2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

WHEN AND WHERE WILL VOTING TAKE PLACE?

• Advance poll: Sunday, October 26, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• General election: Sunday, November 2, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Voting will take place at Town Hall, 1257, route 243, Canton de Melbourne (Québec) J0B 2B0. Voting sites will be accessible to people with reduced mobility.

ARE YOU ON THE LIST OF ELECTORS?

List of electors
The list of electors for the Township of Canton de Melbourne is drawn up from the permanent list of electors maintained by Elections Québec, to which are added the owners or co-owners of an immovable and the occupants or co-occupants of a business establishment who have filed their registration or power of attorney within the required deadline.

Filing of the list of electors
The municipal list of electors will be filed on Friday, October 3, 2025, and will be available for consultation at the Township of Canton de Melbourne Town Hall as of that date.

Notice of registration
The notice of registration to each person entered on the list of electors will be mailed between October 6 and 8, 2025, if an election is held. In the case of an election by acclamation, i.e. if all candidates are elected unopposed, no notice will be sent and no revision of the list of electors will be made.

Revision of the electoral list

The list of electors will be revised so that you can request, if necessary, an entry, striking off or correction of this list.

The Board of Revision will be sitting at Town Hall, 1257, route 243, to receive applications for revision of the list of electors:

• Thursday, October 16, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Monday, October 20, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Anyone who is not on the list of electors, but who could be, can apply to the Board of Revisors to have their name added to the list.

A request for striking off may also be made by any person:

• who should not be entered on the list of electors;
• who does not wish to be entered on the list of electors;
• who is entered on the electoral roll in respect of a domicile, immovable or business establishment when he or she should be entered in respect of another.

An elector may ask the board of revisors to correct any error in the entry of his or her name or address or, where applicable, date of birth.

WHO CAN VOTE?

To exercise your right to vote, you must, at the time of the ballot

• Be an elector of the municipality;
• be registered on the municipality’s list of electors.
• Be 18 years of age on election day;
• Be a Canadian citizen.

HOW DO I IDENTIFY MYSELF AT THE POLLING STATION?

When you arrive at the polling station, you’ll need to present one of the following documents:

• Your health insurance card
• Your driver’s licence (or probationary licence);
• Your Canadian passport;
• Your Certificate of Indian Status;
• Your Canadian Forces identification card.

Voters who do not have one of these documents will be directed to the identity verification panel.

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS?

The Returning Officer, Mrs Cindy Jones, is responsible for holding the election and ensuring that it runs smoothly, including the electoral procedure, from nomination to the proclamation of the election following the poll. The returning office is located at Town Hall, 1257 route 243, Canton de Melbourne, Quebec, J0B 2B0.