Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition.

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• In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong. See list of cities in Australia.
• In Canada, the mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the only city with a Lord Mayor, as recognition of its role as the first Capital of Upper Canada.
• In Denmark, as the translation of Danish Overborgmester, it is the title of the highest mayor of such large cities as Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Aalborg.
• In Germany, as the translation of German Oberbürgermeister, it is the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities.
• In the Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
• In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.
 
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