Thinking of Running for Local Office?

Serving your community can be a rewarding experience. There are many good reasons to run for office—you might run to be actively involved in the local decision-making process, contribute your experience and knowledge to the community, address issues or lead change in your community.

Guides and Brochures to check out

Candidate's Guide to Local Elections in B.C. 2022

General Local Elections 101

Thinking of running for local office?

What Every Candidate Needs to Know

Supporting a Candidate for Local Elections in B.C. 2022

 

Voters Guide for Electors Living on Reserve

Voter's Guide to Local ELections in B.C.

Elector Organization Guide to Local Elections

Scrutineers Guide to General Local ELections

Video Presentations regarding the Role of Local Elected Officials 

Characteristics of Effective Locally Elected Officials

What is Local Government?

Testing Your Readiness for Local Office

Local Government Decision Making

Roles and Responsiblities of a Locally Elected Official

Video Presentations in regard to Being an Effective Elected Official

Advice for People Running for Local Office

What is Responsible Conduct?

Working with Others

Reflections on Building Releationships with First Nations

Unproductive Conflict vs. Productive Conflict

Tools to Support Good Governance

You've decided to run for local office

If you’ve decided to run for local office, these four videos will provide you with general information about what you can expect before, during and following general local elections or by-elections in B.C.

• An overview of general local elections
• Who the participants are in general local elections
• The candidate nomination process and requirements
• Voting and taking office

Elections BC
A non-partisan Office of the Legislature

Elections BC administers campaign financing, disclosure and election advertising rules under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. Elections BC does not administer voting or candidate nominations for local elections. For more information, see Who Does What in Local Elections.

 

The Local Government Leadership Academy and the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) will be hosting an Elected Official Series scheduled at the Coast Inn of the North in Prince George, March 15 - 17, 2023.