The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is a non-profit organization representing municipal and regional governments in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created on June 22, 1972 through a merger of the Ontario Municipal Association and the Ontario Association of Mayors and Reeves. The AMO was restructured in 1982, and was formally incorporated in 1990.
Every municipality in Ontario is eligible to become a municipal member of the AMO. The 2005-06 president of the AMO board of directors is Roger Anderson from Durham Region. The immediate past President is Doug Reycraft, the Mayor of Southwest Middlesex. The current President is Peter Hume, Councillor City of Ottawa.
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