Municipal Elections
The most recent Municipal Election took place on October 19, 2024. The next election will be held in 2028.
Information about Municipal Elections
Who can vote in the Municipal Election?
To be eligible to vote:
- You must be 18 years or older and a Canadian citizen on the day of Advance Polling
- You must have been an ordinary1 resident of Nova Scotia for a period of at least six (6) months immediately preceding the first day of Advance Polling.
- You must be an ordinarily resident in the municipality since immediately before the first advance polling day.
Who can’t vote?
- The returning officer.
- An inmate in a correctional or reform centre.
- A person convicted of bribery under the Municipal Elections Act in the 6 years preceding election day.
- Nova Scotia does not have non-resident voting. This means that municipal taxpayers who are not ordinarily resident in the municipality are not entitled to vote in that municipality, despite the fact that they own property there, or their children attend school there. What this means, is that if you normally live in Sydney but have a cottage in Ingonish, you can not vote in Victoria County. You can only vote in CBRM.
What is the Voting Process?
- For the 2024 Municipal election, voting took place through telephone and electronic voting. This means that there will be no paper ballots.
- Voting was open 24 hours a day, during the voting period from October 10, 2024 starting at 9:00 a.m. until polls closed at 7:00 p.m. on October 19, 2024.
- Before the voting period opens voters on the electoral list receive a letter in the mail which will have a unique personal identification number (PIN).
- Voters use this PIN number, along with ytheir date of birth to call into the toll-free phone number or log into the website to vote.
- What does an ordinarily resident mean?
• where a person lives and where the person intends to return when away,
• where a person usually lives and sleeps, and to which, when away the person intends to return, regardless of where he or she takes meals or is employed,
• where a person is living temporarily at a place and if the person has no other place the person considers as that person’s place of residence,
• where a person is provided with food, lodging or other social services by a shelter, hostel or similar institution, the person would be ordinarily resident in that shelter, hostel or other institution.
A person is not ordinarily resident in a seasonal dwelling generally only occupied between May and October unless the person has no other dwelling place. ↩︎
Forms for Candidates
- Form 3 – Confirmation of Taxes Paid
- Form 8 – Oath of Elector Applying to be Added to the List of Electors
- Form 9 – Oath of Person Applying for Amendment of the List of Electors
- Form 10 – Oath of Elector Applying to Correct Error on List of Electors
- Form 11 – Nomination Paper Council Member
- Form 12 – Affidavit Regarding Removal of Campaign Signs
- Form 17A – Oath of Official Agent
- Form 40 – Campaign Contribution Disclosure
Victoria County 2024 Election News Articles:
- District 8 – Judicial Recount Order
- 7 Victoria County Councillors Sworn-in
- Update on the Process for Resolving the Tie in District 8
- Official Results – 2024 Municipal Election
- Process for Breaking the Tie in District 8
- See the 2024 Municipal Election Results (Unofficial)
- Voting is now open for the Municipal Election
- Voter Information Letters Have Been Mailed-Out
- Meet the Victoria County Candidates – 2024 Municipal Election
- Nomination Day is Here!
- Victoria County Residents ~ Check Your Voter Information!
- Nominations Open – Election 2024
- 3-Part Video Interview Series – 2024 Municipal Election
- Looking for Candidates in Victoria County!
