Candidates
Candidates for the 2022 Municipal Election
The candidates listed below have filed their nomination paperwork to run for office in the City of Peterborough 2022 municipal election. The City Clerk will review and certify nominations by Monday August 22, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.
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Thinking of running for municipal office? | ||||||||||||||||||||
Watch the online video of the Candidate 101 Information Session with Fred Dean, municipal solicitor, hosted at Market Hall on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. |
Nominations
The Nomination Period for candidates is open from May 2 to August 19, 2022. Candidates must obtain 25 endorsement signatures from eligible electors in the City of Peterborough, which are filed with their nomination form. Electors may endorse more than one candidate. The requirement for signatures does not apply for candidates running to be school board trustees.
Candidate Packages |
The City has prepared the 2022 Candidate Packages in two parts:
Part A: City of Peterborough Municipal Candidate Guide This is the list of mandatory submissions with the candidate’s nomination and will contain Peterborough specific regulations and guidelines such as election sign bylaw guidelines:
Part B: MMAH Candidate Package |
Process for Nominations |
Candidates will be required to make an appointment with the Clerk’s office to file their nomination papers by emailing a request to Election2022@peterborough.ca. Nominations will be accepted no earlier than May 2, 2022 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Applicants should request the desired date and time to attend City Hall in their email. Someone from the Clerk’s office will respond and confirm the appointment date and time. For convenience, Candidates will be provided access to the Nomination Form 1 fillable form online (coming soon). Candidates may submit the form electronically by email with their request for an appointment to file their unsigned nomination by completing the fillable Form 1 online, re-save the form onto their computer, and click print at the bottom of the form. Please do not sign the form until you attend City Hall and produce valid photo identification to satisfy the Clerk’s procedure for accepting nominations. Nominations are not considered accepted unless the applicant has attended the Clerk’s office in City Hall and satisfied the procedure. |
Campaign Expenses and Contributions
Campaign contributions are any money, goods or services that are given to you for use in your campaign, including money and goods that you contribute yourself. You are only allowed to accept contributions or incur campaign expenses during your campaign period, after you file your nomination.
A bank account must be opened if you accept any contributions (including contributions of money from yourself) or incur any expenses. The nomination fee is considered to be a personal expense – not a campaign expense.
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Contribution receipts must be issued for every contribution you receive. The receipt should show who made the contribution, the date and the value and can only come from one person (e.g. in the case of a joint account). You are required to list the names and addresses of every contributor who gives more than $100 in total to your campaign in your financial statement. You should keep a record of the names and addresses of every contributor, regardless of the value of their contribution, because the same contributor may make multiple contributions that end up totalling more than $100. Note: Contribution receipts are not tax receipts. Contributions to municipal and school board campaigns cannot be credited against provincial or federal income taxes. Ineligible contributors
Ineligible contributions
Ineligible contributions must be returned as soon as you learn that the contribution is ineligible. If you cannot return the contribution, you must turn it over to the clerk. |
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Campaign contributors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An individual’s maximum contribution (money, goods, and services) to any one candidate or registered third party is $1,200. An individual may contribute a maximum of $5,000 for all candidates on the same Council or a maximum of $5,000 for all registered third parties within the municipality. Other than contributions made by candidates and their spouses, contributions to candidates can be made only by individuals residing in Ontario. Corporations or trade unions must register as third party advertisers. If a candidate sells items for $25 or less in order to raise campaign funds, the money is considered campaign income rather than a contribution. In this case, the candidate does not have to issue a receipt, or make sure that the person buying the item is eligible to make a campaign contribution. Contributions in excess of $25 must be made in a manner that connects the contributor to the payment. Anonymous contributions are paid to the City Clerk. |
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Campaign spending limits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The overall spending limit for your campaign is calculated based on the number of electors who are eligible to vote for the office that you are running for. The formula to calculate the limit is:
There is a separate spending limit for expenses related to the holding of parties and other expressions of appreciation after the close of voting. This spending limit is calculated as ten percent of the amount of your general spending limit. Interim campaign expense limits have been calculated based on the List of Electors as it existed on September 15, 2018 in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act. Final campaign expenses will be calculated using the number of eligible electors on the List of Electors as it exists on September 15, 2022. Candidates may spend to a maximum of
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Campaign self-funding limits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There is a limit on the total amount that you and your spouse may contribute to your own campaign. The formula to calculate the limit is:
Interim self-funding limits have been calculated based on the List of Electors as it existed on September 15, 2018. Final self-funding limits will be calculated using the number of eligible electors on the List of Electors as it exists on September 15, 2022. Candidates and their spouses may contribute to a maximum of whichever calculation is higher.
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Campaign parties and appreciation events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All candidates have limits on the amount they may spend toward the cost of holding parties and making other expressions of appreciation after Election Day. Interim campaign appreciation limits have been calculated as ten percent of the amount calculated for the interim campaign expense limit. The final campaign appreciation limits will be calculated as 10 per cent of the amount calculated for the final campaign expense limits. Candidates may spend to a maximum of whichever calculation is higher.
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Election advertising guidelines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Candidates must provide specific information about their election advertising. This applies to all advertising, regardless of format or method. Candidates, or those advertising on their behalf, will need to provide broadcasters and publishers with information including name of the candidate, name of the individual or organization taking out the advertisement, as well as address and telephone number of the individual interacting with the broadcaster or publisher on behalf of the candidate. The broadcaster or publisher is then responsible for retaining this information along with a copy of the advertisement and invoice for a period of four years and making this information available to the public for inspection in that time period. |
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Penalties |
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Penalties may apply if you are convicted of an offence:
If you are convicted of exceeding the spending limit, you may also be fined the amount by which you exceeded the limit. There are three contraventions of the Act where penalties apply automatically:
The penalty for these contraventions is that you forfeit your office (if you won the election) and you become ineligible to run or to be appointed to fill a vacancy until after the 2026 election. |
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Auditor's report |
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If your campaign expenses or contributions total more than $10,000 you must have an auditor review your financial statement and provide a report. A compliance audit committee is required to be established by each municipality and school board. An eligible elector who believes you have contravened the election finance rules may apply for a compliance audit of your campaign finances. Please see the section below for more information. |
Financial Statement Filing and Reporting
It is the responsibility of a candidate to file a complete and accurate financial statement by the filing deadline which is 2:00 p.m. Friday March 31, 2023. If you filed a nomination form, you must file a financial statement.
The City Clerk is responsible to review and report on campaign contributions made to candidates running for a position on City Council, as well as registered third party contributors. The Secretary of a school board is responsible for compiling a campaign financing report for candidates running for School Board Trustee. These reports are reviewed by the Compliance Audit Committee. The Clerk must publicly identify in a report the candidates and third parties who have failed to comply with the financial requirements of the Municipal Elections Act.
Filing a campaign financial statement | ||
Every candidate will be entitled to a refund of the nomination fee if they file their campaign financial statement and an auditor's report (if required) by the deadline of Friday, March 31, 2023 at 2 p.m. There is a 30-day grace period for candidates and third party advertisers who miss the deadline to file a financial statement and auditor’s report, provided that the candidate or third party advertiser pay a $500 late filing fee to the municipality. If a candidate or third party advertiser has filed their financial statement prior to the deadline and then discovers an error, they can file a corrected financial statement and auditor’s report up until the filing deadline. | ||
The Compliance Audit Committee | ||
If an eligible elector believes that a candidate or third party advertiser has contravened an election campaign finance rule, the elector may apply for a compliance audit. Compliance audit committees are required to provide brief written reasons for their decisions. Meetings of the compliance audit committee shall be open to the public, but the committee is permitted to deliberate in private. The term of the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee for the City of Peterborough corresponds with the next term of Council, beginning November 15, 2022 and ending November 14, 2026.
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Download Fast Facts for Candidates - Campaign Finances Information (pdf)