Regional chair
Upper-tier municipalities in Ontario
Occupation
Names
  • District chair
  • warden
Occupation type
Politician
Activity sectors
Politics and government
Description
Competencies
  • Municipal and public administration
  • law
  • public speaking
  • budgeting
  • decision making
  • communications
Related jobs

A regional chair, referred to as the district chair in Muskoka District or the warden in Oxford County, is the head of council and chief executive officer of upper-tier municipalities (regional municipalities) in Ontario.[1][2]

Chairs elected by councillors in most regional municipalities. Since 1997 in Waterloo Region, 2000 in Halton Region and 2014 in Durham Region, the chair is directly elected along with the rest of the council.

The position is similar to the role of the mayor or reeve in lower- or single-tier municipalities. In the former Metropolitan Toronto, now the amalgamated City of Toronto, the regional chair was called Metro Chairman.

References

  1. ↑ "Ontario Municipal Act". Ontario.ca. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Region of Peel Chair - Region of Peel". www.peelregion.ca. Retrieved March 19, 2022.


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