Editing East Dunbartonshire (section)

===Premises===
Since 2012 the council has been based at 12 Strathkelvin Place in [[Kirkintilloch]], which forms part of the Southbank Marina development adjoining the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. Prior to 2012 the council was based at Tom Johnston House at the junction of Lenzie Road and Civic Way in Kirkintilloch. Tom Johnston House had been built in 1985 as the headquarters for the old Strathkelvin District Council and was named after [[Tom Johnston (British politician)|Tom Johnston]] (1881–1965), who was born in Kirkintilloch and had served as [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Strathkelvin District Council: Public Notice - Closure of Council Chambers, Kirkintilloch, and removal to new Civic Headquarters, Lenzie Road, Kirkintilloch |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser |date=19 July 1985}}</ref> Tom Johnston House was demolished in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bulldozers move in to demolish landmark |url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/news/bulldozers-move-in-to-demolish-landmark-2561377 |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Glasgow World |date=3 November 2015}}</ref> The new council chamber at Strathkelvin Place is called Tom Johnston Chamber.<ref>{{cite web |title=Council agenda, 15 December 2022 |url=https://dbs1.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/INTRANET/ACE/EDCCMTT.NSF/0/4ff4164dd721c29f8025891200674469/$FILE/01-00-221215%20Agenda.pdf |website=East Dunbartonshire Council |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>