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Durham Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. Created in 1974, it consists of 29 elected representatives, including the Regional Chair. Durham Region is governed by Durham Regional Council, which consists of the mayors of the local municipalities and regional councillors directly elected in each municipality. These members are elected via double direct election. Each municipality elects the following number of regional councillors:
The council is led by a Regional Chair, who is directly elected by the public. The current Regional Chair is John Henry. In 2006, Pickering, Ajax, and Oshawa placed non-binding referendums on their local election ballots to ask voters whether the chair should be directly elected. Over 80% voted in the affirmative.
The current council was elected in October 2022. Council used to sit for a three-year term, but the Ontario Legislature passed legislation increasing the length of municipal council terms in Ontario to four years.
Name | Representing as |
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John Henry | Regional Chair |
Shaun Collier | Mayor of Ajax |
Marilyn Crawford | Ajax Regional Councillor |
Joanne Dies | Ajax Regional Councillor |
Sterling Lee | Ajax Regional Councillor |
Walter Schummer | Mayor of Brock |
Michael Jubb | Brock Regional Councillor |
Adrian Foster | Mayor of Clarington |
Granville Anderson | Clarington Regional Councillor |
Willie Woo | Clarington Regional Councillor |
Dan Carter | Mayor of Oshawa |
Bob Chapman | Oshawa Regional Councillor |
Rick Kerr | Oshawa Regional Councillor |
Tito-Dante Marimpietri | Oshawa Regional Councillor |
John Neal | Oshawa Regional Councillor |
Brian Nicholson | Oshawa Regional Councillor |
Kevin Ashe | Mayor of Pickering |
Maurice Brenner | Pickering Regional Councillor |
Linda Cook | Pickering Regional Councillor |
David Pickles | Pickering Regional Councillor |
Wilma Wotten | Mayor of Scugog |
Ian McDougall | Scugog Regional Councillor |
Dave Barton | Mayor of Uxbridge |
Bruce Garrod | Uxbridge Regional Councillor |
Elizabeth Roy | Mayor of Whitby |
Chris Leahy | Whitby Regional Councillor |
Rhonda Mulcahy | Whitby Regional Councillor |
Maleeha Shahid | Whitby Regional Councillor |
Steve Yamada | Whitby Regional Councillor |
Services under the region's scope include:
Durham Regional Offices are located at 605 Rossland Road East in Whitby and is also headquarters for Durham Regional Police.
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