Elections and Referendums

Candidates must be nominated for each council seats, and several nominations may be contesting each seat.
Link to Elections Quebec page

Choosing of a position
A person can run for only one position on the municipal council.

Admission condition
To do so, during a general election, the person must have the right to be entered on the municipality’s list of electors and must have resided within that territory continuously or otherwise for at least the last 12 months on September 1 of the year of the general election or, in the case of a by-election, for at least the last 12 months on the date of publication of the notice of election.

Required form
A nomination paper may be obtained from the office of the Director of Elections of the municipality.

Grouping allowed
In the case of municipalities subject to the rules governing the financing of political parties (municipalities with a population of 5 000 or more), candidates can join together in authorized parties. As for the other municipalities, candidates can form tickets recognized by the returning officer.

Period for submitting nomination papers
The period during which the person may file his duly completed nomination paper along with the appropriate documents at the office of the returning officer begins on the 44th day and ends at 4:30 p.m. on the 30th day preceding the day set for the election. Be sure to check the days and times when the office of your Director of Elections is open.
In other words, the declaration of candidacy must be received in the office of the Director of Elections between September 17, 2021 and October 1, 2021, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon.
On Friday, October 1, the Election Office will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on a continuous basis.

Measures different from those outlined on this page may be in effect for the November 7, 2021, municipal general elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, we will release more specific information. For more information, please consult the Act to facilitate the conduct of the 7 November 2021 municipal general election in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, tabled on April 25, 2021, and the draft by-law arising under this Act, published in the Gazette officielle on April 9, 2021.

To be a qualified elector, you must:

• be 18 years old on polling day,

AND

• September 1 in the year of a general election, or at the time of a by-election, at the date on which the writ of election is published:
  • be a Canadian citizen;
  • not be under curatorship;
  • not have been found guilty of an offence that is a corrupt electoral practice;

And at that same date (September 1st or date of publication of the notice of election), you must meet one of the following two conditions:

• • be domiciled in the municipality and have been domiciled in Québec for at least six months;
  • have been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment situated on the territory of the municipality.

An elector who is not domiciled in the municipality, but who is the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment situated on the territory of the municipality, must transmit a signed writing to the municipality asking to have his name added to the list of electors.

Persons who are co-owners of an immovable or co-occupants of a business establishment must designate from among themselves, by means of a power of attorney sent to the municipality, only one person who can be entered on the list of electors.

​Link to Elections Quebec page.

The Municipal Council of the Municipality of the Township of Potton adopted two new resolutions at the regular meeting held on June 7, 2021:

• In accordance with the new provincial bill recently tabled in the National Assembly, voters who are 70 years of age or older on polling day will be able to vote by mail if they so request.
• Council cancelled the postal voting for non-residents citizens on the voters list.

Draft minutes of the June 7, 2021 meeting (in French only)

A by-law respecting voting by mail in accordance with the Municipal Elections and Referendums Act

An Act to facilitate the conduct of the November 7, 2021 Municipal General Election in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic (Bill # 85)

To exercise your right to vote, you must, at the time of voting, be an elector or a qualified voter of the municipality and be entered on the list of electors drawn up for the purposes of the municipal election.

You are automatically registered on the list of electors if you are meeting one of the following two conditions:

• On September 1st , be domiciled in the municipality and have been domiciled in Québec for at least six months;
• On September 1st, have been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment located on the territory of the municipality.

An elector who is not domiciled in the municipality, but who is the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment located on the territory of the municipality, must transmit a signed writing to the municipality asking to have his name added to the list of electors.

Persons who are co-owners of an immovable or co-occupants of a business establishment must designate from among themselves, by means of a power of attorney sent to the municipality, only one person who can be entered on the list of electors.

The electoral list will be drawn up during the month of September and revised on a regular basis until October 8, 2021.

About the permanent list of electors, please click here.