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. Bloomfield's charter, retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator. The mayors are:
Mayors
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- Ted Gamble, 2024 (interim mayor)
- Michael J. Venezia, 2014–2024; a Democrat
- Raymond J. McCarthy, 2007–2010
- John I. Crecco, circa 1998
- John W. Kinder, 1971–1985
- Ralph Conte, 1963–1966
- Donald H. Scott, 1950–1955
- Charles H. Demarest, 1925–1932
- Frederic R. Pilch, 1920–1924
- Frederick Sadler, 1916–1919
- William Hauser, 1911–1912
- William P. Sutphen, 1907–1910
- George Fisher, 1905–1906
References
- 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.
- ^ "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.