316. If, at the expiration of the delay fixed for the nomination of candidates for mayor or councillors, only the number required for any one of the said offices is nominated, such candidates are ipso facto elected, and the presiding officer must forthwith proclaim such candidates elected, and give public notice of such candidates elected, and give public notice of such election not later than the following Sunday.
In a municipality divided into electoral districts, the first paragraph applies where there is only one candidate for the office of mayor or the office of councillor for a district. There is a poll for each office to which there is more than one candidate.
M.C. 1916, a. 261; 1980, c. 16, s. 54.