Reminder: the deadline to apply to run in the Municipal Election is one week away
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Submit your nomination for Vaughan Council or a School Board
by Friday, Aug. 19
Are
you interested in running as a candidate in the 2022 Municipal Election? There
is one more week to file your nomination.
Nomination appointments are available until
Thursday, Aug. 18. Appointments are one hour and held during regular business hours
– from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – at Vaughan City Hall. On Nomination Day,
Friday, Aug. 19, appointments are not required – applicants will be accepted on
a drop-in basis between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
To schedule a nomination filing appointment with
the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, located at 2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.,
contact Election Services at elections@vaughan.ca or 905-832-8504, ext. 8309.
Filing a nomination
Candidates must ensure
all necessary forms are filled out and brought to the filing appointment. Forms
are available at vaughan.ca/elections. In addition,
candidates must bring proper identification to the filing appointment,
including photo ID and proof of Vaughan address. The nomination fee for
Councillor or School Board Trustee is $100, and $200 for Mayor. All City of
Vaughan facilities are cashless, however, payments in cash (exact amounts
encouraged) will be accepted at Vaughan City Hall as part of the 2022 Municipal
Election 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 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.
- either 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
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