Notwithstanding the above provision, some persons otherwise disqualified at the time of filing the nomination are entitled to file in accordance with Sections 29(1.1) and (1.2) and 30(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996:
29(1.1) Despite subsection (1) and despite section 258 of the Municipal Act, 2001, section 9 of the Legislative Assembly Act and section 219 of the Education Act, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario or the Senate or House of Commons of Canada is not ineligible to be nominated for an office in an election by virtue of being a member of any of those bodies but, if the person is a member of any of those bodies as of the close of nominations on Nomination Day of the election, the nomination shall be rejected by the Clerk under section 35.
29(1.2) Subsection (1.1) does not apply to a member of the Executive Council of Ontario or a federal Minister of the Crown.
30(1) An employee of a municipality or local Board is eligible to be a candidate for and to be elected as a member of the Council or local Board that is the employer if he or she takes an unpaid leave of absence beginning as of the day the employee is nominated and ending on Voting Day.
In addition to these provisions in the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, the Education Act has been amended to provide for parallel changes for a candidate for a district school Board or a school Authority. (See Section 219(5) of the Education Act.) |
