2022 Municipal Election Financial Statements

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Financial statements from candidates and registered third party advertisers in the 2022 municipal election are available on this page, under section 88(9.1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

About these Documents

The filed Financial Statements on this webpage were prepared manually by candidates. Municipal staff have not verified or amended the information contained in the statements.

Making Financial Statements available on our website allows members of the public to view scanned copies of filed statements in PDF format. Because Financial Statements are prepared in hard copy by candidates and third-party advertisers and cannot be modified by staff, the scanned documents attached below may not be fully accessible for use with assistive technology.

If you’re looking for the documents in another format, please contact Legislative Services.

Filing Deadline

All candidates and registered third-party advertisers must file their Financial Statement and Auditor’s Reports (if required) on or before March 31, 2023, at 2 p.m.

For candidates who do not file their Financial Statement by the filing deadline, they can file during the 30-day grace period if they pay a $500 late filing fee to the municipality. The grace period ends on May 1, 2023, at 2 pm. The Municipal Elections Act requires the Municipal Clerk to prepare a report indicating which candidates complied with the filing requirements. The report will be available after the end of the grace period.

The deadline to file Supplementary Financial Statements is on Friday, September 29, 2023, at 2 pm. For candidates who do not file their supplementary statement during the filing deadline, they can file during the 30-day grace period if they pay a $500 late filing fee to the municipality. This grace period ends on October 30, 2023, at 2 pm.

Municipal Election Compliance Audits

If you have reasonable grounds to believe that a candidate or third-party advertiser has violated the campaign finance rules, please request a compliance audit by following the steps outlined below.

About the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee

The Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) considers applications requesting compliance audits of candidates or third party advertiser election campaign finances, any resulting auditors’ reports, and the Clerk’s Report identifying apparent contribution contraventions under section 88 of the Municipal Elections Act.

The MECAC is a joint committee between the Region of Waterloo, the Cities of Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, and the Townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. When an application for a compliance audit is received, a meeting is held in the applicable municipality.

View the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure.

Request a Compliance Audit

Any requests for a compliance audit of a candidate or registered third party advertiser’s election campaign finances:

must be done by an elector who is entitled to vote in an election
must be on reasonable grounds that a candidate or third-party advertiser has contravened a provision of the Municipal Elections Act
must be for a candidate or registered third-party advertiser in the municipal election within the applicable Municipality
Financial Statements must be filed before the submission of an application
the Compliance Audit Application must be completed and submitted online or to the Municipal Clerk or designate at the Wilmot Administrative Complex, 60 Snyder’s Road West, Baden
applications for one of the Regional Council seats must be made to the Regional Clerk

The first date that an application can be made is April 1, 2023 for Financial Statements filed by March 31, 2023.

The application must be made within 90 days after the latest of the following dates:

candidate or registered third party advertiser filing date
date the candidate or registered third party advertiser filed a financial statement, if the statement was filed within 30 days after the applicable filing date
candidate or registered third party advertiser’s supplementary filing date, if any
date on which the candidate or registered third party advertiser’s extension, if any, expires

After the Compliance Audit Application is Made

After you request a compliance audit, these steps happen:

within 10 days of receiving the application, the Municipal Clerk forwards the application to the Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC)
within 30 days of receiving the application, the MECAC reviews it and decides whether it should be granted or rejected
the decision of the MECAC may be appealed to the Superior Court of Justice within 15 days of the decision, and the Court may make any decision the MECAC could have made
if the MECAC decides to grant the application, an auditor (licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 or prescribed persons) is appointed to conduct a compliance audit of the candidate's election campaign finances
the auditor will conduct an audit of the third-party advertiser or candidate's election campaign finances and will prepare a report outlining any apparent contravention by the candidate
the report is provided to the candidate or third-party advertiser, the applicant, and the Municipal Clerk
within 10 days of receiving the report, the Municipal Clerk forwards the report to the MECAC
the committee considers the report within 30 days and may commence any legal proceedings against the candidate or third-party advertiser for any apparent contravention

For more information about compliance audits, please see section 88 of the Municipal Elections Act.

2022 Financial Statements

Mayor Candidates

Ward 1 Candidates

Ward 2 Candidates

Ward 3 Candidates

Ward 4 Candidates

Regional Candidates

Visit the Region of Waterloo’s website to find regional candidates’ Financial Statements.

School Board Candidates

Visit the City of Kitchener’s website to find English Separate School Board Trustee candidates’ Financial Statements.

Visit the Township of Wellesley's website to find English Public School Board Trustee candidates’ Financial Statements.

Visit the City of London’s website to find the French Public School Board Trustee candidates’ Financial Statements.

Visit the City of Kitchener’s website to find the French Separate School Board Trustee candidates’ Financial Statements.

Third Party Advertisers

Barry S. Wolfe

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