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18-786: Stoneham may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury , a village Stoneham Mountain Resort , a ski resort located in this village United Kingdom North Stoneham , a settlement and ecclesiastical parish in Hampshire South Stoneham , a settlement and ecclesiastical parish in Hampshire United States Stoneham, Colorado , an unincorporated town in Weld County Stoneham, Maine ,

36-456: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: Following the 2023 election and a subsequent by-election in May 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in May 2027, where all seats of

54-753: A town in Oxford County Stoneham, Massachusetts , a town in Middlesex County Stoneham Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota , a township Stoneham, Texas , a ghost town in Grimes County Other uses [ edit ] Stoneham (surname) Stoneham numbers , a mathematical class of real numbers Stonum or Stoneham, the home of George Read, a signatory to the American Declaration of Independence Topics referred to by

72-438: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. In 2011, Mid Suffolk and Babergh District Councils began working together, with one, fully integrated staff structure. The council has been under Green Party majority control since the 2023 election , being the first time that the party had taken majority control of any council. The first elections were held in 1973, initially operating as

90-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec , located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier north of Quebec City . Its main attraction is the Stoneham Mountain Resort . The large territory of

108-563: Is primarily a rural area, containing just three towns, being Stowmarket , Needham Market and Eye . Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to shared offices with neighbouring Babergh District Council in Ipswich , outside either district. In 2021 it had a population of 103,417. The neighbouring districts are East Suffolk , Ipswich , Babergh , West Suffolk , Breckland and South Norfolk . The district

126-772: The United Township Municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury was established, populated by about 25 families. In 1871, its population had grown to 640 (360 in Stoneham township and 280 in Tewkesbury township). In 1880, the Tewkesbury Post Office opened (and closed in 1963). The completion of the railroad, owned by the St. Charles and Huron River Railway Company, between Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and Loretteville in 1912 led to intensive logging in

144-635: The area. Timber was floated down the Hurons River to Stoneham from where it was brought by rail to Quebec City . The railway was also used to transport cargo and wood pulp of the Brown Corporation and the Donnacona Paper Company. By 1920, the place had become an important commercial center of northern Quebec. In 1973, the neighbouring municipality of Saint-Adolphe was annexed into Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, making it one of

162-638: The council inherited offices in Elmswell , Eye, Stowmarket and Needham Market from its predecessors. It initially used the former Hartismere Rural District Council offices on Castleton Way in Eye as its headquarters, retaining the former Gipping Rural District Council offices in Needham Market and Stowmarket Urban District Council offices at Red Gables on Ipswich Road as secondary offices. The council initially decided to consolidate its offices in Stowmarket, being

180-475: The council will be up for election. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 34 councillors representing 26 wards , with each ward electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years. Since 2017 Babergh and Mid Suffolk councils have their combined headquarters at Endeavour House in Ipswich, sharing the building with Suffolk County Council . When first created

198-489: The district's largest town and a central location, but no suitable site could be found there. Instead it decided to extend the former Gipping Rural District Council's headquarters in Needham Market. The original building there was a large eighteenth century house called "Hurstlea" at 131 High Street. A large modern extension was built behind the original building, which was formally opened in January 1982. The whole district

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216-723: The federal electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier and has been represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party since 2015. Provincially, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is part of the Chauveau electoral district and is represented by Sylvain Lévesque of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018. Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk , England. The district

234-607: The largest municipalities in Quebec at that time. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury had a population of 9,682 living in 3,862 of its 4,421 total private dwellings, a change of 15.8% from its 2016 population of 8,359 . With a land area of 670.03 km (258.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 14.5/km (37.4/sq mi) in 2021. Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 3,862 (total dwellings: 4,421) Mother tongue: Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury forms part of

252-484: The more notable lakes are Beaumont, Saint-Vincent, and Saint-Guillaume. In 1792, Philip Toosey was granted some 70 acres (280,000 m ) of land that formed the beginning of the village that he named Stoneham after the namesake village in Suffolk, England , where he came from. That same year, the toponyms of the geographic townships of Stoneham and Tewkesbury appeared. Tewkesbury may be attributed to Kenelm Chandler who

270-711: The municipality is only developed and inhabited in the south, where the population centres of Saint-Adolphe, Stoneham, and Tewkesbury are located. Large portions of the north are included in the Jacques-Cartier National Park and the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve . The terrain is hilly, part of the Laurentian Mountains , and crossed by the Jacques-Cartier , upper Sainte-Anne , and Hurons Rivers. Some of

288-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stoneham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stoneham&oldid=1038688970 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

306-656: Was born in Tewkesbury , England, arrived in 1764 and was granted 9713 hectares of land in Stoneham in 1800. The first influx of Irish, English, and Scottish settlers came in 1815. By 1831, its population had passed 175. In 1845, the Stoneham Municipality was formed and abolished in 1847. In 1850, the Parish of Saint-Edmond-de-Stoneham was formed, named after Edmund Rich of Canterbury (1170–1240). The Stoneham Post Office opened in 1854. A year later on July 1,

324-675: Was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering five former districts which were all abolished at the same time: Thedwastre Rural District had been in the administrative county of West Suffolk prior to the reforms; the other districts had all been in East Suffolk . The new district was named Mid Suffolk, reflecting its position within the wider county. Mid Suffolk District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Suffolk County Council . The whole district

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