York Regional Council is the political body for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Created in 1970 it consists of 20 representatives: the mayors of each of its nine municipalities (Aurora

Aurora, Ontario

Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, approximately 20 km north of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.Many Aurora residents commute to Toronto and surrounding communities.In the...

, East Gwillimbury

East Gwillimbury, Ontario

East Gwillimbury is a town on the East Holland River in the Regional Municipality of York. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area of south-central Ontario, in Canada. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Township of East Gwillimbury with all the previously incorporated villages and hamlets...

, Georgina

Georgina, Ontario

Georgina is a town in south-central Ontario, and the northernmost municipality in the Regional Municipality of York. It forms part of the northern boundary of the Greater Toronto Area and is situated on the southern shores of Lake Simcoe...

, King

King, Ontario

King is a township in York Region north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.The rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible geographical feature of King. The Holland Marsh, considered to be Ontario's "vegetable basket", straddles King Township...

, Newmarket

Newmarket, Ontario

Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...

, Markham

Markham, Ontario

Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

, Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, being located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe...

, Stouffville, and Vaughan

Vaughan, Ontario

Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...

), and an additional eleven councillors from the more populous municipalities—four from Markham, three from Vaughan, two from Richmond Hill and one each from Georgina and Newmarket.

The council meets at the York Region Administrative Centre offices in Newmarket. The chair of the council is elected by the members of the regional council at its first meeting after municipal elections. The first session sat at the auditorium of Bayview Secondary School

Bayview Secondary School

Bayview Secondary School is a 9–12, 2-semester high school under the York Region District School Board. It is located just north of the northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive in the Town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada....

 and move to another home before settling to the current location in 1993.

Members

Aurora

• Mayor Geoff Dawe

East Gwillimbury

• Mayor Virginia Hackson

Georgina

• Mayor Robert Grossi
• Danny Wheeler

King

• Mayor Steven Pellingrini

Markham

• Mayor Frank Scarpitti
  Frank Scarpitti
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   (2006-present)
• Jim Jones
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• Jack Heath
• Joseph Virgilio - appointed to replace the late Tony Wong (died 2009)
• Gordon Landon

Newmarket

• Mayor A.J. (Tony) Van Bynen
• John Taylor

Richmond Hill

• Mayor David Barrow
• Brenda Hogg
• Vito Spatafora (2006-present)

Vaughan

• Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua
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   (2010-present)
• Joyce Frustaglio (2006-present)
• Mario Ferri (2006-present)
• Gino Rosati

Whitchurch-Stouffville

• Mayor Wayne Emmerson

Committees

There is no executive committee, rather ideas are brought forth in regional committees and voted upon by the council.

• Accessibility Advisory Committee
• Audit Committee
• Community Services and Housing Committee
• Dewatering Complaint Review Committee
• eGovernment Sub-Committee
• Finance and Administration Committee
• Health and Emergency Medical Services Committee
• Planning and Economic Development Committee
• Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee
• Solid Waste Management Committee
• Transit Committee
• Transportation and Works Committee
• Youth Advisory Committee
• Internal Boards, Subcommittees and Task Forces
• Agricultural Advisory Liaison Group
• Chair and Mayors Task Force
• Character Communities
• Corporate Clean Air Task Force
• Housing York Inc.
• Human Services Planning Coalition
• Rapid Transit Board
• Road Watch Committee

Services

Services under the region's scope include:

• Children Services
• Community Planning
• Construction
• Corporate Services
• Economic Strategy and Tourism
• Emergency Medical Services - York Region EMS
  York Region EMS
  York Region Emergency Medical Services provides ambulance services and paramedic care for the municipalities within York Region. Before 2000, ambulance services were provided by 2 private operators , York County Hospital, Nobleton Volunteer Ambulance and Ontario's Ministry of Health...
  
   - downloaded from the Province of Ontario
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• Environmental
• Financial Department
• Forestry
• Housing
• Infrastructure Planning Branch
• Legal Services
• Long Term Care and Seniors
• Public Health and Safety
• Real Estate
• Planning Services
• Regional Property Taxes
• York Region Tourism
• Transportation Services - regional roads only
• Sewers
• Employment and Financial Support
• Transit - York Region Transit
  York Region Transit
  York Region Transit is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road....
  
   and VIVA
• Water - water source via Toronto Water
• Waste management (garbage, recycling, hazardous waste; excludes curbside collection)
• Policing - York Regional Police
  York Regional Police
  York Regional Police is a law enforcement organization that serves over 1.1 million residents in the York Region, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto...
  
  

Regional Chairs

Chairs of the Region replaced the former Warden of York County (1850-1970) and is selected by members of Council and not via elections:

Chair	Term	Notes
Garfield Wright	1971-1978	Appointed Chair of York Region by Governor-in-Council; Town Councillor (1958-1961), Deputy Reeve (1961-1962) and Reeve (1964-1969) of East Gwillimbury ; Warden of York County 1968-1970
Bob Forhan Robert Forhan Robert "Bob" Forhan is a Canadian ice hockey right winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.Forhan won the silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey...	1978-1984	former hockey player and high school teacher; Town Councillor and Mayor (1971-1978) of Newmarket, York Region Chief Administrative Officer 1978-1996,
Tony Roman Tony Roman Anthony Roman was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Roman served as the Mayor of the Town of Markham, Ontario from 1970 to 1984, Chair of the Regional Municipality of York in 1984, and independent Member of Parliament for the riding of York North from 1984 to 1988.Roman won the 1984 election in...	1984	Regional Councillor and Mayor (1970-1984 and 1988-1992) of Markham, Federal Member of Parliament for York North 1984-1988
Eldred R. King	1984 - 1997	Chairman of GO Transit, member of the Markham Township School Board and councillor on Markham Township Council, member of Whitchurch-Stouffville Township Council and Mayor of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Bill Fisch	1997-present	Chair and CEO of Regional Municipality of York, and ex-officio member of all Regional Committees (1997 to present) Member, York Regional Police Services Board (1995 to present) Member, Provincial Smart Growth Panel, central Ontario (2002 to present) Chair, Provincial Smart Growth Panel Sub Committee, Solid Waste Management (2002 to present) Chair, Rapid Transit Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee (2002 to present) Member, GO Transit Board (1997 to present) York Regional Councillor, Markham (1994-1997) Markham Councillor, Ward 7 (1988-1994) Lawyer practicing in Thornhill, Ontario (1976 to 1997)