2025 Wards 1 and 4 By-Election

To vote in the 2025 by-election for Wards 1 and 4, you must be

• a Canadian citizen;
• at least 18 years old;
• a resident in Ward 1 or Ward 4; or
• a non-resident, but you or your spouse own or rent property in Ward 1 or Ward 4; and
• not prohibited from voting under any law.

Use our online interactive map to see if you live in Ward 1 or 4.

Who cannot vote

You are prohibited from voting if you are:

• serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution;
• a corporation;
• acting as executor or trustee or in another representative capacity, except as a voting proxy; or
• convicted of a corrupt practice described in section 90(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

If you are unsure about eligibility, need information about how to vote or are experiencing a barrier to voting, please contact our elections team.

The Voters List is a list of people who are eligible to vote in the 2025 By-election for Ward 1 and Ward 4.

You can now confirm whether you are on the Voters List, or add or update your information using our online portal.

You can also update, or add your name and/or home address to the Voters List in person by filling out an Application to Amend the Voters List (PDF) and providing proof of qualifying address along with appropriate ID:

• At the Haldimand County Administration Building in Cayuga during regular business hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to  4:30 p.m.)
• At any of our advance polls or polling stations on election day during polling hours

Please note that our Voters List will only contain voters eligible to vote in Ward 1 or Ward 4. If you are not eligible to vote in this by-election, and wish to update or add your information for future elections, please visit the Elections Ontario Website or the Elections Canada Website.

When you go to vote you need to take one piece of identification (ID) showing your name and qualifying Haldimand County Ward 1 or Ward 4 address.

• A Voter Information Card cannot be used as ID
• A passport cannot be used as ID, because it does not verify a person’s address.
• The identification does not need to be a photo ID.

Examples of acceptable ID include:

• Ontario driver’s licence
• Ontario health card (if your name and address are printed on the card)
• mortgage, lease or rental agreement
• credit card statement
• bill for hydro, water, gas, telephone, internet

A full list of acceptable documents is available in the 2022 Voters' Guide (PDF).

If your name is on the voters’ list and you do not have identification, you may fill out and sign a Declaration of Identity (Form 9) (PDF) that you are the person whose name appears on the list.

If you are an eligible elector, and will be unable to personally cast your ballot, you may appoint another person to vote on your behalf. This person is known as a “proxy” voter.

A proxy voter must be eligible to vote in Haldimand County and someone you trust. You cannot appoint more than one voting proxy or act as a voting proxy for more than one other person. However, this restriction does not apply if the proxy and the other person are spouses or siblings of each other, parent and child, or grandparent and grandchild.

To appoint a voting proxy, you must fill out two copies of the Appointment for Voting Proxy Form (Form 3) and give the copies to the person that you are appointing as your proxy. This form is available for download from the Ontario Central Forms Repository. You will need to be on a computer with adobe reader installed to access this form:

• Appointment for Voting Proxy Form (Form 3) (PDF)

Proxy forms must be certified by the Clerk or designate. Please call (905) 318-5932 , or email our elections team for more information.

Under the Municipal Elections Act (1996), municipalities must provide on-site polls (roving polls) in certain institutions, such as some long-term care facilities.  During the by-election, Haldimand County will be providing roving polls for residents/patients at the following facilities:

• Anson Place Care Centre, Hagersville
• Leisure Living Retirement Residence, Jarvis
• Parkview Meadows Christian Retirement Village, Townsend
• West Haldimand General Hospital, Hagersville

These polls are exclusively for residents and patients of the facilities, and voting times and locations will be posted within the facility for their information.