Government
The City of Courtenay is governed by a mayor and six member council. As of 2012 the mayor is Larry Jangula.
Provincially, Don McRae of the British Columbia Liberal Party is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox Valley electoral district. Prior MLAs include Stan Hagen and Evelyn Gillespie.
The city is part of the Vancouver Island North federal electoral district and is currently represented by John Duncan of the Conservative Party. Prior to that the city was in the Comox–Alberni district.
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