EMIL V. KOLB
CHAIR

Emil Vincent Kolb was first elected as Chair of Peel Regional Council, on December 12, 1991. His sixth and current term as Regional Chair began in December 2006. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation of the Regional Municipality of Peel. As Regional Chair, he is an ex-officio member of all committees of Council.

Mr. Kolb has served as a member of the Peel Regional Police Services Board since 1990 and is the longest serving Board Chair in Canada having held the elected position since January 1996. Mr. Kolb also serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Police Services Boards.

In the early 1970s, Mr. Kolb served as an Albion Township Councillor and before that he was a member and Chair of the Albion Township Planning Board. Later, from 1985 to 1991, Mr. Kolb served as Mayor of Caledon for two terms. Mr. Kolb has been a Regional Councillor since the establishment of Peel Regional Government in 1973.

Mr. Kolb was awarded the prestigious Commemorative Golden Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in honour of his contributions to society and the community. A further tribute was paid to Mr. Kolb for his contributions to the police service, when in 2004, the new Peel Regional Police facility on Derry Road in Mississauga was named in his honour, “The Emil V. Kolb Centre for Police Excellence”. His most recent honour was being named the 2008 Ontario Public Works Association “Leader of the Year” for his contributions and support of the Public Works industry in Ontario.

In his spare time, Mr. Kolb is an active fundraiser for a variety of Peel children’s charities including Peel Children’s Centre, Peel Children’s Aid, the United Way and the Children’s Safety Village. Mr. Kolb continues to host his annual fall “Hootenanny” and has raised more than one million dollars for local children’s charities.

Emil Kolb was born in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan and raised in the Bolton area. The Kolb family has farmed in the former Township of Albion, since 1939. Mr. Kolb owns and operates a family farm with his son.