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Effective with 1972 elections, all elections to be held every other year (s. 10) Election Day fixed on the first Monday of December (s. 11) Extension of franchise to all Canadian citizens and British subjects resident or holding property in the municipality (ss. 12-13) Property qualification required for being able to vote on money by-laws (s ...
The 2022 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 24, 2022. [1] Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. In total, 32 of Ontario's 444 municipalities will not hold elections, as their entire councils were elected by ...
Municipal elections usually elect a mayor and city council and often also a school board. Some locations may also elect other bodies, such as Vancouver, which elects its own parks board. Some municipalities will also hold referenda or ballot initiatives at the same time, usually relating to spending projects or tax changes.
The 2022 Hamilton municipal election was a municipal election that occurred on 24 October 2022, as per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996. [2] [3] Residents of Hamilton selected one mayor, members of the Hamilton City Council, as well as members of both the English and French Public and Catholic School Boards using a first-past-the-post electoral system in single-member constituencies ...
Incumbent city councillor Michael Ford was elected in 2018 with 42.26% of the vote. He was the candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 2022 Ontario general election in the York South—Weston riding and was elected to the Ontario legislature on June 2, 2022.
The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario. As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections could be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.
Prior to the election, the province of Ontario passed the Strong Mayors Act, which granted the office of mayor additional powers including the development of the budget, creating council committees, appointing the chairs and vice chairs of those committees, the power to reorganize departments, appointing department heads, and appointing the city manager.
Previous mayor Ric Bresee was elected to the Ontario Legislature in the 2022 Ontario general election for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington. [6] Deputy mayor Jim Hegadorn was appointed mayor August 8, and is running for election for a full term.