Gary Burroughs was elected Regional Chair on December 9, 2010.
Regional Chair Burroughs has been a resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake for almost 50 years.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a hotel owner-operator for 30 years, former Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake for a decade, and past Chair of the Niagara Parks Commission and Shaw Festival.
Burroughs was elected as Regional Councillor for Niagara-on-the-Lake in the municipal election of October 25, 2010.
Mr. Burroughs and wife Sarah have two daughters and three grandchildren.