Administration municipale
2021 Municipal Elections
Given the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the information on this page
may be modified at any time according to the directives of
the Direction de la santé publique, the Gouvernement du Québec
or the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec.
General information
The next general municipal elections will be held on November 7, 2021.
For general information, please consult the following web pages:
For information regarding the elections during the COVID-19 pandemic please consult the following web pages:
Important dates to remember
| September 17, 2021: | Beginning of the electoral period and first day to apply as candidate |
| October 1, 2021: | Last day to apply as candidate (deadline established at 4:30 p.m.) |
| October 1, 2021 | Proclamation of election of candidates elected without opposition |
| October 25, 2021: | First day for revision of the electoral list |
| October 26, 2021: | Last day for revision of the electoral list |
| October 28, 2021: | Last potential date to publish the public notice of the vote including the identification of each office for which a vote is to be held and the names of the candidates for each such office |
| October 31, 2021: | Advance polling day |
| November 7, 2021: | Polling day and electoral period end |
Qualified voters
To be eligible to vote, you must:
- be 18 years old on November 7, 2021;
and
as of September 1, 2021:
- be a Canadian citizen;
- not be under curatorship;
- not be declared guilty of an infraction which constitutes an election fraud manoeuvre;
and, on this same date, you must fulfil one of the two (2) following conditions:
- be domiciled in the Town of Sutton and, for at least six (6) months, in Quebec;
- have been, for at least twelve (12) months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation, situated in the territory of the Town of Sutton.
Non-domicilied electors
The sole owners of an immovable or sole occupants of a business establishment who are not domiciled in the territory of the municipality or of the RCM can be entered on the list of electors for the general election if they meet the following conditions:
- be 18 years of age on November 7, 2021:
- be a natural person, a Canadian citizen, not be under curatorship on September 1, 2021 and, on that date, not have been convicted, over the last five years, of an offence that is a corrupt electoral practice:
- be the sole owner of an immovable situated in the territory of the municipality or the MRC for at least 12 months on September 1, 2021:
- have sent to the Town of Sutton, before 4:30 p.m., October 26, 2021, an application for entry by the sole owner of an immovable or the sole occupant of a business establishment (non-domicilied)
The undivided co-owners of an immovable or the co-occupants of a busisness establishment who are not domiciled in the territory of the municipality or of the MRC and who are not already entitled to be entered on the list of electors as the sole owner of an immovable or the sole occupant of a business establishment can be entered on the list of electors for the general election if they meet the following conditions:
- be 18 years of age on November 7, 2021:
- be a natural person, a Canadian citizen, not be under curatorship on September 1, 2021 and, on that date, not have been convicted, over the last five years, of an offence that is a corrupt electoral practice:
- be the the undivided co-owner of an immovable situated in the territory of the municipality or the MRC for at least 12 months on September 1, 2021:
- have been designated by means of a power of attorney signed by the majority of the co-owners who are electors on September 1, 2021:
- have sent to the Town of Sutton, before 4:30 p.m., October 26, 2021, a power of attorney to designate the undivided co-owner of an immovable or the sole occupant of a business establishment (non- domicilied)
Candidates
To view filed applications, please follow this link.
Any eligible person can file nomination papers for one Town Council position only.
A person is eligible for office as a member of the council of a municipality if he or she is entitled to have his or her name entered on the list of electors of the municipality and if he or she has resided, continuously or not, in the territory of the municipality for at least the last twelve (12) months on September 1 of the calendar year in which a general election is to be held.
Any person wishing to run for the office of mayor or councillor must make sure that nomination papers are filled out and filed at the office of the returning officer. Please note that an appointment must first be made with the Returning Officer, Me Jonathan Fortin by calling 450 538-2231, extension 241.
Application for recognitioin of a ticket - SM-31-VA
Donors list and return of expenses - DGE-1038
Filing of nomination paper begins on September 17, 2021 and ends on October 1, 2021 inclusively. Please refer to the Public Notice published on September 15, 2021 for the opening hours of the office of the Returning Officer. However, the Act Respecting Elections and Referendums in Municipalities stipulates that the office of the Returning Officer must be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. continuously on October 1, 2021.
For all additional information, please consult the following websites and documents:
- Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l’Habitation (MAMH)
- Guide à l’intention des candidates et candidats au conseil municipal pour l’élection générale de 2021 - MAMH (in French only)
- Running in a municipal election - DGE-1054-VA
- Guide - Candidate Declaration (in French only)
- Municipal political financing - DGE-1038.1
- Disclosure of certain donations and returns of expenses - Directive D-M-XIV-1-VA
- Directive MTQ election posters
- Directive LERM election posters
Electoral districts
Important Notice
Any electoral district map available on this site is an administrative version, for your sole convenience. The official versions of these maps are kept at Town Hall, in the official copy of By-Law 268. In the event of a contradiction between an administrative version and the official version, the official version shall prevail.
Board of revisors
By October 15, 2021, a notice of registration for the electoral list will be forwarded by mail: read it with care. This notice states the name(s) of electors registered at your address and the location of the board of revisors.
If you do not receive the registration notice or if corrections must be made to it, you will have to present yourself before the board of revisors to make an application for entry for a correction or deletion to the electoral list. It is important to check this information since you must be registered on the electoral list in order to exercise your right to vote.
An Act Respecting Elections and Referendums in Municipalities sets the beginning and end of the board of revisors work period concerning the electoral list. Even though this potential period may run from October 16 to 28, 2021 for the municipal elections of 2021 and that a public notice has been published to this effect, we are advising you in advance that the board of revisors will sit on October 25, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and October 26, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
For information on which document to submit to the Board of Review, please refer to the information contained in the public notice published on October 13, 2021.
Vote by mail
Request to vote by mail
Registration closed on October 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
Job Offers
Refer to the job offer description: Electoral personnel
To view the list of election staff, please follow this link.
Contact info
Me Jonathan Fortin, lawyer
Returning Officer
Town of Sutton
11 Principale Street S.
Sutton, Québec, J0E 2K0
Telephone: 450 538-2231, extension 241
Email: [email protected]
Chantal Marien
Election Secretary
Town of Sutton
11 Principale Street S.
Sutton, Québec, J0E 2K0
Telephone: 450 538-2231, extension 239
Email: [email protected]