Editing Saint John, New Brunswick (section)

=== Government and court ===
Saint John operates under a [[mayor–council government|mayor–council]] form of municipal government, officially known as the [[Saint John Common Council]]. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors, of which two are elected [[at-large]] and eight represent the city's four [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]]s to four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Institutional Discrimination in the 1785 Saint John Royal Charter |url=https://loyalist.lib.unb.ca/atlantic-loyalist-connections/institutional-discrimination-1785-saint-john-royal-charter |publisher=UNB |accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="SJCouncil">{{cite news |title=Running for Common Council |url=https://saintjohn.ca/en/city-hall/council-and-committees/running-common-council |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=City of Saint John}}</ref> Saint John is one of five chartered cities in Canada, giving it unique legislative powers.<ref name="policyschool">{{cite web |title=Is 'Charter-City Status' a Solution for Financing City Services in Canada — Or is that a Myth? |url=https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/charter-city-status-kitchen_0.pdf |publisher=University of Calgary |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref> Federally, it is part of the [[Saint John—Kennebecasis]] and [[Saint John—St. Croix]] ridings represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] by [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] MP [[Wayne Long]] and [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] MP [[John Williamson (Canadian politician)|John Williamson]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Aidan |title=Commission sticks to plan that splits Saint John between 2 ridings |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/electoral-boundaries-commission-new-brunswick-1.6670708 |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=1 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Urquhart |first1=Mia |title=Proposal to split Saint John into two federal ridings baffles MP |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/electoral-riding-changes-proposed-1.6492429 |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=17 June 2022}}</ref>

Saint John is served by the [[Provincial Court of New Brunswick]], the province's [[Provincial and territorial courts in Canada|lower trial court]]. Saint John is also home to the provincial court's [[mental health court]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=New Brunswick Courts |first1=Canada |title=NB Provincial Court |url=https://www.courtsnb-coursnb.ca/content/cour/en/provincial.html |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=courtsnb-coursnb.ca |date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyall |first1=Laura |title=Success of Saint John Mental Health Court has advocates calling for expansion in N.B. |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/success-of-saint-john-mental-health-court-has-advocates-calling-for-expansion-in-n-b-1.4689070 |access-date=15 December 2023 |work=[[CTV Atlantic]] |date=16 November 2019}}</ref> The Chief Judge for the Provincial Court is Marco Cloutier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Provincial Court Judges |url=https://www.courtsnb-coursnb.ca/content/cour/en/provincial/content/pcj.html |website=courtsnb-coursnb.ca |publisher=New Brunswick Courts |access-date=5 March 2024|date=23 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Herd |first1=Tim |title=Province Appoints Chief Provincial Court Judge |url=https://www.919thebend.ca/2021/09/29/province-appoints-chief-provincial-court-judge/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |work=91.9 The Bend}}</ref>