pud99
Senior Member
Toronto City Council meets monthly, ergo 3 months in a row and 3 meetings in a row are equivalent.
From the Municipal Act:
Vacant seat
259. (1) The office of a member of council of a municipality becomes vacant if the member,
(a) becomes disqualified from holding the office of a member of council under section 256, 257 or 258;
(b) fails to make the declaration of office before the deadline in section 232;
(c) is absent from the meetings of council for three successive months without being authorized to do so by a resolution of council;
(d) resigns from his or her office and the resignation is effective under section 260;
(e) is appointed or elected to fill any vacancy in any other office on the same council;
(f) has his or her office declared vacant in any judicial proceeding;
(g) forfeits his or her office under this or any other Act; or
(h) dies, whether before or after accepting office and making the prescribed declarations.
From the Municipal Act:
Vacant seat
259. (1) The office of a member of council of a municipality becomes vacant if the member,
(a) becomes disqualified from holding the office of a member of council under section 256, 257 or 258;
(b) fails to make the declaration of office before the deadline in section 232;
(c) is absent from the meetings of council for three successive months without being authorized to do so by a resolution of council;
(d) resigns from his or her office and the resignation is effective under section 260;
(e) is appointed or elected to fill any vacancy in any other office on the same council;
(f) has his or her office declared vacant in any judicial proceeding;
(g) forfeits his or her office under this or any other Act; or
(h) dies, whether before or after accepting office and making the prescribed declarations.