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Chapter 10How are people elected to civic office?
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280 Ward election of councillors—method 1
(1)
Each councillor for an area that is divided into wards may be elected by an electorate comprising all the electors for a ward.
(2)
The same number of councillors is to be elected for each ward. The mayor is to be excluded when determining that number if the mayor is to be elected by all the electors for the area.
(3)
The same person is not to be a candidate for election as a councillor by the electors for more than one ward, unless the election is for the mayor as such.
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