East Gwillimbury to make decision on electoral review in June

YorkRegion.com
May 18, 2017
Simon Martin

East Gwillimbury council’s decision on the electoral review could come sooner rather than later.

Town staff are review the information gathered about the electoral review with respect and will present their report at the meeting June 6 council meeting. The report will recap all of the information that council has received to date on the electoral review to assist council in its deliberations. It is expected that council will decide on the review at the June 20 council meeting. 

Consultants Andrew Sancton and Tim Cobban delivered details of their final report to council last year.

The consultants recommended council move to a ward system that would feature three wards — Holland Landing, Queensville-Sharon and Mount Albert-rural — in the 2018 election, with two councillors each. In the following election in 2022, there would be five wards as the Holland Landing and Queensville-Sharon wards would be split and the Mount Albert rural ward would remain intact.

Town staff responded to the consultants' report earlier this year with a report recommending East Gwillimbury not move to a ward system in 2018, but add two more at-large councillors. Town clerk Fernando Lamanna said the preferred option of a ward system was confusing because boundaries had to change after one election.