2022 Municipal & School Board Election

The next municipal election will be held Monday October 24, 2022.  The last municipal election was held on October 22, 2018.  Where the polling day falls on a holiday, polling day shall be the next succeeding day that is not a holiday.

Anyone can vote in a municipal and school board election who, on the day of the election, is: 

• 18 years of age or older 
• a Canadian citizen; and 
• either a resident of the municipality or a property owner or tenant or the spouse or same sex partner of an owner or tenant in the municipality during a specified time just before the election.  

Your name must be on the voters’ list in order for you to cast a ballot. To determine if you are on the voters list, please visit the Voter Lookup website.

Who can be a Candidate?

• Candidate must be a resident of the municipality or a non-resident owner or tenant of land in the municipality or the spouse of such non-resident owner or tenant;
• a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years old;
• not legally prohibited from voting;  and not disqualified by any legislation from holding municipal office.
• You will need 25 signatures on your nomination form and must pay a fee of $100 ($200 for mayor).

In municipal elections in Ontario, candidates are not elected to represent a political party.

Candidate's Financial Statements

An elector, entitled to vote in the election, who believes on reasonable grounds that a candidate or third party advertiser has contravened the provisions of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 relating to campaign finances may within 90 days of the deadline to file the financial statement apply for a compliance audit of the candidate or third party advertiser election campaign finances.

The Township of North Frontenac is required to make all Candidate's Financial Statements available at no charge for viewing by the public on a website or in another electronic format in accordance with section 88(9.1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.