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Municipal Election

The Clerk is appointed the Municipal Returning Officer under the Municipal Elections Act and is responsible for the administration and management of the Municipal Elections every four (4) years.  Accordingly, the Clerk's Department is involved in accepting nominations of candidates running for office, preparing voters' lists, preparing ballots, selecting staff and certification and distribution of Election results.

 

The next regular Municipal Election will be held on Monday, October 27th, 2014.

In accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, every four (4) years, the Town Clerk as the Returning Officer conducts elections for the offices of:

  • Mayor
  • Deputy Mayor
  • Councillors
  • Greater Essex County District School Board
  • Conseil scolaire de district du Centre Sud-Ouest
  • Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
  • Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest

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The Town is divided into 4 wards.  On Voting Day, qualified electors may vote for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.  Electors may only vote for the Councillor representative(s) for the Ward in which they reside.

Municipal Council

  
MAYOR - one to be elected at large
DEPUTY MAYOR                - one to be elected at large

COUNCILLORS:

  
WARD 1      - former Town of Tecumseh
  - two (2) to be elected
WARD 2    - former Village of St. Clair Beach
  - one (1) to be elected
WARD 3   

- former Township of Sandwich South             

(area north of County Road 42)

- one (1) to be elected
WARD 4 

- former Township of Sandwich South

(area south of County Road 42)

- one (1) to be elected


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voter Eligibility

To vote in the municipal election, you must be a qualified elector.  That means, on Voting Day you must be:

  • a resident of the Town of Tecumseh, or an owner or tenant of the land in the Town, or the spouse of such an owner or tenant;
  • a Canadian citizen;
  • at least 18 years old; and
  • not prohibited from voting by law.

The Municipal Elections Act, 1996 prohibits the following individuals from voting:

  • any person who is not qualified;
  • a person who is serving a sentence or imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution;
  • a corporation;
  • a person acting as an executor or trustee;
  • a person who has been convicted of corrupt practices under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 in the last four years; and
  • anyone who is prohibited by law from voting.

 

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