Niagara, Ontario’s Regional Council Honours Peter Kormos

By Doug Draper

“Peter left an indelible mark on this region, his community and the province,” said Niagara, Ontario’s regional government chairman Gary Burroughs.

A simple orange rose – the colour of the NDP – and cowboy boots, Peter Kormos’s trademark shoe ware, graces his seat in Niagara, Ontario’s regional council chambers for the last time before verbal tributes, and a moment of silence for him. Photo by Doug Draper

Burroughs went on, in a tribute this April 18, to honour Peter Kormos, a former Ontario MPP for the Welland Riding, and a regional councillor when he died suddenly this past Easter/April weekend at age 60, as a “consummate advocate for the underdog” and an elected person who “will forever be remember as a humble servant for the people of Welland.”

Welland’s mayor, Barry Sharpe, when on to point out that Peter Kormos reminded him that the people of Niagara were “strong, resilent and generous,” and the same was true of him, said Sharpe.

Members of Niagara’s regional council stood for a moment of silence for Kormos as his seat, still with his name on it sat empty, and after Burroughs told councillors that in one of his last conversations with Kormos, he said he intended to run for that regional seat again.

 Burroughs said the regional government will dedicate a more permanent memorial to Peter Kormos at Niagara’s regional headquarters sometime in the near future.

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