Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Proposed ward system to have specific councillors for specific areas

By Lisa Goudy

In addition to electing six council members and a mayor, voters will also have to decide on whether to adopt the ward system referendum.

Council voted to put the question of the ward system on the ballot as brought forward by Coun. Don Mitchell. According to legislation, a councillor running in a specific ward does not have to live in that ward.

“It’s the same with any election. They have to live in the city. They have to meet the residency requirements being in the city,” said city clerk-solicitor Myron Gulka-Tiechko.

“It’s the same, frankly, for provincial or federal elections. As long as you’re a resident in the province for example … they can represent an area of Moose Jaw, whether it’s Moose Jaw North or Moose Jaw Wakamow and they can live actually a couple of blocks outside of that boundary.”

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