Editing Elliot Lake (section)

==Politics==
===Federal and provincial representation===
The city is part of the federal electoral district of [[Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing]], currently represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] by [[Carol Hughes (politician)|Carol Hughes]], and the provincial electoral district of [[Algoma—Manitoulin (provincial electoral district)|Algoma—Manitoulin]], currently represented in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] by [[Mike Mantha]].

In the [[2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution]], it was redistricted into the new riding of [[Manitoulin—Nickel Belt]].

===Municipal government===
From its establishment in 1955 until 1966, Elliot Lake was governed as an improvement district, a type of local government committee (no longer used in Ontario) to oversee developing communities that need some form of administration but have not yet met the criteria necessary to be formally incorporated as a town. It was incorporated as a town in 1966, and reincorporated as a city in 1990.

As an improvement district, the city was chaired by the following:
* F. R. Joubin - 1955-1957
* R. C. Hart - 1957-1961
* Edward Futterer - 1961-1966

Its reeves and mayors since incorporation have been:
* Charles Stewart - 1966-1968
* Alcide Alemany - 1968-1970
* Roger Taylor - 1970-1988
* George Farkouh - 1988-2006
* Rick Hamilton - 2006-2014
* Dan Marchisella - 2014-2022
* Chris Patrie - 2022-2023
* Andrew Wannan - 2024-present