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Kirkland is a municipality on the Island Of Montreal in southwestern Quebec , Canada . As of October 2005, the population was 21,735. It is named after Dr. Charles-Aimé Kirkland , a Quebec provincial politician. Originally incorporated as a municipality in 1961, it was merged with the City of Montreal on January 1 , 2002 , at the insistence of the provincial government, which was at the time administered by the Parti Québécois . Following the election of the Quebec Liberal Party , it was given the opportunity to hold a demerger referendum on June 20 , 2004 , and voted to be re-established as a separate city, which became effective on January 1 , 2006 . The present mayor is John W. Meaney, who has been a member of the Kirkland City Council since the mid-1970s. Council members include Joe Sanalitro, Buck MacDonald, Paul Dufort, Dominic Zito, Michel Gibson, Andre Allard, John Morson and Brian Swinburne. Kirkland is primarily a residential community, with a commercial core, and an industrial park straddling the Trans-Canada Highway ( Autoroute 40 ). The city is composed of mainly single-family residences, with some multi-unit facilities (apartments, town houses, and condos) available. It is a full-service community, with a public works department, recreation department, engineering department, accounting, communications, human resources and administrative services operating for the welfare of its citizens. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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