District Municipality of Muskoka Governance System

For those of you who want to see the Governance system that has been brought forward by Vernon's Mayor Lippert to the Super Regional Governance Committee on Wednesday you can go to http://www.muskoka.on.ca/home.htm and Click here to access the 2007-2010 Municipal Directory in PDF format. It includes information about Muskoka District Council, lower tier municipalities, contact information and a calendar that outlines Council and Committee meeting dates and times.

The District Municipality of Muskoka was established by Provincial legislation and commenced operations on January 1, 1971. In design and function, the District closely parallels other Regional Municipalities in Ontario with the District Corporation forming the upper tier of a two-tier system of local government. The following six Area Municipalities comprise the lower tier in Muskoka:

Town of Bracebridge	Township of Georgian Bay
Town of Gravenhurst	Township of Lake of Bays
Town of Huntsville	Township of Muskoka Lakes

Our Mayor ran in the Bracebridge Elections of 1982 and 1988. Results can be found here: