Editing Port of Spain (section)

=== Mayors ===
Following an election in 1887, [[Michel Maxwell Philip]] became the mayor, a position that had previously been held by only whites. [[Bridget Brereton]] wrote in her 2002 book ''Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad 1870–1900'' that "perhaps this marks the emergence of the coloured man as a political force in Trinidad".<ref name="Bereton">{{cite book |title=Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad 1870–1900 |last=Bereton |first=Bridget |page=87 |year=2002 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-52313-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Icr9Klvm6wC }}</ref>

Chinua Alleyne is the current mayor of Port of Spain.

The electoral districts are:
* St. James East
* St. James West
* Woodbrook
* Northern Port of Spain
* Belmont East
* Belmont North & West
* Southern Port of Spain
* East Dry River
* St. Ann's River South
* St. Ann's River Central
* St. Ann's River North
* Belmont South

Port of Spain became a "city" in 1914; the ordinance was passed on 29 May and was proclaimed by the Governor on 25 June 1914. The first city councillors were elected on 2 November. Among them were oil pioneer Randolph Rust, lawyer and social activist [[Emmanuel Mzumbo Lazare]] and Dr. Enrique Prada, who was elected chairman by the council and became the first mayor of the City of Port of Spain.