88-48
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COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 88-48
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"A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE UPON THE PROCEDURES FOR THE
ELECTION OF THE COUNTY WARDEN."
WHEREAS The Municipal Act requires that the Warden
shall be elected in the manner provided by resolution of the
Council passed prior to the election; and
WHEREAS the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the
County of Elgin deems it advisable that the procedures for the
election of the Warden be, as nearly as may be, consistent from
year to year; and
WHEREAS the said Council deems it advisable to provide
guidance to the County Clerk in the conduct in such proceedings.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council of
the Corporation of the County of Elgin enacts as follows:
ELECTION OF WARDEN
1. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the County shall take the
Chair at two o'clock in the afternoon of the Second Wednesday of
the month of December in each year, or at such hour and on such
day thereafter as he shall find the majority of the Members of
the Council present in the Council Chamber.
2. The County Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall present the fol-
lowing resolution for the consideration of the Council, namely:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council of
the Corporation of the County of Elgin hereby agrees
that the election of Warden for the year (state the
year) shall be conducted in accordance with the proce-
dures numbered three to eight as set out in By-Law No.
88-48, Being a By-Law to Provide For Guidance Upon the
Procedures For the Election of Warden (or alterna-
tively, in such other manner as may be set out in the
resolution).
3. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall prepare lists of
the names of the members in perpendicular and horizontal lines,
and a card for each member with the names of the members written
or printed thereon.
4. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall announce that any
person aspiring to the position of Warden shall be granted an
opportunity, not exceeding five (5) minutes, to address County
Council.
5. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall inform the members
that he is ready to proceed with the election of one of their
number to be Warden.
6. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall thereupon take
from a recéptacle'in which the cards have been placed, one card
at a time, as it comes to his hand, and call upon the member
whose name appears thereon to say for whom he casts his vote, and
the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall place the figure under the name
of the member for whom the vote was cast. When all members have
voted, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall forthwith inform the mem-
bers of the result, and the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall continue
the same procedure until he shall find that more than fifty
percent of the votes have been cast for one member, and he shall
thereupon declare the election of such member.
7. For the purposes of electing the Warden, each member of
County Council shall only have one vote
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ßÈf/:';,';' In the case of an equality of votes for Warden the
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. successf,ul·candidate shall be determined by the Clerk or Deputy
Clerk placing the names of the candidates on equal size pieces of
paper in a box and one name being drawn by a person chosen by the
Clerk or Deputy Clerk.
9. That the Warden-Elect shall forthwith sign and declare
and read aloud the Declaration of Office, and Oath of Allegiance
and on completion thereof he shall take the Chair.
10. Where the masculine words II he I! or "hisll are used
throughout this by-law, it shall be interpreted to mean 11 she II or
IIher" in the event reference is made to a female person.
11. That By-Law No. 86-33 be and the same is hereby
repealed.
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READ a first time this 13th day of September, 1988.
READ a second time this 13th day of September, 1988.
READ a third time and finally passed this 13th day of September 1988
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G C. Leverton
Clerk
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