Municipal
Mayor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Winterton
- Exact method
- Elected at large in a separate election where the council (by a two-thirds vote) or the minister has provided for one; otherwise the councillors choose the mayor from among themselves at the first meeting after a general election (Towns and Local Service Districts Act, ss. 27-28). Four-year term; general elections under the Municipal Elections Act, s. 5.
- Seats
- 1
Next vote
Sources
- assembly.nl.ca · checked municipal: Towns and Local Service Districts Act, SNL 2023 c. T-6.2: s. 24 (council of an odd number of councillors, 5 to 9), s. 25 (wards), ss. 27-28 (mayor and deputy mayor); Municipal Elections Act, SNL 2001 c. M-20.2, s. 5 (general elections every four years). For: Mayor
- gov.nl.ca · checked date_confirmed set false: 2029-09-25 is the statutory last Tuesday in September; the Province moved the 2025 general election from 30 Sep to 2 Oct 2025 (release 2024-11-01), so the 2029 date is not confirmed until the Province announces it. Checked 2026-10-12. For: General election, September 25, 2029
- assembly.nl.ca · checked municipal: Municipal Elections Act, s. 5(1)-(2): general elections in 2001 and every 4 years after, on the last Tuesday in September (2029: 25 Sep). The 2025 election was moved to 2 Oct 2025 (https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2024/mpa/1101n05/). For: General election, September 25, 2029
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