Vacancy on council
34(1)A vacancy results in the council when
(a)
fewer candidates than are required for office are nominated,
(b)
a member resigns from office,
(c)
a member dies while in office,
(d)
a member is convicted of
(i)
an offence punishable by imprisonment for five or more years, or
(ii)
an offence under section 122, 123, 124 or 125 of the
Criminal Code (Canada),
(e)
a member fails to comply with subsection 33(1), (2) or (2.01),
(f)
a member ceases to be a resident of the municipality,
(g)
except in the case of illness or by leave of the council, a member is
(i)
absent from the municipality for more than two months at one time, or
(ii)
absent from four or more consecutive regular meetings of the council, or
(g.1)
a member has been disqualified or declared incapable of holding office under this or any other Act.
(h)
Repealed: 1979, c.47, s.5
34(2)A vacancy does not result where the number of members of a council of a municipality is increased under section 28 or 29.
1966, c.20, s.35; 1968, c.41, s.8; 1972, c.49, s.6; 1979, c.47, s.5; 1995, c.46, s.7; 2003, c.27, s.20