Jim Bradley (politician)

James J. Bradley
Niagara Regional Chair
Assumed office
December 6, 2018
Preceded byAlan Caslin
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for St. Catharines
In office
June 9, 1977 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byRobert Mercer Johnston
Succeeded byJennie Stevens
Dean of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
October 2, 2003 – June 7, 2018
Serving with Norm Sterling (2003-2011)
Preceded bySean Conway
Succeeded byTed Arnott
Gilles Bisson
Jim Wilson
Personal details
Born (1945-02-19) February 19, 1945 (age 79)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
OccupationTeacher

James J. Bradley (born February 19, 1945) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a long-serving Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, sitting as an MPP from 1977 until 2018. He represented the riding of St. Catharines and served in the provincial cabinets of David Peterson, Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. He was elected as a regional councillor in the St. Catharines municipal election of 2018. He is currently the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

His 41-year term as an MPP is the second longest tenure in Ontario history, behind only Harry Nixon.