Talabi
• Martha Reeves
• Brenda Jones

Former members

2002 election

• Maryann Mahaffey (Died July 27, 2006)
• Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. (became Mayor of Detroit in 2008)
• Brenda M. Scott (Died September 2, 2002)
• Sharon McPhail
• Sheila M. Cockrel
• Alberta Tinsley-Talabi
• Kay Everett
• Barbara Rose-Collins
• Alonzo W. Bates
• JoAnn Watson (Special election April 29, 2003)

1998 election

• Gil Hill
• Maryann Mahaffey
• Nicholas Hood III
• Alberta Tinsley-Williams (Tinsley-Talabi 1999)
• Clyde Cleveland
• Sheila M. Cockrel
• Kay Everett
• Brenda M. Scott
• Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.

1994 election

• Maryann Mahaffey
• Gill Hill
• Clyde Cleveland
• Kay Everett
• Alberta Tinsley-Williams
• Nicholas Hood III
• Sheila M. Cockrel
• Mel Ravitz
• Brenda M. Scott

1990 election

• Maryann Mahaffey
• Gill Hill
• Nicholas Hood, Sr.
• Clyde Cleveland
• Mel Ravitz
• Jack Kelley
• Barbara Rose-Collins (Resd 11/90)
• Keith Butler
• David Eberhard
• Kay Everett

1986

• Erma Henderson
• Nicholas Hood
• Maryann Mahaffey
• Clyde Cleveland
• Jack Kelley
• Mel Ravitz
• Barbara Rose-Collins
• David Eberhard
• John W. Peoples

1982

• Erma Henderson
• Nicholas Hood
• Maryann Mahaffey
• Clyde Cleveland
• Jack Kelley
• Mel Ravitz
• Barbara Rose-Collins
• David Eberhard
• John W. Peoples

1978

• Erma Henderson
• Maryann Mahaffey
• Nicholas Hood
• Clyde Cleveland
• Jack Kelley
• David Eberhard
• Kenneth Cockrel, Sr.
• William G. Rogell
• Herbert McFaddend, Jr. (Died 9/21/81)

1974

• Carl Levin
• Nicholas Hood II
• Erma Henderson
• Ernest Browne, Jr.
• Clyde Cleveland
• Maryann Mahaffey
• William G. Rogell
• David Eberhard
• Jack Kelley

1970

• Mel Ravitz
• Nicholas Hood
• Carl W. Levin
• David Eberhard
• Robert Tindal (Died 7/30/71)
• William G. Rogell
• Philip J. Vanantwerp
• Anthony J. Wierzbicki
• Ernest C. Browne, Jr.
• Erma Henderson (Elected 11/7/72 - First Black Councilwoman)

1966

• Ed Carey
• James H. Brickley (Resd 1/15/67)
• Louis Miriani
• Edward Connor (Resd 12/31/66)
• Mel Ravitz
• Mary V. Beck
• Philip J. Vanantwerp
• Nicholas Hood
• Wm. G. Rogell
• Robert Tindal (Elected 11/5/68)
• Anthony J. Wierzbicki (Elected 11/5/68)

References

External links

• Detroit City Council Website
• About City Council Detroit City Council.