Editing Essex County, Ontario (section)

====Essex County restructuring, 1990s====
[[File:Essex_County,_Ontario_Flag_(pre-2014).svg|thumb|right|Flag of Essex County, in use until 2014.]]
In 1992, discussions began to take place to reduce the number of individual municipalities, which at the time numbered 21 in the county.  This culminated on January 1, 1999, when a Minister's Order by the [[Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing]] was implemented, putting in place the new municipal structure for the County of Essex.

{| class="wikitable" align="right"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
|'''Township'''
|'''Township seat'''
|-
|[[Anderdon Township, Ontario|Anderdon Township]]
|[[Amherstburg, Ontario|Amherstburg]]
|-
|[[Colchester North Township, Ontario|Colchester North]]
|[[Essex, Ontario|Essex]]
|-
|[[Colchester South Township, Ontario|Colchester South]]
|[[Harrow, Ontario|Harrow]]
|-
|[[Gosfield North Township, Ontario|Gosfield North]]
|[[Cottam, Ontario|Cottam]]
|-
|[[Gosfield South Township, Ontario|Gosfield South]]
|[[Kingsville, Ontario|Kingsville]]
|-
|[[Maidstone Township, Ontario|Maidstone]]
|[[Belle River, Ontario|Belle River]]
|-
|[[Malden Township, Ontario|Malden]]
|[[Malden Centre, Ontario|Malden Centre]]
|-
|[[Mersea Township, Ontario|Mersea]]
|[[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]]
|-
|[[Rochester Township, Ontario|Rochester]]
|[[St. Joachim, Ontario|St. Joachim]]
|-
|[[Sandwich East Township, Ontario|Sandwich East]]
|[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]]
|-
|[[Sandwich South Township, Ontario|Sandwich South]]
|[[Tecumseh, Ontario|Tecumseh]]
|-
|[[Sandwich West Township, Ontario|Sandwich West]]
|[[LaSalle, Ontario|LaSalle]]
|-
|[[Tilbury North Township, Ontario|Tilbury North]]
|[[Stoney Point, Ontario|Stoney Point]]
|-
|[[Tilbury West Township, Ontario|Tilbury West]]
|[[Comber, Ontario|Comber]]
|-
|}

Townships:
*[[Anderdon Township, Ontario|Anderdon]] - Now part of Amherstburg
*[[Colchester North Township, Ontario|Colchester North]] - Now part of Essex
*[[Colchester South Township, Ontario|Colchester South]] - Now part of Essex
*[[Gosfield North Township, Ontario|Gosfield North]] - Now part of Kingsville
*[[Gosfield South Township, Ontario|Gosfield South]] - Now part of Kingsville
*[[Maidstone Township, Ontario|Maidstone]] - Now part of Lakeshore
*[[Malden Township, Ontario|Malden]] - Now part of Amherstburg
*[[Mersea Township, Ontario|Mersea]] - Now part of Leamington
*[[Rochester Township, Ontario|Rochester]] - Now part of Lakeshore
*[[Sandwich East Township, Ontario|Sandwich East]] - Parts in Windsor and in Tecumseh
*[[Sandwich South Township, Ontario|Sandwich South]] - Now in Tecumseh
*[[Sandwich West Township, Ontario|Sandwich West]] - Parts in LaSalle and in Windsor
*[[Tilbury North Township, Ontario|Tilbury North]] - Now in Lakeshore
*[[Tilbury West Township, Ontario|Tilbury West]] - Now in Lakeshore

Towns:
*[[Amherstburg, Ontario]] (former town of, now merged with Anderdon Twp. and Malden Twp.)
*[[Belle River, Ontario]]
*[[Essex, Ontario]] (former town of, merged with Colchester N. Twp. and Colchester S. Twp.)
*[[Harrow, Ontario]]
*[[Kingsville, Ontario]] (former town of, merged with Gosfield N. Twp. and Gosfield S. Twp.)
*[[Lasalle, Ontario]] (former part of Sandwich Town)
*[[Leamington, Ontario]] (former town of, merged with Mersea Twp.)
*[[St. Clair Beach, Ontario]]
*[[Tecumseh, Ontario]] (former town of, merged with Sandwich S. Twp)