Elections

• Clerk's Procedure for Internet Vote
• Compliance Audit Committee Terms of Reference
• Brighton Election Sign By-law
• Northumberland County Sign By-law
• 2022 Brighton Municipal Election Accessibility Plan
• Use of Corporate Resources for Election Purposes Policy
• 2018 Election Results
• 2018 Candidate Financial Statements - please contact election@brighton.ca to request

• 2022 Voters' Guide

• 2022 Candidates' Guide
• Nomination Forms
• Candidate Information Session
• School Board Trustees

• 2022 Third Party Advertisers' Guide
• Third Party Advertiser Registration Form

• Municipal Elections Act, 1996
• Education Act, 1990
• Bill 181, Municipal Elections Modernization Act, 2016
• Municipal Act, 2001

Running for Municipal Council

• You must be eligible to vote in the municipality in order to run for a position on council.
• On the day you file your nomination, you must be a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older, and qualify as a resident or non-resident elector. 
• You must be eligible to hold office on the day you file your nomination. For example, a person who is 17 years old but will turn 18 before the end of the nomination period must wait until they have turned 18 to file their nomination.
• You must file the appropriate paperwork when you submit your nomination - documents will be available soon.

Running for School Board Trustee

• In order to run for a trustee position on a school board you must be a resident within the jurisdiction of the board, and you must be eligible to vote in a school board election. 
• On the day you file your nomination, you must be a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older, and you must meet any other qualifications to vote for the school board (for example, being a Roman Catholic, or holding French language rights). 
• You must file the appropriate paperwork when you submit your nomination - documents will be available soon.

A complete Candidates' Information Guide is coming soon and an information session for candidates will be held. Please review the Use of Corporate Resources for Election Purposes Policy for information regarding using Brighton logos or images as well as campaigning at public events. 

You may set up a campaign office on private property. Please be aware that you may not put up signs on the exterior or in the windows of the office that promote your candidacy prior to the date when signs are permitted. Prior to that date, signs may state your name only.

Be advised that all candidates must open a campaign bank account.

All candidates (including acclaimed or withdrawn candidates) are required to file a financial statement using the prescribed form. It is good practice for campaigns to review the Financial Statement form prior to incurring any contributions or expenses, and arrange their accounts, spreadsheets, and ledgers according to the various categories that are required to be reported on the form. Candidates, whose campaign contributions and total expenses exceed $10,000.00 are required to file an auditor’s report with their financial statement that has been prepared by an auditor licenced under the Public Accounting Act.

Financial statements are due in the Clerk’s Office at the Municipal Centre (35 Alice Street, Brighton, ON) between January 3, 2023 and 2:00 p.m. on March 31, 2023. Complete and signed financial statements may be filed electronically to cdoiron@brighton.ca during the prescribed filing period. The date of the electronic submission shall be the official date received. 

Note: The entire Financial Report is considered a public document. These documents may be inspected by any person upon request at the Office of the Clerk during normal office hours, and will also be available online. Any person may make extracts from the documents and is entitled to copies. Clerks are required to make the documents available electronically, at no cost to the requester.

All financial reports are posted on brighton.ca. This includes a listing of the names and address of all contributors. You may wish to consider advising contributors that their personal information will be public and displayed on the Municipal web site after the election. The information remains on the website until after the next municipal election.

A Third Party Advertisement is a message in any medium, i.e., signs, billboard, newspaper, radio, etc. promoting or opposing a candidate, or a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a question, referendum, or an issue associated with a person or political party participating in an election. Advertising that does not cost money to post or broadcast, such as comments made on social media or email, is not considered a Third Party Advertisement.​

Third Party Advertisers may not spend more than the limit identified on the Certificate of Maximum Permitted Expenses which will be provided once the Third Party has registered. Third Party Advertisers can only incur expenses during the campaign period, which begins on the day the Third Party Advertiser registers with the Clerk and ends on December 31, 2022.

Individuals, corporations and trade unions are eligible to register as a Third Party Advertiser, provided they register with the Clerk. Registrations may be filed between May 2, 2022 and October 21, 2022. Please refer to the Third Party Information Package, for all required forms and additional information.

The following are not permitted to register as a Third Party Advertiser:

• individuals who have filed nomination papers with the Clerk (or anyone under their direction);
• federal and provincial political parties, constituency associations, registered candidates and leadership contestants; and,
• federal and provincial governments, a municipality or school board.