A regional chair, referred to as the district chair in Muskoka District or the warden in Oxford County, is the head of council and

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of upper-tier municipalities (regional municipalities) in Ontario. Chairs elected by

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s in most regional municipalities. Since 1997 in

Waterloo Region The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumf ...

, 2000 in

Halton Region The Regional Municipality of Halton, or Halton Region, is a regional municipality in Ontario, Canada, located in the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It comprises the city of Burlington and the towns of Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hil ...

and 2014 in

Durham Region The Regional Municipality of Durham (), informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located east of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Durham forms the east-end of the Greater T ...

, the chair is directly elected along with the rest of the council. The position is similar to the role of the

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or reeve in lower- or single-tier municipalities. In the former

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, now the amalgamated

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, the regional chair was called

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