337. Where a vacancy occurs in the office of a councillor 12 months or less before the day fixed for the next regular election in which the office is to be open for nominations and the council has not ordered a by-election to fill it, it shall not be filled until that regular election.
The first paragraph applies with the reservation that the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sports and Recreation may order a by-election or make an appointment to fill the vacancy in accordance with Division III.
1987, c. 57, s. 337; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250.