minority council

English

Noun

minority council (plural minority councils)

1. (politics) a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.

Antonyms

• majority council

Related terms

• majority council
• city council
• councillor