The deadline to update the voters’ list is 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
The deadline to update the voters’ list is 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Quebec has nine English boards.
Most board positions were filled by acclamation, meaning the candidates were elected without opposition.
At the English Montreal School Board, the largest of Quebec’s nine English boards, elections will be held for all 10 commissioner seats and the board chair position.
At Montreal’s other English board — the Lester B. Pearson School Board — three commissioner positions are contested.
To check if they are on the list, voters should call Elections Quebec at 1-888-353-2846.
Voters can add, withdraw or correct their names during a revision period organized by their school board. Boards have posted information about the process on their websites.
Voters on the electoral list should receive a notice in the mail in the coming days with information about voting.
Who can vote?
Voters do not have to be parents or have children in the school system.
A parent whose child is or has been admitted to an English school board should already be registered on the board’s electoral list but should confirm their status.
Parents with a child currently in a French school service centre cannot vote in English board elections.
However, anglophones and francophones who previously sent their children to French schools can choose to register on the electoral list of their local English school board.
People who do not have children can choose to vote at their local English board.
Advance voting will occur on Sunday, Oct. 27, between noon and 8 p.m.
Election day is Sunday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Court fight
English boards went to court, arguing the overhaul is unconstitutional because it infringes on the anglophone community’s right to manage and control its schools.
- Central Quebec School Board
- Eastern Shores School Board
- Eastern Townships School Board
- English Montreal School Board
- Lester B. Pearson School Board
- New Frontiers School Board
- Riverside School Board
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
- Western Quebec School Board