Bloomfield, New Jersey was incorporated on March 23, 1812. It operates under a Special Charter granted under an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The township is governed by a mayor and a six-member Township Council. The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at-large, and one member from each of three wards, with all positions chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. Councilmembers are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with the three at-large seats (and the mayoral seat) up for election together and the three ward seats coming up for election two years later.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 128. Bloomfield's charter, retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator."Chapter V: Special Charters", New Jersey State Library. Accessed June 25, 2015. The mayors are:
Mayors
Jenny Mundell, 2025 - present Ted Gamble, 2024 (interim mayor) Michael J. Venezia, 2014–2024; a Democrat Raymond J. McCarthy, 2007–2010 John I. Crecco, circa 1998 John W. Kinder, 1971–1985 Ralph Conte, 1963–1966 Donald H. Scott, 1950–1955 Charles H. Demarest, 1925–1932 Frederic R. Pilch, 1920–1924 Frederick Sadler, 1916–1919 William Hauser, 1911–1912 William P. Sutphen, 1907–1910 George Fisher, 1905–1906
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