199. If between 12 and 4 months remain before the polling day of the next general election and there is a vacancy in a seat reserved for an elected member, the English-language school service centre’s board of directors shall fill the vacancy within 30 days, after consultation with the parents’ committee instituted under the Education Act (chapter I-13.3). The person appointed must have the qualifications required to fill that seat. If 4 months or less remain before the polling day of the next general election and there is a vacancy in a seat reserved for an elected member, the English-language school service centre’s board of directors may fill the vacancy in the manner provided in the first paragraph.
The English-language school service centre shall give public notice of the name of the person appointed.
The person thus appointed is deemed to have been elected and is declared elected on the day of his appointment and takes office on that same day.
1989, c. 36, s. 199; 2002, c. 10, s. 76; 2013, c. 15, s. 1; 2020, c. 12020, c. 1, s. 24511.