Request for Applications to the Join Lanark County 2026 Election Compliance Audit Committee
The municipalities of Beckwith, Carleton Place, Drummond/North Elmsley, Lanark Highlands, Mississippi Mills, Montague, Perth, Smiths Falls and Tay Valley are currently seeking interested applicants with accounting, auditing and legal experience, from professionals who are required to adhere to codes or standards of their profession and from individuals with in-depth knowledge of the campaign financing rules for candidates and registered third-parties of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, for appointment to the Joint Lanark County 2026 Election Compliance Audit Committee.
The purpose of the Compliance Audit Committee is to:
- consider compliance audit applications made by electors and decide whether they should be granted or rejected;
- appoint an auditor if the compliance audit application is granted;
- receive and consider the auditor’s report;
- decide whether to commence legal proceedings, if there is a contravention; and
- consider compliance audit reports prepared by the Clerk and decide whether to commence a legal proceeding against the contributor.
The Deadline for applications is Monday, March 30, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
Joint Lanark County 2026 Election Compliance Audit Committee – Terms of Reference
Joint Lanark County 2026 Election Compliance Audit Committee – Member Application Form
For further information, please contact:
Returning Officer – Cassandra McGregor
Township of Beckwith
2022 Beckwith Park Lane
Carleton Place, ON K7C 3P2
(613) 257-1539 ext. 207
cmcgregor@twp.beckwith.on.ca
Monday, October 26th, 2026 is Election Day for municipalities and School Board Trustees across the Province of Ontario. For the Township of Beckwith the following positions may be available to vote for depending upon the nominations papers that are filed on or before Nomination Day.
- Reeve (1 position)
- Deputy Reeve (1 position)
- Councillor (3 positions)
- School Board Trustee (English Public and English Catholic)
- School Board Trustee (French Public and French Catholic)
🗳️ The 2026 Municipal Election is coming this October — are you on the Voters’ List?
As of January 1, 2024, Elections Ontario is now responsible for maintaining the Voters’ List for municipal and school board elections. (Previously, this was managed by MPAC).
What does this mean for you?
✔️ All voter registrations, updates, and corrections must now be done through Elections Ontario
✔️ Check or update your information at www.registertovoteon.ca
✔️ Municipalities and MPAC no longer manage voter information
Make sure your details are up to date so you’re ready to vote this fall.
Nomination Process
Nomination Day will be Friday, August 21, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
All Candidates Meetings
All candidates meetings are an opportunity for political candidates and residents to connect before an election. Residents have a chance to evaluate the candidates, political platforms, and ask questions about current issues.
The Municipality does not organize any candidate events, however, various organizations within the community often host all candidate meetings or debates.
Am I eligible to vote?
A person is entitled to be an elector at an election held in a local municipality, if on Voting Day, if they are:
- a Canadian Citizen; and
- at least 18 years old; and
- a resident in Beckwith Township; or
- a non-resident of Beckwith Township but you or your spouse own or rent property in the Township; and
- are not prohibited from voting under any law.
You may only vote once in Beckwith Township’s municipal election regardless of how many properties you own or rent in the township. An owner or tenant of non-residential property, or his or her spouse, is not eligible to vote for School Board Trustee.
Post-Secondary Students
There is a special rule for students who may be living away from home while they attend school. If you are a student and consider your “home” to be the place where you live when you are not attending school, which means you plan on returning there, then you are eligible to vote in both your “home” municipality and in the municipality where you currently live while attending school.
2022 MUNICIPAL / SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR BECKWITH TOWNSHIP DEPUTY-REEVE AND COUNCILLORS
OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR ENGLISH SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD