NOTICE OF THE NOMINATION AND VOTING PROCESS FOR TRUSTEES IS HEREBY GIVEN TO OWNERS OF LAND WITHIN THE SALT SPRING ISLAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Trustee Positions
The Trustee positions are for a three-year term commencing at the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday,
April 14, 2025 and terminating at the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2028.
Nomination Process
Nomination forms may be obtained on the Salt Spring Fire Rescue website https://saltspringfire.com/ or at the Ganges Fire
Hall, 105 Lower Ganges Road between 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2025 and 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2025.
Qualified candidates must be nominated by two qualified electors of the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District.
Completed nomination forms must be received by 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 27, 2025.
Qualifications for Voting and Nominating
You are qualified to serve as a Trustee, nominate Trustees, and vote as an Elector if you are:
- A Canadian Citizen;
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older by April 12, 2025;
- A resident of British Columbia for at least six months prior to election day;
- A registered owner of land located within the boundaries of the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District, or the authorized
agent, or legal representative of a deceased owner of such land; - Not otherwise disqualified under section 29 of the Election Act;
- Have not voted before in the same election; and
- Each corporation or society that owns land within the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District has one vote and must
designate, in writing, a person to vote on its behalf. That person can also be an owner of other property in the Salt Spring
Island Fire Protection District. If so, that person could vote twice, once on their own behalf as a landowner and as the agent
authorized on behalf of the land-owning corporation or society. Details of the documentation required for corporations or
societies wishing to vote will be available during the nominating/voting period from the Ganges fire hall.
Questions on the nominating process and voting as a registered landowner or documentation required to vote as an agent of
a Board or Corporation, may be directed to the Returning Officer.
Dated at Salt Spring Island, B.C. this 1st day of February 2025.
Anthony A. Kennedy, Returning Officer
295 Mountain Park Drive
Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 1G3
Home phone: 250-537-8815 Cell phone: 1-647-284-2900
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