Title
2025 Municipal General Election - Campaign Disclosure Non-Compliance Report
Proposed Motion
That Council accept the 2025 Municipal General Election - Campaign Disclosure Non-Compliance Report for information, as presented.
Body
Administration Recommendation
That Council accept the 2025 Municipal General Election - Campaign Disclosure Non-Compliance Report for information as required by the Local Authorities Election Act.
Purpose
The Local Authorities Election Act ("LAEA") sets out the requirements for election finances and contribution disclosures for candidates in general Elections. Section 147.8(1) of the LAEA states that if a candidate for a municipal election fails to file a Campaign Disclosure Form then administration shall present a report to Council.
Summary
In accordance the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA), a public report must be made to Council regarding candidate campaign disclosure statement non-compliance.
Candidates for the 2025 Election were required to file their campaign disclosure statements on or before March 1, 2026.
The following candidate did not file:
Beverly Muirhead
Background
Requirements
The LAEA sets out the duties for candidates and requirements for campaign disclosure statements. The requirement to file campaign disclosure statements apply to individuals who have given written notice under section 147.22 but does not file a nomination or whose nomination is not accepted under section 28, withdraws as a candidate, is disqualified or becomes ineligible to continue as a candidate, or is not elected.
Pursuant to Section 147.4(1), on or before March 1 of each year, a candidate must file a disclosure statement in respect of the previous year. The disclosure statement must:
(a) be in the prescribed form,
(b) be filed with the secretary of the candidate's local jurisdiction,
(c) include the following information for the applicable period:
(i) the total amount of all contributions received that did n...
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