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1st Session, 43rd Parliament

(2025) FIRST READING

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DARLENE ROTCHFORD

BILL M 202 – 2025

ELIGIBILITY TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE ACT

Contents

Definition

Disqualification

Regulations

Commencement

This Bill provides that a person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly is disqualified from holding a local elected office.

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definition

1 In this Act, "local elected office" means

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a) the office of

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i) a mayor or councillor of a municipality, within the meaning of the Local Government Act ,

(ii) an electoral area director of a regional district, within the meaning of the Local Government Act ,

(iii) a member of the park board, within the meaning of the Vancouver Charter ,

(iv) a school trustee, within the meaning of the School Act , or

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v) a local trust area trustee, within the meaning of the Islands Trust Act , or

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b) any other prescribed elected public office.

Disqualification

(1) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly is disqualified from holding a local elected office.

(2) For certainty, any holder of a local elected office who is disqualified under subsection (1) is deemed to have resigned that office as of the date of disqualification.

Regulations

3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in

section 41 of the

Interpretation Act .

Commencement

4 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill provides that a person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly is disqualified from holding a local elected office.

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