Council elections

Each year, elections are held for positions on the CMPA Council. All CMPA members have the opportunity to seek election to Council on the basis of their province/territory of work and their type of practice. Councillors serve a three-year term. To fulfil the role of councillor a member must follow the terms of reference for a CMPA councillor.

Council includes both generalist and specialist physicians from 10 geographical areas (British Columbia and Yukon Territory; Alberta; Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; Manitoba; Ontario; Québec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; and Newfoundland and Labrador). The number of generalist and specialist Council representatives has been specified by geographical area; in some instances a Council position within a geographical area may be either a generalist or a specialist.

Candidates are nominated in two ways:

by the nominating committee;
by members-at-large in their geographical area.

Any member of the CMPA may be nominated as a candidate to Council provided:

the nomination is accompanied by the names and signatures of 10 supporting members of the CMPA who reside in the same geographical area as the member they are nominating;
the member’s practice is located in the geographical area of the vacant position;
the member’s type of practice is appropriate to the position (e.g., a candidate for a vacant specialist position must be a specialist).

Once all nominations are received, profiles and position statements of all candidates are circulated along with election ballots, to members in the geographical areas where elections are required. Members vote by mail and the new members are announced at the annual meeting.

In addition to the candidates proposed by the nominating committee, any member in an area and division with a vacancy may be nominated for election to Council using the CMPA nomination form.

The nomination process is described in subsection 4.03.02 of the CMPA By-law.

Council elections

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