7.1: Bylaw 1-2021: The Parkland School Division Trustee Electoral Ward Bylaw
Policy
A Bylaw in the Province of Alberta
of the Board of Trustees of the Parkland School Division
to Provide for the Nomination and Election of Trustees
Whereas section 76(1) of the Education Act provides that the Board of a school division may by bylaw
(a) provide for the nomination and election of trustees by wards and determine the boundaries of the wards; or
(b) provide for the election of trustees by the general vote of the electors;
Whereas a bylaw, passed under section 76(3) of the Education Act must, if practicable, provide that the number of trustees to be elected in each ward is in the same proportion to the total number of trustees of the Board as the population of the ward is to the population of the school division; the Board establishes, by this bylaw, the wards of Parkland School Division into five (5) wards as follows:
- Ward 1 (Wabamun, Tomahawk, Entwistle, Duffield and Area);
- Ward 2 (Parkland Village, Muir Lake and Area);
- Ward 3 (Blueberry, Graminia and Area);
- Ward 4 (Town of Stony Plain); and
- Ward 5 (City of Spruce Grove).
The Board hereby resolves:
- Pursuant to s. 76(3), the number of trustees to be elected for each ward is as follows:
- One (1) trustee shall be elected from Ward 1
- One (1) trustee shall be elected from Ward 2
- One (1) trustee shall be elected from Ward 3
- One (1) trustee shall be elected from Ward 4
- Three (3) trustees shall be elected at large from Ward 5
- Pursuant to 76(1)(a), the boundaries of the wards referred to in Section 1 are described as follows:
Ward 1 (Wabamun, Tomahawk, Entwistle, Duffield and Area) shall be comprised of the following lands:
Township 50, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 29 to 32 inclusive lying north of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 19 to 21 inclusive; Sections 27 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 15 to
17 inclusive and Sections 22, 23, 25 and 26 and the North Half of Section 18 lying North and West of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 19 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 13 to 15 inclusive, 17 and 18 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 23 to 29 inclusive; Sections 31 to 36 inclusive; Those Portions of Section 13, 14 and 22 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 51, Range 2. West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 16 and 17; Sections 20 and 21; Sections 28 and 29; Sections 31 to 33 inclusive; That portion of Section 30 lying North and East of the North Saskatchewan River; Those portions of Sections 5, 8 and 9 lying North of Highway 770; Those portions of sections 18 and 19 lying East of the North Saskatchewan River; That portion of section 7 lying East and North of the North Saskatchewan River and North of Highway 770; That portion of section 6 lying east of the North Saskatchewan River and North of Highway 770.
Township 51, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 6 to 8 inclusive; Sections 17 to 20 inclusive; Sections 25 to 36 inclusive; Those
portions of Sections 5, 9, 15, 16 and 21 lying West of the North Saskatchewan River; Those portions of Sections 22 to 24 inclusive lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 51, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 and 2; Sections 11 to 14 inclusive; Sections 23 and 24; Those portions of
Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 25 to 28 inclusive and 34 to 36 inclusive lying East of the Pembina River.
Township 52, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 4 to 9 inclusive; Sections 16 to 21 inclusive; Sections 28 to 33 inclusive; Those portions of
Sections 27 and 34 lying West of Highway 770.
Township 52, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 14 inclusive; Sections 23 to 26 inclusive; Sections 35 and 36; Those portions of Sections 27 and 34 lying outside of the Paul First Nation Reserve (Hamlet of Duffield).
Township 52, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 12 inclusive; Sections 17 to 20 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 16, 21 and 29 to 31 inclusive not included in the Wabamun Lake.
Township 52, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 33 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 34 to 36 inclusive not included in the Wabamun Lake.
Township 52, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 52, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive; Sections 9 to 16 inclusive; Sections 21 to 28 inclusive; Sections
33 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 5 to 8 inclusive, 17 to 20 inclusive and 29 to 32 inclusive lying East of the Pembina River.
Township 52, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian
Those portions of Sections 1 and 2 lying East of the Pembina River.
Township 53, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 4 to 8 inclusive; Sections 16 to 21 inclusive; Sections 29 and 30; That portion of
Section 9 West of Highway 770.
Township 53, Range 3, West of the 5th Meridian Sections 1 to 30 inclusive.
Township 53, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian
Section 9 to 11 inclusive; Sections 13 to 30 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 1 to 4 inclusive, 7, 8 and 12 not included in the Wabamun Lake.
Township 53, Range 5, West of the 5th Meridian
Section 13; Sections 18 to 30 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 31 and 32 not included in The Isle Lake; Those portions of Sections 3 to 7 inclusive, 10 to 12 inclusive and 14 to 17 inclusive not included in the Wabamun Lake.
Township 53, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 21 inclusive; Section 24; Sections 28 to 33 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 22, 23 and 25 not included in the Isle Lake.
Township 53, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive; Sections 9 to 16 inclusive; Sections 21 to 27 inclusive; Sections
35 and 36; Those portions of Sections 5 to 8 inclusive, 17 to 20 inclusive, 28, 29, 33 and 34 lying East of the Pembina River.
Township 54, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 4 to 9 inclusive; Sections 16 to 18 inclusive; Sections 20 and 21; Sections 28 and
29; Sections 32 and 33; Those portions of Sections 19, 30 and 31 lying East of the Pembina River.
Township 54, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 and 2; Sections 11 and 12; Those portions of Sections 3, 10, 13, 14, 15, 24 and 36 lying East of the Pembina River.
Ward 2 (Parkland Village, Muir Lake and Area) shall be comprised of the following lands:
Township 53, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian
Section 3; Sections 8 to 29 inclusive; Sections 32 to 36 inclusive; West half of Section 2; The portion of Sections 4, 5 and 7 lying North and East of Highway 16A.
Township 53, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 13 to 15 inclusive; Sections 22 to 24 inclusive; The portion of Section 12 lying North and East of Highway 16A.
Township 53, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 2 to 11 inclusive; Sections 14 to 21 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 22, 23 and 27 not included in the Big Lake.
Township 53, Range 27, West of the 4th Meridian
Section 7; Sections 13 to 36 inclusive; East halves of Sections 1 and 12.
Township 53, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian Fractional Sections 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36.
Township 54, Range 27, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 4 to 8 inclusive; That portion of Section 9 not included in Gladu Lake.
Township 54, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian Fractional Sections 1 and 12.
Township 54, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian Sections 1 to 5 inclusive; Sections 8 to 12 inclusive.
Ward 3 (Blueberry, Graminia and Area) shall be comprised of the following lands:
Township 50, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
That portion of Section 31 lying North and West of the North Saskatchewan River; Those portions of Sections 32 and 35 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 27, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 31 to 33 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 27 to 30 inclusive and 34 to 36 inclusive lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 35 and 36; Those portions of Sections 23, 25 and 26 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 25 and 26; Sections 31 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 22 to 24 inclusive and 28 to 30 inclusive lying North of the North Saskatchewan River; That portion of Section 27 lying East of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 50, Range 2. West of the 5th Meridian
Those portions of Sections 33 to 36 inclusive lying North and East of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 51, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
That portion of Section 7 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River; That portion of Section 8 lying North and West of The North Saskatchewan River; Those portions of the South halves of Sections 17 and 18 lying West of The North Saskatchewan River and South of The Road Plan 6393 A.G.
Township 51, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 4 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Sections 1 to 3 inclusive lying West and North of the North Saskatchewan River.
Township 51, Range 27, West of the 4th Meridian Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian Fractional Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36.
Township 51, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian Sections 1 to 36 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 2. West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 3 inclusive; Sections 10 to 15 inclusive; Sections 22 to 27 inclusive; Sections 34 to 36 inclusive; Those portions of Section 4 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River; Those portions of Section 5 lying North of the North Saskatchewan River and South of Highway 770; That portion of Section 6 lying North and East of the North Saskatchewan River and South of Highway 770; That portion of Section 9 lying South and East of Highway 770.
Township 52, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 6 and 7; Sections 18 and 19; Sections 26 to 35 inclusive.
Township 52, Range 27, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 18 inclusive; Sections 21 to 26 inclusive; Section 36; South half and Northeast quarter of Section 20; Southeast quarter and that portion of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28 lying outside of the municipal boundary of The City of Spruce Grove; South half of Section 27; Southeast quarter of Section 19.
Township 52, Range 28, West of the 4th Meridian
Fractional Sections 1, 12 and 13.
Township 52, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 23 inclusive; Sections 27 to 34 inclusive; South half of Section 24.
Township 52, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 3 inclusive; Sections 10 to 15 inclusive; Sections 22 to 26 inclusive; Sections
35 and 36; Those portions of Sections 27 and 34 lying East of Highway 770.
Township 53, Range 1, West of the 5th Meridian
Section 6; Those portions of Sections 4, 5 and 7 lying South and West of Highway 16A.
Township 53, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian
Sections 1 to 3 inclusive; Sections 10 and 11; That portion of Section 12 lying South and West of Highway 16A; That portion of Section 9 lying East of Highway 770.
Ward 4 (Town of Stony Plain) shall be comprised of the following lands:
The lands lying within the municipal boundaries of The Town of Stony Plain.
Ward 5 (City of Spruce Grove) shall be comprised of the following lands:
The lands lying within the municipal boundaries of The City of Spruce Grove.
As set out in s. 76(2)(a), of the Education Act, this bylaw shall take effect on the date of the next general election for the Board.