Part 5 — and any regulations made under them apply to a or those regulations to a school division is deemed to include a reference to a Francophone education region. (3) If a provision of this Act applies to a Francophone regional authority, a reference
135 Eligibility
Election Act, an individual is eligible to vote in an election of
trustees of a Francophone regional authority if
(a) the individual
(i) is a Francophone,
(ii) is 18 years of age or older,
(iii) is a Canadian citizen, and
(iv) is a resident of Alberta a nd resides in the Francophone
education region on election day,
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(b) the individual is a member of a class of individuals
prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as being
eligible to vote.
(2) For the purposes of this Act and the Local Authorities Election
Act, an individual is eligible to be nominated as a candidate for
election as and to be elected as a trustee of a Francophone regional
authority if
(a) the individual
(i) is a Francophone,
(ii) is 18 years of age or older,
(iii) is a Canadian citizen,
(iv) has been a resident of A lberta for the 6 consecutive
months immediately preceding nomination day and
resides in the Francophone education region on election
day, and
(v) is not otherwise ineligible under the Local Authorities
Election Act,
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(b) the individual is a member of a class of individuals
prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as being
eligible to be nominated as a candidate for election and to be
elected.
(3) In addition to the requirements set out in subsection (1),
(a) an individual who is a public school elector may only vote
for a public school trustee, and
(b) an individual who is a separate school elector may vote fo r
either a public school trustee or separate school trustee, but
not both.
(4) In addition to the requirements set out in subsection (2),
(a) an individual who does not declare that the individual is of
the same faith, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, as the
minority of all individuals living within the boundaries of a
Francophone education region is only eligible to be
nominated as a candidate for election as and to be elected as
a public school trustee, and
(b) an individual who declares that the individual is of the s ame
faith, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, as the minority
of all individuals living within the boundaries of a
Francophone education region is eligible to be nominated as
a candidate for election as and to be elected as either a
public school trustee or separate school trustee, but not both.
(5) A person who is eligible to vote in an election for a board other
than a Francophone regional authority and in an election for a
Francophone regional authority may only vote in one election.
(6) A person may not be a trustee of a Francophone regional
authority and of a board at the same time.
(7) Notwithstanding section 4.1, for the purposes of this section as
it applies to an election held in 2025 or 2026 in a Francophone
education region that is wholly or partly within the Municipality of
Jasper, an individual is deemed to reside on election day in the
Francophone education region and a ward that is wholly or partly
within the Municipality of Jasper if the individual makes a signed
statement in accordance with section 48.1(3) of the Local
Authorities Election Act.
2012 cE-0.3 s135;2019 c7 s19;2021 c9 s1;2025 c6 s18