Please note: Candidates are responsible for ensuring that their campaign complies with the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA). This information is not a replacement for consulting the actual legislation or for obtaining legal advice.
Campaign Period
The campaign period for the 2025 Municipal Election is October 31, 2024, to December 31, 2025.
Candidate Requirements
On or before March 1 of each year, all Candidates who have received contributions in the previous year are required to complete Form 26 (Campaign Disclosure Statement and Financial Statement) for the previous calendar year.
On or before September 20 of a year in which a general election is to be held, all Candidates who have received contributions between January 1st and July 31st of that year, must file a disclosure statement in respect to that period.
The amendments to the LAEA now require candidate financial disclosures to be available on the Town of Athabasca’s website in perpetuity.
Candidates shall ensure that:
(a) a campaign account in the name of the candidate or the candidate’s election campaign is opened at a financial institution for the purposes of the election campaign at the time the candidate gives a written notice under section 147.22 or as soon as possible after the total amount of contributions first exceeds $1000 in the aggregate,
(b) if a campaign account has been opened, all contributions of money are deposited into the campaign account,
(c) money in the campaign account shall only be used for the payment of campaign expenses,
(d) contributions of real property, personal property and services are valued,
(e) receipts are issued for every contribution and obtained for every expense,
(f) records are kept of contributions and campaign expenses and are retained by the candidate for a period of 3 years following the day of the election to which they relate, and
(g) proper direction is given to the candidate’s official agent and any other person who is authorized to incur campaign expenses and accept or solicit contributions on behalf of the candidate.