Overview

• Niagara Region said Bradley died Friday at age 80, confirming his passing in a public statement.
• Bradley served at Queen’s Park from 1977 to 2018, giving him a 41-year tenure that ranks second in Ontario history behind Harry Nixon.
• He held senior cabinet posts over multiple governments, including terms as Ontario’s environment minister from 1985 to 1990 and from 2011 to 2014.
• He began public service on St. Catharines city council in 1970 at age 25, returned to local office in 2018, was elected Niagara regional chair, and was reappointed to that role in 2022.
• In a message shared by the region that he wrote before his death, he thanked constituents and called democracy “a true treasure.”