Municipal Election - Nomination Packages are Available!

• Mayor – One (1) to be elected
• Councillor – Four (4) to be elected

AND FURTHER PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Town of Osoyoos and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Area A within the areas served by the Town of Osoyoos Water District (known as System 8 and 9) that nominations are required for the offices of:

Nomination documents are available at the Town of Osoyoos, Town Office, 8707 Main Street, Osoyoos, BC, V0H 1V0, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday excluding Statutory Holidays, or on the Town’s website at www.osoyoos.ca.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

• Canadian citizen;
• 18 years of age or older;
• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed;
• a person or the commander of an armed forces unit who has been granted freedom of the municipality,  if that person is a Canadian citizen; and
• not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office.

FURTHER for Water Councillor, a person to be nominated must be resident in and user of water in the area serviced by Osoyoos Water District System 8 or 9.

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:

Janette Van Vianen
Chief Election Officer 
or
Jim Zakall
Deputy Chief Election Officer
Box 3010, 8707 Main Street
Osoyoos  BC  V0H 1V0
(P)  250.495.6515
(F)  250.495.2400