Nomination period for the 2022 Municipal Election is now open
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The deadline to file for Vaughan Council or a school board
is Friday, Aug. 19 at 2 p.m.
The nomination period for the 2022 Municipal Election is now open.
Starting today, nominations for office on Vaughan Council or a school board may be
filed with the Office of the City Clerk by appointment only, in-person at Vaughan City
Hall, 2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.
Appointments are one-hour long during regular
business hours – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, until Thursday, Aug.
18. Appointments are not required for nominations on Nomination Day on Friday,
Aug. 19 when applicants will be accepted on a drop-in basis between 9 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
Filing a nomination
To file a nomination, candidates must
ensure all necessary forms are filled out and brought to the filing
appointment. Forms can be found online at vaughan.ca/elections. Candidates
must bring proper identification, including photo ID and proof of Vaughan
address, to the filing appointment. The cost to file a nomination is $100 for
Councillor or School Board Trustee and $200 for Mayor.
All City
facilities are cashless. However, payments in cash (exact amounts
encouraged) will be accepted at Vaughan City Hall as part of the candidate
nomination process.
Original signatures are required for all
forms filed with Election Services. Agents who file on behalf of a candidate
must provide all of the above and their own identification.
Candidate eligibility
To run
for Mayor, Local and Regional Councillor or Ward Councillor for the City of
Vaughan, on the day the nomination is filed, an eligible candidate must be:
- a Canadian citizen.
- at least 18 years of age or older.
- a resident of the city of Vaughan, or an owner or tenant of property in the city of Vaughan, or the spouse of an owner or tenant of property in the city of Vaughan.
- not otherwise disqualified from holding municipal office under any law.
The following people are disqualified from being elected for office on Vaughan Council:
- Any person who is not eligible to vote in the city of Vaughan
- An employee of the city of Vaughan who has not taken an unpaid leave of absence or resigned
- A judge of any court
- A Member of Parliament, a Member of Provincial Parliament or a Senator
- An inmate serving a sentence in a penal or correctional institution
- A candidate who failed to file the necessary financial statement or exceeded the prescribed spending limit(s) in the last Municipal Election
To run
for School Board Trustee with the York Region District School Board (YRDSB),
York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB), Conseil scolaire Viamonde or
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir, a person must be:
- a Canadian citizen.
- at least 18 years of age or older.
- a resident in the area of jurisdiction of the board.
- eligible to vote for the school board.
- not otherwise disqualified from holding office on a school board under any law.
The
following people are disqualified from being elected as a School Board Trustee:
- Any person who is not eligible to vote in the school board election
- An employee of a school board or a municipal official who has not taken an unpaid leave of absence or resigned
- A judge of any court
- A Member of Parliament, a Member of Provincial Parliament or a Senator
- An inmate serving a sentence in a penal or correctional institution
- A candidate who failed to file the necessary financial statement or exceeded the prescribed spending limit(s) in the last school board election
All York Region candidates running for a School Board
Trustee position for the French public and French separate school boards must
be processed through the City of Vaughan.
To schedule a nomination appointment with the
Office of the City Clerk, please contact Election Services by email at elections@vaughan.ca or call 905-832-8504, ext. 8309.
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