Clerk's Report - Notice of Financial Filing Requirements

Candidate Compliance Municipal Elections Act 1996, as amended

Subsection 88.23(4) of the Municipal Elections Act (MEA) states that “the clerk shall make available to the public a report setting out all candidates in an election and indicating whether each candidate complied with section 88.25”. Section 88.25 is the requirement to file financial statements.

Accordingly, please find below a list of all candidates in the 2022 Township of Ramara Municipal Election and an indication of whether they are in compliance (i.e. have filed financial statements) or in default. For those that are in compliance, the financial statements can be found on the Township of Ramara’s website, www.ramara.ca

May, 2 2023

Jennifer Connor, CMO, AOMC

Director of Legislative & Community Services/Clerk

May, 2 2023

Jennifer Connor, CMO, AOMC

Director of Legislative & Community Services/Clerk

Election Compliance Audit Committee

As required by the Municipal Elections Act municipalities must establish a Compliance Audit Committee. The responsibilities of the CAC are fulfilled in a fair, open, and responsible manner.

Township of Ramara is a member of the County of Simcoe Joint Compliance Audit Committee (Joint CAC) that serves all the County’s sixteen lower tier municipalities and the City of Orillia.  

Meetings

The Joint CAC has five citizen members who are residents within the participating municipalities. The Clerk for the County of Simcoe is responsible for the meeting administration.  

You can view the Joint CAC agendas and minutes online through the County of Simcoe's Meeting Portal.

Mandate and Responsibility

The Joint CAC's purpose is to consider compliance audit applications and decide whether it should be granted or rejected. 

If granted, the committee will:

• appoint an auditor
• consider the auditor's report and decide whether legal proceedings are required
• recover the costs of conducting the audit from the applicant if there was no contravention or if there appears to be no reasonable grounds for having made the application

After receiving an application, the Clerk will provide it to the Joint CAC within ten days. All reasonable notice of meetings will be given to the public, candidate, or third party advertiser.

Submit an Application for a Compliance Audit

Any elector who is entitled to vote in the municipal election and believes on reasonable grounds that a candidate or registered third party advertiser has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act relating to election campaign finances may submit an application or letter of interest.

To submit an application for a Compliance Audit, please complete the Application for Compliance Audit form.

You can mail the completed application to:

Township of Ramara
Attention: Jennifer Connor, Director of Legislative Services/Clerk
PO Box 130
Brechin, Ontario
L0K 1B0

You can also deliver the application in person at our Administration Office at 2297 Highway 12, Brechin. 

2022 Municipal Election

The next Municipal and School Board Election will take place in October 2026. The Clerk is responsible for preparing and conducting the Municipal Election, held every four years, in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act.

The current term of Council is from November 15, 2022, to November 14, 2026.

Election Results

View the 2022 Official Results of the Municipal and School Board Election

2022 Election Information

In 2022, eligible voters in the Township of Ramara cast their ballots for the municipal and school board election by internet and telephone from October 13 – 24, 2022 and in-person by paper ballot at the Ramara Centre on October 15, 16 or 19. 

Eligible voters elected a number of different positions, including: 

• One Mayor 
• One Deputy Mayor 
• Five ward Councillors  (one candidate for each of our five wards)
• School Board Trustee (one candidate for the school board you support) 

Candidate Information