Municipal Government
Dartmouth is represented municipally in Halifax Regional Council by the following districts:
- District 5 - Dartmouth Centre
- District 6 - East Dartmouth - The Lakes
- District 7 - Portland - Woodlawn
- District 8 - Woodside - Eastern Passage
- District 9 - Albro Lake - Harbourview
The HRM community council for Dartmouth is the Harbour East Community Council and community council meetings are held in the council chamber of the Halifax Regional School Board building (formerly the Dartmouth City Hall) on the first Thursday of every month.
Residents of Dartmouth are known as Dartmouthians. As a community, Dartmouth has often tended to distinguish itself from the community and former city of Halifax, even under the present municipal amalgamation. Dartmouth is also the Halifax Regional Municipality's Public Works Eastern Region.
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