Who can be a Candidate?
To run for municipal office you must be nominated and qualify.
To be a qualified candidate you must be:
- a Canadian Citizen; and
- at least 18 years old; and
- reside in the Township of Lanark Highlands or be the owner or tenant of land in Lanark Highlands or the spouse of an owner or tenant of land in Lanark Highlands.
Who cannot be a Candidate?
The following are not eligible to be candidates in the municipal election:
- A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institute.
- A corporation.
- A person acting as an executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity.
- A person who ceases to be a Canadian citizen.
- A person who is not a resident, the owner or tenant of land or the spouse of an owner or tenant of land in the municipality.
- An employee of the municipality or local board unless he or she takes an unpaid leave of absence beginning the day the employee is nominated and resigns if elected to the office.
- A person who is not an employee of the municipality but who is the Clerk, Treasurer, Integrity Commissioner, Auditor General, Ombudsman or registrar referred to in section 223.11 of the Municipal Act, 2001 or an investigator referred to in subsection 239.2 91 of the municipality or a person who is not an employee of the municipality but who holds an administrative position of the municipality.
- A judge of any court; a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario or the Senate or House of Commons of Canada.
- A public servant within the meaning of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006.
- A federal employee within the meaning of the Public Service Employment Act.
- A person who is prohibited from voting in a municipal election according to the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 or the Municipal Act, 2001.
- A person who has violated financial requirements for filing financial information in the previous election.
- A person who has been convicted of a corrupt practice under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 or of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) in connection with an act or omission that relates to an election to which the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 applies.
*Despite the above disqualification, MPs, MPPs and Senators may be nominated for municipal office without having to resign their current seat in parliament. However, by 2:00 p.m. on August 19, 2022 (Nomination Day), MPs, MPPs and Senators will be required to resign from their current seats should they wish to continue to seek municipal office. If you are a federal or provincial cabinet minister, you must step down from cabinet prior to filing your nomination and must resign your seat by the close of nominations.
