The Niagara Regional Council is the governing body of the Regional Municipality of Niagara

Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario

The Regional Municipality of Niagara , also known as the Niagara Region, or, colloquially, "Regional Niagara", is a regional municipality comprising twelve municipalities of Southern Ontario, Canada....

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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, 2014.

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

• Gary Burroughs
  Gary Burroughs
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Councillors:

Fort Erie

Fort Erie, Ontario

Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York....

• Douglas Martin, Mayor
• John Teal

Grimsby

Grimsby, Ontario

Grimsby is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Grimsby is a part of the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. The majority of residents reside in the area bounded by Lake Ontario and the Niagara escarpment...

• Bob Bently, Mayor
• Debbie Zimmerman

Lincoln

Lincoln, Ontario

Lincoln is a town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. The town's administrative and commercial centre is in the community of Beamsville.-Geography:...

• Bill Hodgson, Mayor
• Mark Bylsma

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...

• Jim Diodati
  Jim Diodati
  Jim Diodati is a Canadian politician, currently serving as mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario. He was elected in the 2010 municipal election, defeating incumbent mayor Ted Salci....
  
  , Mayor
• Barbara Greenwood
• Bart Maves
  Bart Maves
  Bart Maves is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Regional Councillor representing Niagara Falls for the 2010-2014 term and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003.Before running for office himself, Maves worked as a legislative...
  
  
• Selina Volpatti

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA...

• Dave Eke, Lord Mayor
• Dave Lepp

Pelham

Pelham, Ontario

The Town of Pelham is located in the centre of Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada.The town's southern boundary is formed by the Welland River, a meandering waterway that flows into the Niagara River. To the west is the township of West Lincoln, to the east the city of Welland, and to the north the...

• Dave Augustyn, Mayor
• Brian Baty

Port Colborne

Port Colborne, Ontario

Port Colborne is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, Canada...

• Vance Badawey, Mayor
• David Barrick

St. Catharines

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

• Brian McMullan
  Brian McMullan
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  , Mayor
• Alan Caslin
• Brian Heit
• Ronna Katzman
• Andy Petrowsky
• Tim Rigby
  Tim Rigby
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• Bruce Timms

Thorold

Thorold, Ontario

Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment. It is also the seat of the Regional Municipality of Niagara....

• Ted Luciani, Mayor
• Henry D'Angela

Wainfleet

Wainfleet, Ontario

Wainfleet is a rural township in southern Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.There is a small and growing tourist industry, near and on Lake Erie at the southern area of Wainfleet called Long Beach...

• April Jeffs, Mayor

Welland

Welland, Ontario

Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada.The city has been traditionally known as the place where rails and water meet, referring to the railways from Buffalo to Toronto and Southwestern Ontario, and the waterways of Welland Canal and Welland River,...

• Barry Sharpe, Mayor
• Cindy Forster
• George Marshall

West Lincoln

West Lincoln, Ontario

West Lincoln is a township in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. Main urban areas are located along the former provincial Highway 20. The administrative centre of West Lincoln is the community of Smithville, situated halfway between Hamilton and Pelham....

• Douglas Joyner, Mayor