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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

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Part 4 — Board Powers and Elections Division 1 Board Powers

81 Filling vacancies

Current to 2025-12-11 · Official PDF

(1) If a vacancy occurs on a board of 6 or more trustees, the
board shall make provision to fill the vacancy by holding a
by-election.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a vacancy occurs on a
board of 6 or more trustees
(a) during the 3-year period im mediately following a general
election, a by-election need not be held if there is only one
vacancy on the board, and
(b) during the 4th year follo wing a general election, a
by-election need not be held unless the number of vacancies

on the board reduces the board to a number that is less than
the quorum of the board plus one.
(3) If a board consists of 5 trustees or fewer, the board shall
provide for the filling of all vacancies that occur prior to the last 6
months of the term by holding a by-election.
(4) When the Minister increases the number of trustees on a board,
the board shall make provision to fill the new vacancies by holding
a by-election unless the increase is made in the 4th year following a
general election.
2012 cE-0.3 s81;2015 c6 s18