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The next Municipal Election will be held on Monday, October 26, 2026.
To add your name to the voters' list or update your information, please visit the Elections Ontario Portal. You will need one piece of ID that has both your name and Ontario home address.
Property owners in Ontario are required to support a school board, even if they do not have children or their children are not currently attending school. In the case of a residential property occupied by tenants, the tenants can direct the school support for that property. By default, school support is directed to your municipality’s English Public School Board.
The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is legislatively required to collect school support information and provide it in the assessment roll to every municipality and school board. By ensuring that you are supporting the school board of your choosing, you will be able to vote in the next municipal and school board election for trustees in that school board. Property owners, occupants, and tenants can update their school support designation online at mpac.ca/schoolsupport.
The Municipal Clerk conducts elections for the following offices:
School Trustees
Seven principles of the Municipal Elections Act
The Municipal Clerk is responsible for the Municipal and School Board elections every four years, and any by-elections as required, under the authority of the Municipal Elections Act, 2006, as amended (MEA). We are dedicated to ensuring that the election process is consistent with the principles of the MEA.
The following seven principles guide the Municipal Elections:
Clarington Municipal Elections will be provided in the same method as the 2022 Municipal Elections, via internet/telephone voting. During the voting period, electors will be able to vote remotely using their own devices in the comfort of their homes or at one of several municipally run Election Assistance Centres (EACs), where laptops will be available for voting.
Internet and telephone voting is safe, easy, and convenient, removing time and travel barriers and improving access for everyone, including people with disabilities, people who are ill or people who are away from home, allowing more people to participate in municipal elections.
The Election Sign By-law governs election signs for all levels of government.
Method of Election: In January 2019, arising out of consideration of Report CLD-005-19, Council passed By-law 2019-003 which authorized the use of internet and telephone voting for Clarington Municipal Elections.
Election Sign By-law: As part of a regular review of the Election Sign By-law, Council passed a by-law to implement changes outlined in Report LGS-031-25. The Election Sign By-law review included administrative enhancements to provide clarity and protection for residents. The core rules and regulations remain unchanged, and the by-law has been reorganized to enhance clarity and flow. Improvements to the layout and wording will help candidates, their agents, and citizens better understand election sign regulations in Clarington.
Coming soon
During the 2022 Municipal Election voting period (October 18 to 24, 2022), 20,606 voters of 73,471 eligible voters (28.0%) came out to vote.
An elector who is concerned about a candidate's election finances and wishes to challenge them, can file a compliance audit.
Candidates for municipal council and school board trustee positions are bound by specific election campaign finance rules and must file provincially prescribed financial statements with the Municipal Clerk outlining their campaign finance activities.
Any voter who is entitled to vote in an election and believes on reasonable grounds that a candidate has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (MEA) relating to election campaign finances, may apply for a compliance audit of the candidate’s campaign finances.
A compliance audit is an audit of a candidate's election campaign finances and their compliance with the provisions of the MEA related to election campaign finances.
An application for a compliance audit must be addressed to the Municipal Clerk. This application must be in writing and set out the reasons for the elector’s belief within 90 days after the candidate’s financial filing date. Note: the 90-day period does not start earlier than March 31, 2023.
What is the Clarington Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee?
The Municipality of Clarington's 2022-26 Election Compliance Audit Committee is an independent, statutory body that receives and makes decisions on applications for compliance audits of candidates' municipal election campaign finances.
The powers and functions of the Committee are set out in the Municipal Elections Act, 1996. The Clarington Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee consists of three members with an alternate. It does not include employees or officers of the municipality, members of the council, or any persons who were candidates in the election for which the committee is established. The Committee holds the same term of office as council.
The Committee will:
Read more about the Clarington Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee.
The Application must be made within ninety days after the latest of:
In accordance with the Administrative Practices and Procedures, within 10 days after receiving the application, the Clerk will forward the application to the compliance audit committee.
Within 30 days after the committee has received the application, the committee will consider the application and decide if it should be granted or rejected.
The committee's decision may be appealed to the Superior Court of Justice within 15 days after the decision is made, and the court may make any decision the committee could have made.
If the committee decides to grant the application, it will appoint an auditor to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate’s election campaign finances.
The auditor will promptly conduct an audit of the candidate’s election campaign finances and prepare a report outlining any apparent contravention by the candidate.
The auditor will submit the report to the candidate, the Municipal Clerk, and the applicant. Within 10 days after receiving the report, the Clerk will forward the report to the compliance audit committee.
The committee will consider the report within 30 days after receiving it. If the report concludes that the candidate appears to have contravened a provision of the Act relating to election campaign finances, the committee will decide whether to initiate a legal proceeding against the candidate for the apparent contravention.
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