2026 General Local Elections

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

Nominations for the offices of:
    MAYOR – ONE (1)
    COUNCILLOR – FOUR (4)
will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

Interested persons can obtain information on the requirements and procedures for making nominations including nomination forms at the Silverton Village Office beginning at 10:00 am on Tuesday, August 26, 2026.

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 on general voting day October 17, 2026;
• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

CAMPAIGN PERIOD EXPENSE LIMITS

In accordance with the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, for the 2026 general local election, the following expense limits for candidates during the campaign period apply:

Mayor: $12,323.78
Councillor: $6,161.89

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING LIMITS

In accordance with the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, for the 2026 general local elections, the following third party advertising limits apply:

Directed Advertising: $924.28
Cumulative Advertising: $184,856.70

For further information on campaign period expense limits and third party advertising limits, please contact Elections BC:
Toll-free phone: 1-855-952-0280
Email: lecf@elections.bc.ca
Website: www.elections.bc.ca/lecf

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION

Non-Resident Property Electors:
Advance Non-Resident Property Elector registrations will be accepted at the Village of Silverton office, 421 Lake Ave, until August 25, 2026. Non-Resident Property Elector registrations will not be accepted during the period August 26, 2026 - October 19, 2026 but will be accepted on voting days and in conjunction with mail ballot voting.

Resident Electors:
Silverton residents who appear on the Provincial Voters List are automatically registered to vote in the 2026 General Local Election. Online registration is available through the Elections BC website at www.elections.bc.ca Registration will also be available at the polling station on voting days and in conjunction with mail ballot voting.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

Resident Electors:
• 18 years of age or older on general voting day; and
• a Canadian citizen; and
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and
• a resident of the Village of Silverton; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

Non-Resident Property Electors:
• 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and
• a Canadian citizen; and
• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and
• a registered owner of real property in the Village of Silverton for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and
• the only persons who are registered owners of the property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and
• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and
• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS

Beginning September 1, 2026, until the close of general voting for the election on October 17, 2026, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the Village of Silverton office, during regular office hours, Tuesday to Thursday, excluding statutory holidays.
Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list, make copies, or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act.

REQUEST TO OMIT OR OBSCURE

An elector may request that their address or other personal information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors. The elector must contact the Chief Election Officer or the Deputy Election Officer to make this request.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTOR

An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on September 11, 2026. An objection must be in writing and an objection may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Village of Silverton and only on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or is not qualified to register as an elector of the Village of Silverton.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, the following persons may be contacted:

Catherine Allaway, Chief Election Officer at elections@silverton.ca or 250-551-6058
Taylor Attwood, Deputy Chief Election Officer at finance@silverton.ca or 250-358-2472