Township of Wellington North · Wellington County
Ward 4, Wellington North
Ward 4 is one of four wards in the Township of Wellington North, in Wellington County, Ontario. Each ward elects one councillor to sit on Township Council alongside the Mayor.
01 — The ward
Where is Ward 4?
The Township of Wellington North is made up of four wards. Each elects one councillor, and a Mayor is elected by the township as a whole.
The township sits in the north of Wellington County and takes in Arthur and Mount Forest along with Kenilworth, Damascus, Conn, Riverstown and the countryside around them.
Serge's campaign is focused on Arthur and the surrounding area — revitalising George Street in Arthur is one of his ten priorities.
To be confirmed — Ward 4 boundary description
The exact boundaries of Ward 4 — which roads, concessions and communities fall inside it — have not been written out for this website yet. Rather than guess, we have left it blank. The Township publishes a ward map, and the Clerk’s office can confirm your ward on the phone.
Not sure which ward you're in?
The Township publishes a ward map, and the Clerk's office will confirm it on the phone. Your ward is also printed on the voter kit that arrives in your mailbox at the end of September.
Communities of Wellington North
- Arthur
- Mount Forest
- Kenilworth
- Damascus
- Conn
- Riverstown
These are communities in the township as a whole. Exactly which fall inside the Ward 4 boundary has not been confirmed for this site.
02 — The job
What a ward councillor actually does
Municipal government is the level closest to daily life and the least understood. Here is what the seat actually controls.
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Votes on the township budget and the property tax rate
Council approves the annual budget and sets the tax rate that pays for it. This is the single decision that touches every household and business in the township, and it determines what everything else on this list can afford.
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Decides local roads, drainage, water, sewer and recreation spending
Which roads get rebuilt and which get patched, which culverts and drains are replaced, how water and wastewater systems are maintained and expanded, and what happens to arenas, parks and community facilities — these are council decisions, made in public, at the council table.
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Brings a resident’s problem to the council table
A councillor is the way an individual resident reaches the township as an institution. When a drainage problem, a road hazard or a permit that has stalled cannot be resolved through the office, it is the ward councillor’s job to raise it formally, in public, and to come back to the resident with an answer.
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Sets the rules that shape how the township develops
Council votes on planning and zoning matters, and on the by-laws that govern day-to-day life in the township. These decisions determine what can be built, where, and on what terms — and they last far longer than the term of the council that makes them.
What a township councillor does not decide
Some things residents raise are genuinely someone else’s jurisdiction. Provincial highways, health care, education and policing budgets are set elsewhere, and Wellington County — not the township — handles services including county roads, social services, libraries and waste management. A councillor who is straight with you about which desk a problem belongs on is more useful than one who promises everything.
03 — Why it matters
This seat matters more than people think
Township council seats in Wellington North are decided by a few hundred votes.
In 2022 the contested Ward 1 race was won with 382 votes, and the margin over second place was 93. A seat can turn on the number of people who fill in a ballot on one concession road.
Ward 4 itself was acclaimed in 2022 — one candidate came forward, so no vote was held and residents were not presented with a choice. The full 2022 results are here, with the numbers for every ward.
Combined with a mail election, where voting takes a few minutes at the kitchen table and the return postage is already paid, this is a year in which a small number of Ward 4 residents will decide who holds the seat.