Niagara Regional Council

The council consits 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 three year terms, with the next election to be held in November, 2006.

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.

Niagara Regional Council:

• Peter Partington, Chair and CEO

Fort Erie

• Wayne Redekop, Mayor
• Douglas Martin

• Bob Bently, Mayor
• Debbie Zimmerman

• Bill Hodgson, Mayor
• Jill Hildreth

• Ted Salci, Mayor
• Anne Angelone
• George Bailey
• Bill Smeaton

• Gary Burroughs, Lord Mayor
• Dave Eke

• Ron Leavens, Mayor
• Brian Baty

• Ron Bodner, Mayor
• Bob Saracino

• Timothy Rigby, Mayor
• Jamie Almas
• Judy Casselman
• Michael Collins
• Brian Heit
• Ronna Katzman
• D. Bruce Timms

• Robin Brock, Mayor
• Robert Gabriel

• Gord Harry, Mayor

• Damian Goulbourne, Mayor
• George Marshall
• John Mastroianni

• Katie Trombetta, Mayor