2024 Municipal & CSAP Election

The next regular election will be held Saturday, October 19, 2024. Advanced polls open on October 10th, 2024. 

We hope that everyone will take part on Election Day by casting their vote – It’s Your Right! Qualifications to vote are simple: 

  • 18 years of age on or before October 19, 2024
  • A Canadian Citizen
  • A resident of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough 

The 2024 Municipal Election will be entirely electronic with a help desk (open 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri October 10th - 19th) and a polling station located at the Guysborough Municipal Office on Election Day (open 8am-7pm).

Nomination period has now closed. MODG has received candidacy from the following individuals;

District 1 – Paul Long (acclaimed)
 
District 2 – Mary Desmond (acclaimed)
 
District 3 – Neil Decoff (acclaimed)
 
District 4 – Dave Hanhams (acclaimed)
 
District 5 – Janet Peitzsche (acclaimed)
 
District 6 – Vernon Pitts
                   Susan Cashin
 
District 7 – Hudson MacLeod (acclaimed)
 
District 8 – Fin Armsworthy (acclaimed)
 

CSAP Election

One member of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) will represent the electoral district of Antigonish comprising of the towns of Antigonish, Mulgrave, New Glasgow, Pictou, Stellarton, Trenton, and Westville and the Municipalities of the Counties of Antigonish, Pictou, and the Municipalities of the Districts of East Hants, Guysborough, and St. Mary’s.

Candidates:

  • Francine Clément-Fraser
  • Remi Deveau

CSAP Qualification Information:

  • You meet the basic qualifications described above; and
  • You are an "Entitled Parent" or "Entitled Person"; 
    • Whose first language learned and still understood is French; or
    • You received your primary school instruction in Canada in a French-first-language program; or
    • Any of your children have received or are receiving primary or secondary school instruction in Canada in a French-first-language program. A French immersion program is NOT a French-first-language program. 

Allan Armsworthy
CSAP Returning Officer
(902) 318-3309 


Magdelyn Connolly                                                       Debbie Torrey
Returning Officer                                                             Assistant Returning Officer
Municipality of the District of Guysborough               Municipality of the District of Guysborough
E: mconnolly@modg.ca                                                   E: dtorrey@modg.ca 
P: (902) 533-3705 x. 224                                                  P: (902) 533-3705 x. 222

Important Dates:

March 9, 2024 - Residency required to qualify as candidate

August 29 - September 9, 2024 - Nominations can be filed by appointment only

September 10, 2024 - Nomination Day 9:00am - 5:00pm

September 11, 2024 – Candidate may withdrawal before 4:00pm

October 10 - October 19, 2024 - Advanced Poll 

October 19, 2024 - Election Day (ordinary polling day)

October 26, 2024 – Candidates must return all copies of their list of electors to the Municipal Clerk

October 30, 2024 - Swearing In (the time application for a recount expires 10 days after the election)


Electoral District Boundary Map

FAQ's Voter       FAQ's Candidate 

Municipal Elections Act 

Notice of Nominations

Revisions to the Preliminary List of Electors