You can run to be a trustee on the Trillium Lakelands District School Board if you are: 

• A Canadian citizen; and

• At least 18 years old; and

• A resident of the jurisdiction served by the Trillium Lakelands District School Board; and

• Not prohibited from voting under any law

Please note: You must be eligible to hold office on the day you file your nomination. For example, a person who is 17 years old but will turn 18 before nomination day must wait until they have turned 18 to file their nomination. 

Who is not eligible?

• Any person who is not eligible to vote in the board election

• School board employees who have not taken a paid leave of absence and resigned

• A clerk, deputy clerk, treasurer or deputy treasurer of a municipality within the jurisdiction of the board who has not taken a paid leave of absence and resigned

• A judge on any court

• An MP, MPP or Senator

• An inmate serving a sentence in a penal or correctional institution