Bloomfield, New Jersey was incorporated on March 23, 1812. It operates under a Special Charter granted under an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The township is governed by a mayor and a six-member Township Council. The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at-large, and one member from each of three wards, with all positions chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. Councilmembers are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with the three at-large seats (and the mayoral seat) up for election together and the three ward seats coming up for election two years later.[1] Bloomfield's charter, retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator.[2] The mayors are:[3]
Mayors
edit- Ted Gamble, 2024 (interim mayor)[4]
- Michael J. Venezia, 2014–2024; a Democrat[5]
- Raymond J. McCarthy, 2007–2010[5]
- John I. Crecco, circa 1998[6]
- John W. Kinder, 1971–1985
- Ralph Conte, 1963–1966[7]
- Donald H. Scott, 1950–1955
- Charles H. Demarest, 1925–1932
- Frederic R. Pilch, 1920–1924[8]
- Frederick Sadler, 1916–1919
- William Hauser, 1911–1912
- William P. Sutphen, 1907–1910
- George Fisher, 1905–1906
References
edit- ^ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 128.
- ^ "Chapter V: Special Charters", New Jersey State Library. Accessed June 25, 2015.
- ^ "Mayors of Bloomfield, New Jersey". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ "Bloomfield Council Selects Ted Gamble to Serve as Interim Mayor". bloomfieldtwpnj.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ a b "Bloomfield elects first new mayor in 12 years, East Orange mayoral candidate formally seals win". NJ.com. November 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
Michael Venezia won a three-year term and will be the township's first new mayor in 12 years.
- ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. 1998. ISBN 9781577410720.
Assemblywoman Crecco is married to John I. Crecco, a deputy state athletic commissioner and former mayor of Bloomfield ...
- ^ "Historical Society of Bloomfield - Video Archive". bloomfieldhistorical.org. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1921). The Anti-saloon League Year Book.
Frederic R. Pilch, Mayor of Bloomfield, N.J.