Emil Kolb

Emil Kolb

Emil Vincent Kolb (born 1936, Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan) is the non-elected chair of Peel Regional council in Ontario, Canada. He began serving his fifth term in that role in 2003. Prior to his appointment as regional chair in 1991, Kolb was a two-term mayor of Caledon (1985 to 1991) and has been a regional councillor since Peel Region was established in 1973. Before that, he served on the council of Albion Township. Kolb was raised in the Bolton area and his family have operated farms in Caledon since 1939.

• He was a member and Chair of the Albion Township Planning Board prior to becoming, in the early 1970s, an Albion Township Councillor.
• A Regional Councillor since the establishment of Peel Regional government in 1973
• From 1985 to 1991, served as Mayor of Caledon for two terms
• First elected as Chair of Peel Regional Council, on Dec. 12, 1991
• Chair of the Peel Police Services Board, a position held since January 1996
• Fifth and current term as Regional Chair began in December 2003

• Is the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation of the Regional Municipality of Peel (A CEO Managing ~$3 Billion in public money annually and for more than 15 years since first appointed)
• As Regional Chair, is ex-officio member of all committees of Council
• Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
• Active fundraiser raising over $200,000 for a variety of charities such as the United Way of Peel Region

Still operating a family farm with son Paul, daughter-in-law Marion and their family. “I still do my chores every day,” says Mr. Kolb. “Each morning before I come to work, I feed the cattle.” Mr. Kolb and wife Beryle have four children and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.