CRTO Elections  

Elections are held for Council and Non-Council Committee Members in October every three years. The table below outlines the composition of the electoral districts and the number of seats in each. 

District 1

Territorial districts of Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay.
(1 Council seat, 2 Non-Council seats)


District 2

Territorial districts of Cochrane, Timiskaming, Sudbury, Algoma, Manitoulin, Parry Sound and Nipissing and the District Municipality of Muskoka.
(1 Council seat, 2 Non-Council seats)


District 3

Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Prince Edward and Renfrew and the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
(1 Council seat, 2 Non-Council seats)


District 4

Counties of Haliburton, Victoria, Peterborough, Northumberland and Simcoe, the regional municipalities of Durham, York and Peel and The City of Toronto.
(2 Council seats, 2 Non-Council seats)


District 5

Regional municipalities of Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Waterloo and Haldimand-Norfolk and the counties of Brant, Dufferin and Wellington.
(2 Council seats, 2 Non-Council seats)


District 6

Counties of Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Kent and Essex.
(1 Council seat, 2 Non-Council seats)

   

District 7

Electoral district 7 is composed of the whole of the province of Ontario.
(1 Council seat, 0 Non-Council seats)

 

Nominations must be received 60 days prior to the election and notices of the election, together with the nomination forms, are mailed out to all eligible Members three months in advance of the election. To be eligible for election a CRTO Member must be in good standing (i.e., not be in default of payment of any fees or be the subject of a discipline or incapacity proceeding), hold an active General or Limited certificate of registration and be nominated by 3 eligible voters. Also, to avoid being in a conflict of interest situation, College employees and employees, directors and officers of professional associations and organizations that produce entry-to-practice examinations, are not eligible for election within certain time periods. Members can only run for election in one electoral district.

A CRTO Member is eligible to vote in an electoral district if 2 months before the date of the election they are working in the electoral district, or if not working, they live in the electoral district.

The details of the election process can be found in article 10 of the College By-law.