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File #: 25-129    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 4/14/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/28/2025 Final action: 4/28/2025
Title: 2025 By-Election Final Report, Staff Report No. ADM-25-017
Attachments: 1. ADM-25-017 Attachment 1 Official Election Results.pdf, 2. ADM-25-017 Attachment 2 Determination of Election Results.pdf, 3. ADM-25-017 Attachment 3 Ballot Account Reconciliations.pdf
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 28, 2025 Report No. ADM-25-017

TO: Council
FROM: Deb Hopkins, Chief Election Officer
SUBJECT: 2025 By-Election Final Report

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council receive staff report No. ADM-25-017 outlining the official results of the 2025 By-Election held on April 5, 2025, for information.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The purpose of this report is to satisfy the statutory requirements of section 158 of the Local Government Act for the Chief Election Officer to submit a report of the by-election results to the Township of Esquimalt within 30 days after the declaration of the official election results. Official election results were announced April 8, 2025.

BACKGROUND:

In October 2024, Darlene Rotchford was elected as a Member of the Legislated Assembly in the provincial election and subsequently resigned as a Councillor with the Township of Esquimalt. This initiated the requirement for the Township to hold a by-election to fill the one vacant seat in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act. The Act stipulates that once the Chief Election Officer is appointed, a by-election must be held within 80 days of the appointment, and further that General Voting Day must be held on a Saturday within those 80 days. Council appointed the Chief Election Officer at their meeting held January 27, 2025. The required timeline for the conduct of the by-election was met at the close of polls on General Voting Day on April 5, 2025.

Chronology:
* October 19, 2024: Provincial Election
* October 25, 2024: Darlene Rotchford resigned from Council
* January 27, 2025: Council appointed Chief Election Officer and called the by-election
* February 28, 2025: Nomination Period closed
* March 10, 2025: Declaration of Election by Voting
* April 5, 2025: General Voting Day and publication of unofficial preliminary results
* April 8, 2025: Determination and declaration of official by-election results
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