Municipality of Clarington, Ontario
Motto: Leading the Way
Map showing Clarington's location in Durham Region
Coordinates: 43°56′06″N 78°36′30″W / 43.935, -78.60833
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Durham Region
Established	1974
Government
- Mayor	Jim Abernethy
- Governing body	Clarington Council
- MP	Bev Oda (Durham)
- MPP	John O'Toole (Durham)
Area
- Total	611.1 km² (235.9 sq mi)
Elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
- Total	77,820
- Density	127.3/km² (329.8/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
Website: clarington.net clarington-tourism.ca

The Municipality of Clarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It gained its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was intended to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included village of the same name. (It was confusing to many that Bowmanville had a larger population than "Newcastle Village", and it also housed the former Town of Newcastle's municipal offices, causing some to believe the town should have all been called "Bowmanville" instead of "Newcastle" during that period).

The name "Clarington" is a portmanteau of the names of the two historical townships that made up the geographic area: "Clarke" and "Darlington".

It is part of the Oshawa, Ontario Census Metropolitan Area.

Major employers in Clarington include the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, General Motors in Oshawa, and several medium-to-large sized manufacturing businesses; however, most residents travel to points west in Durham Region or to Toronto for employment.

Clarington had been put up as a candidate in the race to host ITER in 2001, but was withdrawn 2 years later.

Contents 1 Local government 2 Communities 3 References 4 External links

Local government

Clarington is governed by an elected municipal Council consisting of a Mayor, and local Councillors representing each of the Municipality's four wards. In addition, two Regional Councillors each represent a pair of wards. The Mayor and the Regional councillors sit on both Clarington Council and Durham Region Council.

The current council was elected on November 13, 2006 for a four-year term. The members of the council are:

Mayor: Jim Abernethy

Members of Council:

• Mary Novak - Regional Councillor,Wards 1 and 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville / Courtice)
• Charlie Trim - Regional Councillor,Wards 3 and 4 (Clarke / Newcastle / Bowmanville)
• Adrian Foster - Councillor, Ward 1 (Courtice)
• Ron Hooper - Councillor, Ward 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville)
• Willie Woo - Councillor, Ward 3 (Bowmanville / Clarke)
• Gord Robinson - Councillor, Ward 4 (Clarke / Newcastle)

Communities

The municipality consists of several urban communities, including:

• Bowmanville
• Courtice
• Newcastle
• Orono

Rural communities include:

• Bond Head
• Brownsville
• Burketon
• Cedar Park Resort
• Clarke
• Crooked Creek
• Enfield
• Enniskillen
• Gaud Corners
• Hampton
• Haydon
• Kendal
• Leskard
• Maple Grove
• Mitchell Corners
• New Park
• Newtonville
• Port Darlington
• Port Granby
• Salem
• Solina
• Taunton (split with Oshawa along Townline Road)
• Tyrone
• West Side Beach
• Wilmot Creek

External links

• Municipality of Clarington
• Clarington Tourism

• Clarington, Ontario is at coordinates 43°34′N 78°22′W / 43.56, -78.36Coordinates: 43°34′N 78°22′W / 43.56, -78.36

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