Candidate Qualifications for School District Trustee and Regional District Director

QUALIFICATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE

 

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government or board of education trustee if they meet the following criteria:

• Canadian citizen;
• 18 years of age or older on general voting day [October 15, 2022];
• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months (March 8, 2022) immediately before the day nomination papers are filed [September 9, 2022] nand
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or  being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

 

QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE

 

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a School Trustee if they meet the following criteria:

• Canadian citizen;
• 18 years of age or older on general voting day [October 15, 2022];
• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed [March 8, 2022]; and
• not disqualified under the School Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or being nominated for, being elected to or holding office as a trustee, or be otherwise disqualified by law.