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The '''Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk''' was a [[regional municipality]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Ontario]], which existed from [[1974]] to [[2000]].

It was formed by merging the [[Historic counties of Ontario|historic counties]] of [[Haldimand County, Ontario|Haldimand]] and [[Norfolk County, Ontario|Norfolk]]. The merger came following the report of [[Milt Farrow]], a "special advisor" appointed by the provincial government.

On [[January 1]], [[2001]], the regional municipality was dissolved and thetwo oldsingle-tier municipalities, the countiesTown of Haldimand and the Town of Norfolk were reformedformed. However, theThe twomunicipalities countieslater arechanged nowtheir single-tiernames to Haldimand County and Norfolk County. Both municipalities are, confusingly, not true counties"county" government and are legally classified as cities.

Prior to the [[2001]] restructuring, the Regional Municipality of Haldimand Norfolk consisted of the upper-tier regional government and the lower-tier towns of Dunnville, Haldimand and Simcoe, and the townships of Delhi, Norfolk and Nanticoke.

The last regional chairperson in Haldimand-Norfolk was John Harrison.

[[Category:Historic counties of Ontario]]