Outgoing Welland Mayor Frank Campion has been appointed Regional Chair of Niagara.
The announcement came from the Provincial government today, as Niagara has had a number of regional councillors rotating in the chair's position since March.
Campion, who did not run for re-election as Mayor last month, served as Mayor of the city for 12 years.
Starting next week, Niagara's 12 mayors and Chair Campion will make up the new regional council under the new Better Regional Governance Act.
Earlier this year, when previous Chair Bob Gale asked Niagara's Mayors to consider both four-city and one-city models for Niagara amalgamation, Campion said a four-city structure would better align municipalities by population and shared interests.
At the time, Campion requested that Gale advance the four-city model in his recommendations to Minister of Municipal Affairs Rob Flack. Gale later resigned.
(Written by: Matt Latour)