Question: In which year was this former Detroit City Council member, with whom Sheila Cockrel had a fractious relationship with, first elected to the council?
Context: Mary Virginia Beck (Ukrainian: Євгенія Михайлівна Бек , 29 February 1908 - 30 January 2005) was a Detroit Democratic Party politician, female activist and journalist from Pennsylvania, most notable for being Detroit's first female city council woman.  She was also the first Ukrainian-American to serve in that capacity.  In 1957 she was also elected as the president of the city council.  As a member of the council, Mary served for two decades from 1950 to 1970.  In 1958-62 she also served as an acting mayor of Detroit city.  During that period the Michigan scandalous politician Louis Miriani was the Mayor of Detroit (1957-1962). Kenneth Vern "Ken" Cockrel Jr. (born 1965) is an American politician and journalist from the state of Michigan who served as the 73rd mayor of Detroit.  He was president of the Detroit City Council from 2005 until September 17, 2008, when he was sworn in as the interim mayor, with his term in office beginning September 19.  The previous mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick had announced on September 4, 2008 that he would resign after pleading guilty to state charges about his conduct in office.  This resulted in Cockrel succeeding him as the Mayor of Detroit. Sheila M. Cockrel née Sheila Murphy(born November 3, 1947) is a former member of the Detroit City Council.  She was a member of the Council from 1994 to 2009.  The widow of Kenneth Cockrel, Sr., she's the stepmother of Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. Sheila Cockrel "had [a] fractious relationship with" Monica Conyers, so when the latter resigned, the former called the action "an appropriate decision".  When Dave Bing proposed a water rate hike, Sheila Cockrel was among those who voted in favor. Lorie Zapf (pronounced "Zaff") is an American elected official in San Diego, California.  She serves as a San Diego City Council member representing City Council District 2.  She was first elected to office in November 2010 serving District 6, but switched districts in 2014 due to redistricting.  She is a Republican, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law. With a charter adopted on July 1, 1974, the government of Detroit, Michigan, is run by a mayor, the nine-member Detroit City Council, and clerk elected on a nonpartisan ballot.  Detroit has a "strong mayoral" system, with the mayor approving departmental appointments.  The council approves budgets, but the mayor is not obligated to adhere to any earmarking.  The city clerk supervises elections and is formally charged with the maintenance of municipal records.  City ordinances and substantially large contracts must be approved by the council.  Municipal elections for mayor, city council and city clerk are held in years following presidential elections (such as 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013). Michael P. Guingona (born 1962), also known as Mike Guingona, is an American of Filipino descent who currently serves as a Council Member for the city of Daly City, California (pop.  104,407).  Previously, he had served as Mayor of Daly City, but was succeeded by Carol L. Klatt.  He is an attorney in private practice.  He was first elected as a Daly City Council member in 1993 and became the youngest mayor at age 33 in 1995.  He has been elected City Council member three times. Monica Conyers (born October 31, 1964) is a former Detroit City Council member (D) and former president pro tempore of the City Council.  She was first elected to the Detroit City Council in 2005 Betty Abbott was the first female city council member of Omaha, Nebraska.  She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, and was inducted into its hall of fame.  She became a member of the Omaha city council in 1965 and stayed a member until 1977.  In 1973 she was named the Omaha World-Herald's "Midlander of the Year."  In 1975 she was elected to lead the League of Nebraska Municipalities.  She went to City Hall on December 30, 1975, in a sweater that read, “Omaha City Council.  Six and the Single Girl,” a reference to the book "Sex and the Single Girl" and to the fact that she was the only female member on the seven-member city council.  In 1977 she was the first major female contender to run for mayor of Omaha, but she lost. Kay Everett was a member of Detroit City Council from 1991 to 2004.  Everett was a graduate of Cass Technical High School, and Wayne State University.  She was on the Detroit Board of Education prior to becoming a Detroit City Council member.  Prior to that she was an English teacher for Detroit Public Schools. Thomas “Tom” M. Simplot (born 30 January 1961) is an American politician who served as member of the Phoenix City Council in the U.S. State of Arizona.  He was first elected to the Phoenix City Council in 2003 in a special election to replace outgoing council member Phil Gordon.  He was re-elected to four-year terms on the City Council in 2005 and 2009.  In January 2009, Simplot was unanimously voted by his fellow council members to serve as vice mayor.  He represents District 4 on the Phoenix City Council, covering much of central Phoenix and extending into west Phoenix.  Simplot is the first and only openly gay individual to serve on the Phoenix City Council.  He did not run for re-election in 2013.
Answer: 2005