Serie CR001 - Council and Staff portraits

The Township of Esquimalt was incorporated and recognized as a municipality on September 1, 1912 by the letters patent. A month later in October, the first by-law, "being the By-law to provide for the appointment of a Clerk, Assessor and Collector for the for Municipality" was passed.

The Municipal Clerk's Department provides a secretariat for Esquimalt Council and its Committees. This function includes agenda preparation, the recording of official minutes, the administration and certification of Township bylaws, and the execution of all legal documents on behalf of the Township of Esquimalt and functioning as the Head of Freedom of Information. In addition, the Municipal Clerk's Department is responsible for the administration of civic and school district elections and for the conducting of public referenda.

The City Clerk's Department is now known as Corporate Services and the Municipal Clerk title has changed to Corporate Officer. The Manager of Corporate Services fills the Corporate Officer position.