Part 5 — Councils, Councillors and Council Committees Division 1 Councils and Council Committees
148 Division of municipality into wards
section, when a municipality is divided into wards,
(a) only an elector who is resident in the ward may vote for a
councillor in that ward, and
(b) councillors are el ected for each ward.
(2) A council may by bylaw
(a) divide the municipality into wards and establish their
boundaries,
(b) in the case of wards estab lished for a municipal district or a
specialized municipality, change the number of wards and
their boundaries,
(c) give each ward established or changed a name or number, or
both,
(d) state the number of councillo rs to be elected for each ward
established or changed, and
(e) in the case of any municipality, including a municipal
district or specialized municipality, eliminate the wards.
(3) A council may by bylaw provide for councillors that
(a) are in addition to the co uncillors elected for each ward,
(b) are elected by a vote o f the electors of the whole
municipality, and
(c) are councillors for the whole municipality, not a ward.
RSA 2000
(4) A council may by bylaw provide that all councillors
(a) are nominated by ward,
(b) are elected by a vote o f the electors of the whole
municipality, and
(c) are either councillors
(i) for the ward in which they were nominated, or
(ii) for the whole municipa lity rather than for a ward.
(5) Repealed 2022 c16 s9(37).
RSA 2000 cM-26 s148;2022 c16 s9(37)
149 Repealed 2022 c16 s9(38).