19.01(1)Except as provided under this section or an Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e), the Municipal Elections Act applies to first elections under paragraph 19(1)(e) and first elections under paragraph 19(1)(e) shall be conducted under the Municipal Elections Act.

19.01(2)Where a first election under paragraph 19(1)(e) is held at the same time as a quadrennial election, the Municipal Electoral Officer may, after the thirty-first day of December in the year before the year in which the election is to be held, change the polling divisions determined under subsection 10(1) of the Municipal Elections Act and revise the list of polling divisions prepared under subsection 10(2) of the Municipal Elections Act so as to provide for such revised polling divisions as are necessary for the conduct of the first election under paragraph 19(1)(e).

19.01(3)Where a first election is held under section 19, a person is not qualified to be a candidate for the office of mayor or councillor of a municipality unless the person has been resident within the boundaries of the municipality, as the boundaries of the municipality are described under the Order in Council made under section 19 effecting the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement of the municipality, for at least six months immediately before the election.

19.01(4.01)Where a first election is held under paragraph 19(1)(e) in a municipality divided into wards under paragraph 19(1)(a.1), a person is not entitled to be a candidate for the office of councillor for a ward unless the person is resident in the ward, as that ward is described under the Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(a.1), at the time of the person’s nomination.

19.01(4.1)Where a first election is held under paragraph 19(1)(e) in a municipality divided into wards under paragraph 19(1)(a.1),

19.01(4.2)Paragraph (4.1)(a) does not apply to candidates for the office of mayor or councillor at large.

19.01(5)Where a first election is conducted at the same time as a quadrennial election, the Municipal Electoral Officer shall give Notice of Election in relation to the municipality as described under the Order in Council effecting the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement but shall not give a Notice of Election in relation to the municipality that exists prior to the effective date of the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement of that municipality.

19.01(6)Except where a first election is conducted at the same time as a quadrennial election and subject to subsection (7), the preliminary voters list for a first election shall be the most recent voters list prepared for the previous election.

19.01(7)The Municipal Electoral Officer may, where the Municipal Electoral Officer considers it advisable, prepare in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act a new voters list for the first election.

19.01(8)Where there is a conflict between a provision in an Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e) and a provision of this section, the provision in the Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e) prevails.

19.01(1)Except as provided under this section or an Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e), the Municipal Elections Act applies to first elections under paragraph 19(1)(e) and first elections under paragraph 19(1)(e) shall be conducted under the Municipal Elections Act.

19.01(2)Where a first election under paragraph 19(1)(e) is held at the same time as a quadrennial election, the Municipal Electoral Officer may, after the thirty-first day of December in the year before the year in which the election is to be held, change the polling divisions determined under subsection 10(1) of the Municipal Elections Act and revise the list of polling divisions prepared under subsection 10(2) of the Municipal Elections Act so as to provide for such revised polling divisions as are necessary for the conduct of the first election under paragraph 19(1)(e).

19.01(3)Where a first election is held under section 19, a person is not qualified to be a candidate for the office of mayor or councillor of a municipality unless the person has been resident within the boundaries of the municipality, as the boundaries of the municipality are described under the Order in Council made under section 19 effecting the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement of the municipality, for at least six months immediately before the election.

19.01(4.01)Where a first election is held under paragraph 19(1)(e) in a municipality divided into wards under paragraph 19(1)(a.1), a person is not entitled to be a candidate for the office of councillor for a ward unless the person is resident in the ward, as that ward is described under the Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(a.1), at the time of the person’s nomination.

19.01(4.1)Where a first election is held under paragraph 19(1)(e) in a municipality divided into wards under paragraph 19(1)(a.1),

19.01(4.2)Paragraph (4.1)(a) does not apply to candidates for the office of mayor or councillor at large.

19.01(5)Where a first election is conducted at the same time as a quadrennial election, the Municipal Electoral Officer shall give Notice of Election in relation to the municipality as described under the Order in Council effecting the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement but shall not give a Notice of Election in relation to the municipality that exists prior to the effective date of the incorporation, amalgamation, amalgamation and annexation, annexation or decrement of that municipality.

19.01(6)Except where a first election is conducted at the same time as a quadrennial election and subject to subsection (7), the preliminary voters list for a first election shall be the most recent voters list prepared for the previous election.

19.01(7)The Municipal Electoral Officer may, where the Municipal Electoral Officer considers it advisable, prepare in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act a new voters list for the first election.

19.01(8)Where there is a conflict between a provision in an Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e) and a provision of this section, the provision in the Order in Council made under paragraph 19(1)(e) prevails.