Editing Prefecture (section)

===Venezuelan equivalent===
Traditionally, the term prefecture referred to a [[City Hall]] and the prefect was the equivalent of a mayor and commissioner. After recent changes, the prefectures and prefects are analogous with the figure of [[Town Clerk]].

'''<big>Quebec ''préfect''</big>'''

In Québec, a préfet is the head of a regional county municipality (municipalité régionale de comté, or MRC), acting as the president of the council of mayors. They are either elected by the council for a two-year term or by universal suffrage for a four-year term, with powers similar to those of a mayor.