Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk

The Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk was a Regional Municipality that was proclaimed on January 1, 1974 in the province of Ontario, Canada, on the advice of a report by Milt Farrow, a "special advisor" appointed by the Government of Ontario. In 2001, the Region was dissolved and split into two single-tier municipalities, the Town of Haldimand and the Town of Norfolk. Immediately after their formation, they changed their names to Haldimand County and Norfolk County.

Overview
Under this arrangement, the Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk was established as an upper-tier municipality and comprised the former Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, which they superseded. Its lower-tier municipalities were: the city of Nanticoke, the town of Haldimand, the town of Dunnville, the town of Simcoe, and the townships of Delhi and Norfolk.

The Region was responsible for providing police services, public transit, and social services, while the lower-tier municipalities were responsible for fire and recreation services; although both tiers shared the responsibility for maintaining roads and water. It was governed by a Regional Chair who presided over a Regional Council with representatives from each of the constituent municipalities.

History
The Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk was created by Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1973, which took effect on January 1, 1974. The creation of the Regional Municipality resulted in the consolidation of the former municipalities of Haldimand and Norfolk Counties into six new municipalities:

Dissolution
In the early 2000s, a new Progressive Conservative government was responsible for amalgamating and dissolving most Regional Municipalities from 2000 to 2001, with Ottawa-Carleton, Hamilton–Wentworth, Sudbury, and others being dissolved. Metropolitan Toronto was the first Regional Municipality to be amalgamated out of the bunch in 1998.