Monday, June 27, 2022

2022 Candidate's Guide to BC Local Government Elections released

Recently - the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs released its' Candidate Guide for the 2022 BC Local Government General Elections which you can read here.  Please note that this guide is only applicable for those interested in running for Mayor, Councillor or Electoral Area Director.  If you interested in running for School Trustee - please click here

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has also created a series of videos for candidates interested in running for Mayor, Councillor or Electoral Area Director.  You can view those videos here (Part 1), here (Part 2), here (Part 3) and here (Part 4)

For those interested running for School Trustee -- the BC School Trustee Association has created a video here

Elections BC, who is the agency responsible for local election campaign finance disclosure, for Mayor, Councillor, Electoral Area Director or School Trustee has published a webpage for potential candidates to review - click here.  

Please note -- BC Local Governments' or Boards' of Education handles the candidate nomination and voting side of local elections while Elections' BC (an non-partisan provincial agency) handles the local election campaign finance disclosure side

Local Governments' and Boards' of 'Education may start to make candidate nomination packages available as soon as the last week of July but likely in the first two weeks in August for pickup by potential candidates and you are encouraged to check out the website or contact the Local Government or Board of Education via the local Chief Election Officer you are interested in running in for further details

PLEASE NOTE -- BC Local Governments' or Boards' of Education Chief Election Officers' or their Deputies' can NOT legally accept fully filled out candidate nomination forms until the 2022 Nomination Period formally occurs which is between Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 at 9am to September 9th, 2022 at 4pm

Local Government or Board of Education 2022 Election Website links below:

1) District of Wells -- https://www.wells.ca/


3) City of Williams Lake -- https://www.williamslake.ca/562/Election-2018 (please note the information is from the 2018 City of Williams Lake Local General Election but many of the documents available are still relevant to the 2022 Election but the City will update the information as we get closer to late July/August)


5) Cariboo Regional District (12 Area Directors' Elections) -- https://www.cariboord.ca/en/regional-government/elections-and-assent-voting.aspx

6) School District #28 (Quesnel) [applicable to those in Cariboo RD Areas A,B,C,I, District of Wells and City of Quesnel] -- http://www.sd28.bc.ca/content/2022-trustee-elections

7) School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) [applicable to those in Cariboo RD Areas D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L; City of Williams Lake and District of 100 Mile House] -- https://www.sd27.bc.ca/page/57/board-of-education

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