 Jones later returned to municipal politics, and was elected as a regional councillor in Markham in 2003.He was re-elected in the November 2006 election, receiving the most votes of all regional councillor candidates, thereby becoming Markham's deputy mayor.On November 7, 2016, Jim Jones is considering to amalgamate Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and part of King and Stouffville into one city.