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The 2014 Greater Sudbury municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario. The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. For other elections, see Ontario municipal elections, 2014. Candidate registration opened on January 2, 2014. The last day for candidate registration was September 12, 2014; although the offices of mayor and all twelve city council seats saw contested elections, some candidates for election to the school boards were declared acclaimed to office on that date as no opposing candidates registered by the deadline. For the first time in the city's history, the 2014 election included an online voting option as part of efforts to increase voter turnout.〔("As nomination deadline passes, attention turns to getting out the vote" ). ''Northern Life'', September 16, 2014.〕 ==Issues== The predominant election issue was the functioning of Greater Sudbury City Council in the 2010-14 term. Under mayor Marianne Matichuk, who was widely criticized as lacking the leadership skills necessary to build a working coalition of support for her agenda,〔("Taxpayers deserve better: Matichuk" ). ''Northern Life'', September 28, 2012.〕 the council's work frequently bogged down in a state of political gridlock.〔("Get past public spats, former mayor urges council" ). ''Northern Life'', October 10, 2012.〕 In addition, the council faced extensive criticism for its 2013 decision to refuse oversight from the Ontario Ombudsman's office,〔("Council fires 'unbelievably rude' Ontario ombudsman" ). CBC News, February 13, 2013.〕 as well as the management of community development funds, disbursed by city councillors, which have been widely criticized as having the potential to be misused as political slush funds.〔("Slush fund showdown" ). ''Sudbury Star'', February 21, 2012.〕 In conjunction with the election, a municipal referendum was held on the issue of deregulating retail store hours in Greater Sudbury, which was one of the few cities in Ontario where retail stores were still not permitted to open on Boxing Day.〔("Sudburians to decide store hours" ). ''Northern Life'', September 12, 2012.〕 Matichuk had pledged to deregulate store hours in the 2010 election, although her motion to do so failed when she presented it to council on February 9, 2011;〔("Regulated store hours to stay in Greater Sudbury" ). ''Northern Life'', February 10, 2011.〕 the referendum was approved by council in September 2012.〔("Sudburians to decide store hours" ). ''Northern Life'', September 12, 2012.〕 A poll conducted by Oraclepoll Research for the city's ''Northern Life'' newspaper found that despite the transparency and government effectiveness issues that had dominated the municipal political scene over the previous term, basic pocketbook issues such as road maintenance and property taxes were most commonly identified by voters as their main priorities in the election, with integrity and ethics ranking as the top priority for only a small minority of voters.〔("Roads most important issue for Sudburians, poll finds" ). ''Northern Life'', September 28, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2014」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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