Compliance Audit Committee

The Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (MEA) requires each municipality and school board in Ontario to establish a compliance audit committee to consider compliance audit applications.

If an eligible elector believes, on reasonable grounds, a candidate or registered third party has contravened the rules of the MEA relating to election campaign finances, they can request a compliance audit of the candidate's or registered third party's finances.

The lower-tier municipalities in Grey County are partnering to establish a Grey County Joint Compliance Audit Committee.

The Members appointed to the Grey County Compliance Audit Committee for the 2026 to 2030 Term of Council are:

Bryan Allendorf
Brenda Booth
William (Bill) Haldane
Miranda Lahtinen
Jerry Shaubel

Purpose of the Committee

To consider whether to grant or reject a compliance audit application made by an eligible elector;
To appoint an auditor, if the application is granted;
Receive and consider the auditor's report and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced;
Consider reports from the Clerk identifying contributors who appear to have contravened election contribution limits and decide whether legal proceedings should be commenced.

Powers and functions of the committee are found in the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.