York's public school board votes in favour of byelection to fill Elgie seat

yorkregion.com
April 5, 2017
By Heidi Riedner

Georgina residents will held to the polls for the second time this year after school board trustees voted to hold a byelection for the seat left vacant by Nancy Elgie’s resignation.

“Having a byelection means the residents of Georgina have a fair and democratic process to select their representative,” board chairperson Loralea Carruthers said after the April 4 meeting.

“We wanted to ensure a fair and transparent process and that’s why we held a community consultation to ensure community concerns were heard.”

Trustees directed staff members to work with the Town of Georgina to initiate a byelection at an estimated cost of $162,534.51, which the school board will reimburse.

More information, including timelines and polling locations, will be made available through the town a and the board's website, yrdsbc.ca.