New candidates for the Hamilton East-Stoney Creek byelection still have more than a week to register, even as residents can already vote if they’re ready to cast their ballots now.
The province has set Sept. 3, the Thursday before Labour Day weekend, as the date for the byelection, along with other provincial byelections in Scarborough Southwest and York-Simcoe.
This byelection was called due to Progressive Conservative MPP and Minister of Sport Neil Lumsden’s retirement, which he announced in July and took effect last week.
The campaign period started on Aug. 5, when candidates began tracking their spending according to election rules. Voters can now cast their ballots at the local election office located at Eastgate Square mall, near Home Sense.
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Eastgate Square, where the election office is based, is located at 75 Centennial Parkway N. in Hamilton. (Google)
To be eligible to vote, you need to be at least 18 years old and a resident of both the riding and province while also being a Canadian citizen. A resident of Ontario is someone who primarily lives there and doesn’t use a post-office box as their main address.
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Voting Process in Byelection
If you’re ready to vote, you can visit the election office any day from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m., except Sundays when hours are from noon until 5 p. m. In-person voting ends on Sept. 2 at 2 p. m. You have three other options for casting your ballot in this byelection. You can apply for a mail-in vote online or download and print a paper application. All mail-in voting kits must reach Elections Ontario by 6 p. m. on Sept. 3 to count. You can also vote during advanced voting days on Aug. 26, 27, and 28 at any advanced voting location between 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. Your final option is voting in person on election day itself-Sept. 3-at your designated voting spot between 9 a. m. and 9 p. m. You can find advanced and assigned voting locations online using Elections Ontario’s Voter Information Service or check your voter information card. If you’re already listed on the provincial voters list, bring one form of identification that has your name on it when you go vote. If you’re not listed yet, you’ll need identification showing both your name and address. You can check your status through Elections Ontario’s website if you’re unsure. “Photo ID is not required when you go to vote,” says the agency which offers an online list of acceptable identification types. “If you choose to provide photo ID, your appearance does not need to match the photo. You do not need to provide any information about your sex or gender expression when you go to vote.”Four Candidates Registered; Fifth Expected Soon
As of early afternoon Tuesday, these four candidates were listed on Elections Ontario’s website: Jeff Beattie, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Wieslawa Derlatka, New Blue Party. Heino Doessing, Ontario Liberal Party. Monique Taylor, Ontario New Democratic Party. The Green Party of Ontario announced Pascale Marchand as its candidate in this riding weeks ago; when asked why Marchand wasn’t listed yet on Elections Ontario’s site Tuesday afternoon, party spokesperson Emily Reedman stated that Marchand “will be officially filing her candidacy today.” Elections Ontario will accept nominations until Aug. 20 at 2 p. m. Marchand works as a Ward 4 constituency assistant while Doessing previously served as a municipal councillor in Denmark; both faced Lumsden in the last election here. Beattie currently serves as Hamilton’s Ward 10 councillor covering much of this provincial riding area. Taylor once held office as Hamilton Mountain MPP.</pp The Hamilton East-Stoney Creek area was long dominated by New Democrats before Lumsden took over in the last election back in 2022.Source link
