80. If at the expiration of the delay fixed for the nomination of candidates for mayor or councillor only the number required for any one of the said offices is nominated, such candidates shall ipso facto be elected and the presiding officer shall forthwith proclaim such candidates elected.
Where several persons are nominated for the office of mayor, the presiding officer shall announce that a poll will be held for the election of a mayor. Where the number of candidates for the office of councillor exceeds the number of seats to be filled, the presiding officer shall announce that a poll will be held for the election of councillors.
1978, c. 87, s. 80; 1987, c. 91, s. 8.