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CCLA Trustees Election 2017

January 26, 2017  

We are very excited to present the list of nominees for the 2017 Trustees election! The nominees are:

  • Rosalind Conway
  • Timothy Cullen*
  • Jasna Drnda*
  • Andrew Ferguson
  • Danny Guilbault
  • Mark Habib
  • Jennifer Jolly
  • Dustin Kenall*
  • Anne-Marie Magneron*
  • Mimi Marrello
  • Sean May
  • Lawrence Silber
  • E. Winston Tennant

*These candidates are eligible for the Recent Call position on the CCLA Board. This position is reserved for a lawyer who has been called to the Ontario Bar less than 7 years from the date of the AGM.

Please Read: Important Voting Information

On Monday, January 30, 2017, eligible voters will receive an email containing a link to their online ballot. You can only vote once, and only though the link provided to you in the email. From there, you may select up to eight nominees. The sender for the email will be "electionbuddy Elections," will say it is an election ballot in the subject line, and will indicate in the text of the email that it comes from the CCLA. Please check your spam or junk mail folders if you do not receive this in your inbox.


We will send a reminder to those who haven't voted during the second week of voting. All votes must be cast by 5:00 PM EST on Friday, February 10, 2017.

The results of the election will be announced in the third week of February. Pursuant to our by-laws, members will vote to elect this slate of candidates at our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. If you have any questions about this election or the voting process, please email the CCLA at info@ccla-abcc.ca.

 

Voting Eligibility

The following member groups are considered to be voting members of the CCLA:

  • Lawyers from any year of call, engaged in full time or part-time practice, who live and/or practice in Ottawa
  • Lawyers not in practice but who live in Ottawa
  • Honourary members of the CCLA who reside or practice in Ottawa

The following CCLA members are considered to be non-voting members and will not be receiving ballots for this election:

  • Students – law, articling, or paralegal
  • Paralegals
  • Judges
  • Lawyers not in practice who live outside of Ottawa