Niagara Regional Council

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The Niagara Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Ontario, Canada. Council meets at Niagara Region Headquarters in Thorold, Ontario.

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The council consists of a regional chair, the mayors of all twelve Niagara Regional municipalities, and eighteen additional regional councillors elected to represent the various municipalities. Councillors are elected to four year terms, with the next election to be held in October 2018.

Unlike municipal councils within the Niagara Region, the regional chair is elected by regional council, and not directly by residents of the region. Any elector within the Niagara Region may be elected chair by council, although regional policy requires that the regional chair will be elected from among the 30 persons who have been elected to regional council in the just completed municipal elections. Once elected, the regional chair must resign her/his seat as a councillor representing a municipality. That municipality council then determines how the replacement councillor will be chosen.

Council members

CouncillorNotes
Jim Bradley Chair and CEO
Wayne RedekopMayor, Fort Erie
Tom InsinnaCouncillor, Fort Erie
Jeff JordanMayor, Grimsby
Wayne F. FertichCouncillor, Grimsby
Sandra EastonMayor, Lincoln
Robert FosterCouncillor, Lincoln
Jim Diodati Mayor, Niagara Falls
Bob GaleCouncillor, Niagara Falls
Barbara Greenwood
Peter Nicholson
Betty Disero Lord Mayor, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Gary ZalepaCouncillor, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Marvin JunkinMayor, Pelham
Diana HusonCouncillor, Pelham
Bill SteeleMayor, Port Colborne
Barbara ButtersCouncillor, Port Colborne
Walter Sendzik Mayor, St. Catharines
Kelly EdgarCouncillor, St. Catharines
Brian Heit
Sandie Bellows
George Darte
Tim Rigby
Laura Ip
Terry UguliniMayor, Thorold
Tim WhalenCouncillor, Thorold
Kevin GibsonMayor, Wainfleet
Frank CampionMayor, Welland
Pat ChiocchioCouncillor, Welland
Leanna Villella
Dave BylsmaMayor, West Lincoln
Albert WitteveenCouncillor, West Lincoln

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References

  1. "Regional Council Members, 2018 - 2022 - Niagara Region, Ontario".