Council candidates miss deadline to file reports

Two Mapleton candidates who ran unsuccessfully for township council last fall failed to file campaign finance reports and will be prohibited from running in the next municipal election.

The Municipal Elections Act requires all candidates to file with the clerk, by the last Friday in March following an election, a financial statement and auditor’s report reflecting the candidate’s election campaign finances.

A candidate who fails to file the required documents:

- forfeits any office to which he or she was elected and the office is deemed to be vacant; and

- until the next regular election has taken place, the candidate is ineligible to be elected or appointed to any office to which the elections act applies.

At the April 28 council meeting, CAO Patty Sinnamon reported Rick Molenaar and Nadia Sommerville, who ran for councillor positions, did not meet the March 27 deadline.