City Releases Guide For Candidates Running In Upcoming Municipal Election
/A Municipal Candidate Guide for candidates in the upcoming municipal election on October 24, is now available on the City website at peterborough.ca/election.
Photo by Luke Best.
The Municipal Candidate Guide includes:
nomination procedures
election sign guidelines
campaign expense limits
ward boundary maps
mandatory submission forms
other information for candidates
In addition to the City’s Municipal Candidate Guide, the Province provides a 2022 Candidates’ Guide for municipal council and school board elections. The Province’s guide includes general information on nominations, campaigning, third-party advertising, and campaign finance.
The Nomination Period for candidates to file to run in the upcoming municipal election is open from May 2 to August 19. Candidates must obtain 25 endorsement signatures on the Provincially prescribed form from eligible electors in the City of Peterborough, which are filed with their nomination form. Electors may endorse more than one candidate. The requirement for signatures does not apply for candidates running to be school board trustees.
In the City of Peterborough, positions for election are Mayor and two ward Councillors for each of the five wards (Otonabee, Monaghan, Town, Ashburnham, and Northcrest) for City Council as well as trustee positions for the local school boards:
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir
Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
