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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read East Hawkesbury's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

East Hawkesbury is run by an elected council of 5 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

What council is paid

Every year the town has to publish what each council member was paid, and what was spent on their benefits and expenses. These are the totals from those statements, 2023 to 2024.

In 2024, the whole council cost $90,093 in pay, benefits and expenses, about $58 per home. The mayor's pay went up −3% from 2023 to 2024; prices went up 2% over the same years.
Pay, and benefits and expenses, for each council member by year
Member20242023
Robert Kirby
Mayor		$20,362+ $1,440$20,991+ $1,440
Jacques Tranchemontagne
Deputy Mayor		$19,113+ $720$17,800+ $720
Monique Desjardins
Councillor		$15,433+ $720$16,040+ $720
Stéphanie Sabourin
Councillor		$15,433+ $720$15,720+ $720
Karina Sauvé
Councillor		$15,433+ $720$15,720+ $720

Top number: pay. Second number: benefits and expenses together, such as health cover, mileage, conferences and training. Exactly what goes in it differs a little from town to town; the note below says what this town’s statement includes. Some members take the town’s health plan and some do not, so a higher second number is not a problem by itself. The statements give only totals; the receipts behind them can be requested from the clerk.

Each year links to the town's statement. From the Township's web page of yearly statements under Municipal Act, 2001, s. 284. "Pay" is salary. "Other" is the mileage allowance. The page showed no statement for 2025. Statements for 2022 and earlier are not entered here because the page's table for 2022 mixed in stray characters.

How open is East Hawkesbury?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget (Resolution 2025-156, approved December 8, 2025) and the 2025 budget are posted as PDFs, along with budgets back to 2019. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated April 13, 2026. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion dated April 14, 2025. Statements are posted back to 2019, with 2022 missing from the list. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The page shows statements for 2017 to 2024. We did not find the statement for 2025 on October 7, 2026. Source

  • Partly
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are on an eScribe portal. Its calendar lists a minutes link for each regular meeting from January 2025 to May 2026 and for August 10, 2026; none for the June 15 or September 14, 2026 meetings yet. The portal refused a scripted download of its documents (HTTP 403), so we did not read any minutes. The calendar lists no closed meetings. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The Township names its Integrity Commissioner but we did not find any reports on its pages. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

East Hawkesbury's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township says it has appointed an Integrity Commissioner, who reports to Council and applies the Council Code of Conduct. Its page explains how to complain. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.