A candidate for municipal office must, upon nomination, be a qualified municipal elector and fulfill all of the following requirements:

• a resident of the municipality, a non-resident owner or tenant of land on the municipality, or the spouse of such a non-resident owner or tenant;
• a Canadian citizen;
• at least 18 years old;
• not legally prohibited from voting; and
• not disqualified by any legislation from holding municipal office.

NOTE:   A candidate, if nominated, must remain qualified throughout the election, and if elected, through the term of office.

Persons Not Eligible to Run for Municipal Office*

The following persons are disqualified* from being elected to municipal office:

• any person not eligible to vote in the municipality;
• an employee of a municipality unless he or she
  • takes an unpaid leave of absence before being nominated, and
  • resigns, if elected to office;
• a judge of any court;
• a member of the Legislative Assemble of Ontario, a Senator or a member of the House of Commons; or
• an inmate of a penal or correctional institution under sentence of imprisonment.

A candidate for a school board must, upon nomination, be a qualified municipal elector and fulfill all of the following requirements:

• a resident within the jurisdiction of the board;
• a supporter of the board;
• a Canadian citizen;
• at least 18 years old;
• Roman Catholic (if running for a seperate school board);
• not legally prohibited from voting; and
• not disqualified by any legislation from holding school board office.

NOTE:  A candidate, if nominated, must remain qualified throughout the election and, if elected, throughout the term of office.  School board candidates should confirm that they have the qualifications described in section 219 of the Education Act.

School Board Employees

An employee of a school board who wishes to run for office on any school board must take an unpaid leave of absence prior to being nominated.  If elected, the employee must resign.  A person may not be employeed by one school board and hold office on a different school board.

Persons Not Eligible to Run for School Board Office*

A candidate for school board office cannot be a clerk, deputy clerk, treasurer or deputy treasurer of a municipality within the jurisdiction of a board.

The following persons are disqualified* from being elected to school board office:

• any person not eligible to vote in the municipality;
• an employee of a school board unless he or she
  • takes an unpaid leave of absence before being nominated, and
  • resigns, if elected to the office;
• a judge of any court;
• a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, a Senator or a member of the House of Commons; or
• an inmate of a penal or correctional institution under sentence of imprisonment. 

*NOTE:  Despite the above disqualification, MPs, MPPs, and Senators may be nominated for municipal or school board office without having to resign their current seat in Parliament, the Legislature, or the Senate.  However, by 2p.m. on Friday, September 10 (nomination day), MPs, MPPs, and Senators are required to resign their current seat should they wish to continue to seek municipal office or school board office.  Federal or Provincial Cabinet Ministers must step down from Cabinet prior to filing their nomination, and resign their seat by nomination day.  If an MP, MPP or Senator does not resign prior to the close of nominations, their nomination will be rejected.

Nomination papers may be filed in the office of the Clerk from the first day of January 2010 that municipal offices are open (January 4, 2010) until 2 p.m. on nomination day, Friday, September 10, 2010.

The nomination must be in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee. The City Clerk must certify or reject the nomination paper by 4 p.m. on Monday, September 13, 2010.