There will be a by-election on March 5, 2023 for the position of Councillor #3.
The last day to submit a nomination for Councillor #3 is Friday, February 3, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
Result of the by-election of 2022, December 4th
Directeur Général des Élections du Québec (DGEQ) website
2022, December 4th elections results
Carrol HALLER : 117 votes ELECTED
Marc SAMSON : 73 votes
Participation rate : 32.4 %
IMPORTANT NOTE
On November 7th , City Council noted the vacancy in position #3. Since this vacancy occurred after the end of the nomination period for position #2, we will not be able to hold the 2 elections at the same time. We will have to hold another by-election in 2023 for legal reasons.
According to section 276 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (AERM)
The electoral officer shall recommence the proceedings for the election of a member of council, subject to section 277, where
(1) no person has become a candidate for that office before the end of the period for filing nomination papers or all persons who have done so have withdrawn their candidacy or died before the end of that period;
(2) all the candidates for that office withdrew their candidacy after the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1) but before the end of the polling period
(3) a candidate for that office died after the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1) but before the end of the polling period, in the case of a councillor’s office
(4) in the case of the office of mayor, a candidate has died or withdrawn his or her candidacy for a medical reason that, according to at least two physicians, makes it impossible for him or her to continue to be a candidate, after the thirty-fourth day preceding the day fixed for the poll but before the end of the polling period
(5) all the ballots cast in favour of the candidates for that office were rejected at the time of the counting or, as the case may be, the recount.
1987, c. 57, s. 276; 2009, c. 11, s. 28.
Section 277. The returning officer shall, within 30 days following the day on which he ascertains the situation justifying the recount, fix the polling day among the Sundays included in the four months following the ascertainment. If so, he or she shall notify the council as soon as possible of the day fixed for the poll.
The persons entitled to be included on the voters list or to be candidates shall be the same as at the original election.
The current voters list shall be used without the need for a new one. It shall be filed as soon as possible after the publication of the notice of election. It need not be revised if the revision of the list of electors was completed for the purposes of the original election.
The public notice required by section 56 need not be given if it was given for the purposes of the original election.
As such, neither City Council nor the municipal government
can interfere with the election process.
Bruno Bélisle, Returning Officer
