General Local Election 2014

General Local Election 2014

Electoral Area Directors

Notice of Nomination Period

PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Regional District of Nanaimo that a General Local Election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 and that nominations for the offices of:
Director - Electoral Area A - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area B - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area C - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area E - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area F - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area G - 1 person to be elected
Director - Electoral Area H - 1 person to be elected
will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

By hand, mail or other delivery service to the:
Administrative Services Dept., Regional District of Nanaimo 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N2
During regular office hours:
From: 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
To: 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014
Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
By fax to: 250-390-4163
By email to: vote [at] rdn.bc.ca
From: 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
To: 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014

Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 pm on Friday, October 17, 2014

Nomination documents are now available and can be obtained up to 4:00 pm, October 10, 2014 from the Administrative Services Department, Regional District of Nanaimo located at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC during regular office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; and Wednesday from 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays.

Qualifications for Office

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:
  • Canadian citizen; and
  • 18 years of age or older on general voting day: Saturday, November 15, 2014; and
  • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and
  • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
FURTHER INFORMATION on the requirements and procedures for making a nomination may be obtained by contacting the Chief Election Officer, Jacquie Hill, or the Deputy Chief Election Officer, Matt O'Halloran at 250-390-4111, toll free at 1-877-607-4111 or email vote [at] rdn.bc.ca (vote[at]rdn[dot]bc[dot]ca)

List of Registered Electors

Beginning Tuesday, September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting for the election on Saturday, November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection at the Administrative Services Department of the Regional District of Nanaimo located at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC during regular office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; and Wednesday from 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 - Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. In accordance with Section 63 of the Local Government Act, an elector may request that personal information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of registered electors.

Objection to Registration of an Elector

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with Section 64 of the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm, Friday, October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the regional district electoral area and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the regional district electoral area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters and the 2014 General Local Election, please visit the Regional District of Nanaimo's website at www.rdn.bc.ca, or contact the Chief Election Officer, Jacquie Hill, or the Deputy Chief Election Officer, Matt O'Halloran at 250-390-4111, toll free at 1-877-607-4111 or email vote [at] rdn.bc.ca (vote[at]rdn[dot]bc[dot]ca).