North Hatley Communications

By-Election: North Hatley

A by-election will be held on October 21, 2018, to fill Seat #5, left vacant by the resignation of councillor Claude Villeneuve. You are very strongly encouraged to participate in the voting.

Who can vote?

You must be a Canadian citizen, and be 18 years old on polling day;

You must either 

a) be domiciled in North Hatley and have been domiciled in the province of Québec for at least six months; 

or 

b) have owned property in North Hatley for at least twelve months prior to the date of publication of the notice of election (the notice will be published during the first week of September 2018 – please check with the municipality for the exact date), or be the occupant of a business within North Hatley for at least twelve months prior to the date of the publication of the notice of election.

Note: If your domicile is not in North Hatley, but you meet Condition ‘b’ above, you must, in writing, contact the municipality to ask to be added to the list of electors. This can be done up until the revision of the list of electors (around October 9, 2018 – please check with the municipality for the exact date). You can ask to vote by mail. The delay between obtaining the ballot for voting by mail and the day by which the ballot must reach the municipality is often very short.

If you co-own the property or co-occupy the business in North Hatley, only one person, designated by a power of attorney sent to the municipality, can be entered on the list of electors.

Who can run?

You must meet the conditions for being added to the list of electors (see above) and have resided in North Hatley for at least twelve months prior to the date of publication of the notice of election.

You can file your nomination papers, along with the appropriate documents, at the office of the returning officer between the 44th day (September 08) and the 30th day (September 22, at 16h30) prior to day set for the by-election. Rather than rely on the dates given here, which are approximate, please check with the municipality for the hours and the days during which the municipal office is actually open and during which nomination papers may be filed.