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REPORT
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE File#
Res. #
Date: SEPTEMBER 22 , 1997
Report#: CD-4 2-9 7 File#: By-Law#
Subject: 1997 MUNICIPAL ELECTION - DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL BOARD
TRUSTEES
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . THAT Report CD-42-97 be received for information.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
The Provincial government has enacted amendments to the Education
Act which provide for the realignment and amalgamation of school
boards across the Province . Under this new Act, the Peterborough
Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Roman Catholic School
Board is now known as the English Language District School Board
No. 41 and the Northumberland Clarington Board of Education and
the Peterborough County Board of Education have been amalgamated
to form the English Language District School Board No. 14 .
Regulations made under the Education Act set out the procedures
for the determination of the number of trustees for each of the
new district school boards, as well as the distribution of those
trustees within the new district school boards . In accordance
with the regulations, meetings were convened with the clerks of
the three municipalities with the largest electoral population
within each board' s jurisdiction, ie, City of Peterborough,
Cobourg and Clarington. Upon reviewing the formulae included in
the regulation which is based on population and land area, it has
been determined that the Roman Catholic Board will consist of 7
trustees, distributed as follows :
City of Peterborough 2 trustees
Peterborough County 1 trustee
Victoria County 1 trustee
Northumberland County 1 trustee
Clarington 2 trustees
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The Public Board will consist of 10 trustees, distributed as
follows :
City of Peterborough 2 trustees
Clarington 2 trustees
Port Hope
Hope Township
Cavan/Millbrook/
North Monaghan 1 trustee
Hamilton Township
Alnwick Township
Cobourg 1 trustee
Haldimand Township
Village of Colborne
Cramahe Township
Town of Brighton
Brighton Township
Murray Township 1 trustee
Percy Township
Seymour Township
Town of Campbellford
Village of Hastings
Havelock/Belmont/
Methune 1 trustee
Otonabee/
South Monaghan
Douro/Dummer
Village of Lakefield
Norwood/Asphodel 1 trustee
Galway/Cavendish/
Harvey
Burleigh/Anstruther/
Chandos
Smith/Ennismore 1 trustee
Historically, because of the small number of French supporters
within the area of the school boards, the Municipality of
Clarington has not elected French trustees . With the
amalgamation, Clarington is now included in the French-Language
Separate District School Board No. 64 and the French-Language
Public District School Board No. 58 (which cover the area from
Welland to Peterborough) . For the purpose of the distribution of
trustees, the Boards are divided into electoral zones . The
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municipality within each electoral zone which has the largest
eligible electorate is responsible for receiving nomination
papers for that zone . In the French-Language Public District
School Board No. 58, Clarington is included with Durham,
Northumberland and Peterborough and in the French-Language
Separate District School Board No. 64, Clarington is included
with Peterborough, Victoria and Northumberland. Accordingly, for
the French Public Board, nomination papers for the trustee
position will be received by the clerk for the City of Oshawa and
nomination papers for the trustee position on the French Separate
Board will be received by the clerk of the Municipality of
Clarington.
This report is submitted for the information of Council .
Respectful y�submitted Reviewed by
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Patti, rrie, A.M. C.T. W.H. Stockwell
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