Candidates

Certified Candidates - Mayor, Councillor, KPR and PVNCC School Board Trustee

Certified Candidates - Trustee, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde

Acclaimed Candidate - Trustee, Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir 

You can view the nomination papers for each candidate in the City of Peterborough 2022 municipal and school board election by clicking on the candidate's name.

Ward 1 Poll Series Map

Ward 2 Poll Series Map

Ward 3 Poll Series Map

Ward 4 Poll Series Map

Ward 5 Poll Series Map

Candidate Information Session Videos

• Watch the September 28, 2022 Candidate Information Session video presentation by the City Clerk and Election Coordinator.
• Watch the online video of the Candidate 101 Information Session with Fred Dean, municipal solicitor, hosted at Market Hall on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

Candidate Guide

For helpful information on running as a candidate in the 2022 municipal and school board election, please review the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Candidate Guide.

• individuals who are normally residents in Ontario
• the candidate and their spouse

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

• corporation
• trade union
• a federal political party, constituency association, or a registered candidate in a federal election
• a provincial political party, constituency association, or a registered candidate or leadership contestant
• a federal or provincial government, a municipality or a school board

Ineligible contributions

• made outside your campaign period
• from an anonymous source (except for donations of $25 or less at a fundraising event)
• from an ineligible source (e.g. someone who doesn’t live in Ontario, a corporation or trade union, etc)
• greater than the $1,200 limit or the $5,000 total limit
• a cash contribution greater than $25 from funds that do not belong to the contributor who gave them to you

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.

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.

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:

• for head of council: $7,500 plus $0.85 per eligible elector
• for council member or trustee: $5,000 plus $0.85 per eligible elector

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.

Final campaign expense limits have been calculated based on the List of Electors as it existed on September 15, 2022 in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act. 

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:

• for head of council candidates: $7,500 plus 20 cents per elector to a maximum of $25,000
• for other council offices: $5,000 plus 20 cents per elector to a maximum of $25,000 The municipal clerk will tell you your self-funding limit.

Final self-funding limits have been calculated based on the List of Electors as it existed on September 15, 2022.

Candidates and their spouses may contribute to a maximum of whichever calculation is higher.

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. The final campaign appreciation limits are calculated as 10 per cent of the amount calculated for the final campaign expense limits. 

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.

Penalties

Penalties may apply if you are convicted of an offence:

• A fine of up to $25,000
• Ineligibility to vote or run in the next regular election
• Up to six months imprisonment
• Forfeiture of your elected office, if the judge finds that you committed the offence knowingly

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:

• If you fail to apply to the court for an extension by the filing deadline or file a financial statement by the end of the 30-day grace period
• If your financial statement shows that you exceeded a spending limit
• If you fail to turn over your surplus to the clerk when you file your financial statement

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.

Auditor's report

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.

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.