Elections

2022 Municipal and School Board Official Election Results (without English Separate School Board Trustee results) 

In addition to our internal accessibility policies, under the Municipal Elections Act, the city clerk conducts municipal elections and establishes policies and procedures to ensure that all electors can fully participate in our municipal election through the preparation of an Election Accessibility Plan.

The City Clerk is also responsible for preparing a post-election accessibility report that will be shared within 90 days of the regular election.

2022 Municipal Election Accessibility Report

2022 Municipal Election Accessibility Plan

The Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) considers applications requesting compliance audits of candidates or third party advertiser election campaign finances, any resulting auditors’ reports, and the Clerk’s Report identifying apparent contribution contraventions under section 88 of the Municipal Elections Act.

Any requests for a compliance audit of a candidate or registered third party advertiser’s election campaign finances:

• must be done by an elector who is entitled to vote in an election
• must be on reasonable grounds that a candidate or third party advertiser has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act
• must be for a candidate or registered third-party advertiser in the municipal election within the applicable municipality
• financial statements must be filed before the submission of an application
• the application form must be completed and submitted to the City Clerk or designate at Cambridge City Hall, 50 Dickson Street
• applications for one of the Regional Council seats must be made to the Regional Clerk

Download the Application for Municipal Election Compliance Audit

The application must be made within 90 days after the latest of the following dates:

• candidate or registered third party advertiser filing date
• date the candidate or registered third party advertiser filed a financial statement, if the statement was filed within 30 days after the applicable filing date
• candidate or registered third party advertiser’s supplementary filing date, if any
• date on which the candidate or registered third party advertiser’s extension, if any, expires

After a compliance audit request has been made, these steps happen:

• within 10 days of receiving the application, the City Clerk forwards the application to the Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC)
• within 30 days of receiving the application, the MECAC reviews it and decides whether it should be granted or rejected
• the decision of the MECAC may be appealed to the Superior Court of Justice within 15 days of the decision, and the Court may make any decision the MECAC could have made
• if the MECAC decides to grant the application, an auditor (licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 or prescribed persons) is appointed to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate's election campaign finances
• the auditor will conduct an audit of the third party advertiser or candidate's election campaign finances and will prepare a report outlining any apparent contravention by the candidate
  • the report is provided to the candidate or third party advertiser, the applicant, and the City Clerk
• within 10 days of receiving the report, the City Clerk forwards the report to the MECAC
• the committee considers the report within 30 days and may commence any legal proceedings against the candidate or third party advertiser for any apparent contravention