[See COUNCIL 10.] A council that conducts the affairs of a county; in England, since the Local Government Act of 1888, the representative governing body, consisting of aldermen and councillors, of an administrative county; in Canada, a feature of the local government of longer standing.
1886. J. G. Bourinot, Local Govt. Canada, 72. In Canada County Councils have existed since before the British N. America Act of 1867.—[In Ontario] the council of every county consists of the reeves and deputy reeves of the townships and villages within the county, and one of the reeves shall be the warden. Ibid., 78. In the province of Quebec … the County Council is composed of the mayors of the several local municipalities of the county … the warden is chosen by the county council.
1888. [see COUNCIL 10].
1892. Standard, 15 June, 2/1. The Bill promoted by the London County Council for carrying a line of tramways over Westminster Bridge.
