{"id":32,"date":"2016-05-04T05:29:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T05:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15.223.70.103.temp.anaxanet.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:17:17","slug":"election","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2>Election<\/h2>\n<p>The Town of Birch Hills is governed by 6 elected council members and 1 mayor.\u00a0 Those elected serve a 4 year term, and have the opportunity to run for election for an unlimited number of terms.<\/p>\n<p>The Municipal Election is open to anyone who owns property, or resides within the Town of Birch Hills that is the age of majority.\u00a0 The next general election will take place in 2028<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are qualified to run for Urban Municipal Election if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>on the day of election is 18 years of age; and<\/li>\n<li>at the time of submission of the nomination paper, is a Canadian citizen<\/li>\n<li>has resided in the municipality for at least three months and in Saskatchewan for at least six months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In accordance to Section 81.1 of the <em>Municipalities Act<\/em>, Bylaw No. 19 of 2024 to require Criminal Record Checks with Nomination Forms has been passed.\u00a0 Please ensure to include your <strong>Criminal Record Check, accompanied by a B1 Form<\/strong> with your Nomination Form on nomination day.\u00a0 New in 2020, Public Disclosure Statements must also accompany your Nomination Form.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Municipal Elections in Urban Municipalities, click on the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/municipal-administration\/elections\/election-procedures#municipal-elections-in-urban-municipalities\">Urban Municipal Elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">running<\/span> for municipal election, click on the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/municipal-administration\/elections\/running-for-municipal-office\">Running for Municipal Election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Voting<\/span> in a Municipal Election, click on the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/municipal-administration\/elections\/voting\">Voting<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Election The Town of Birch Hills is governed by 6 elected council members and 1 mayor.\u00a0 Those elected serve a 4 year term, and have the opportunity to run for election for an unlimited number of terms. The Municipal Election is open to anyone who owns property, or resides within the Town of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5020,"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/5020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birchhills.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}