Jim Bradley, one of Ontario’s longest-serving provincial legislators and the chair of Niagara Region, has died.

A statement from the region says Bradley died at age 80 on Friday following a brief illness.

Bradley served at Queen’s Park from 1977 until 2018, when he returned to local politics.

He had first been elected to St. Catharines city council in 1970, when he was 25, and was again elected to represent that city in Niagara Regional Council 48 years later.

Soon after, council elected him regional chair, and the provincial government reappointed him to the position in 2022.

During his time as a provincial legislator, he held numerous senior cabinet roles, including several stints as environment minister — first from 1985 to 1990 and most recently from 2011 to 2014.

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