What is Lord Mayor?
[[Image:Lord Mayor of London - John Stuttard - Nov 2006.jpg|thumb|220px|John Stuttard, [[Lord Mayor of London]] during the 2006 Lord Mayor's Show]] The '''Lord Mayor''' is the title of the [[Mayor]] of a major city, with special recognition. == By country == === Australia === In [[Australia]], the title of Lord Mayor is a [[politics|political]] position, which means people vote for people to take the position. There are 10 Australian cities that have a Lord Mayor: [[Adelaide]], [[Brisbane]], [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Hobart]], [[Melbourne]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Parramatta, New South Wales|Parramatta]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Sydney]] and [[Wollongong, New South Wales|Wollongong]]. ===Canada=== In [[Canada]], the only town with a Lord Mayor is [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], which has a Lord Mayor as recognition of its role as the first Capital of [[Upper Canada]]. ===Fiji=== Before the [[2006 Fijian coup d'état]], Fiji had several municipal councils, which were local government bodies. However, they were all dismissed after the coup and not restored. During the period that Fiji had municipal councils, the city of [[Suva]] had a Lord Mayor. ===Ireland=== In the [[Republic of Ireland]], the title of Lord Mayor is a [[symbolic]] title, as in the United Kingdom. [[Cork, Ireland|Cork]] and [[Dublin]] both have Lord Mayors. ===Malaysia=== [[Kuala Lumpur]] has a Lord Mayor. ===United Kingdom=== In [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]] it is a [[ceremony|ceremonial]] position. This means the person is not in charge of the day to day work of the city, but represents the city at important events. These positions are given to a person by [[letters patent]], which are a special letter from the [[monarch]]. ==Other countries== * In [[Denmark]], ''Overborgmester'', is the title of the highest mayor of Denmark's capital city, [[Copenhagen]]. * In [[Germany]], ''Oberbürgermeister'', is the title of the mayors of county-free, often large cities. As in Australia, Ge