Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

Section 12
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Polling divisions
12(1)On or before April 1 of each year in which a scheduled general election is to be held, the Chief Electoral Officer shall do the following:
(a) subdivide each electoral district into as many polling divisions as the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary, giving due consideration to geographical and all other factors that may affect the convenience of the electors in casting their votes; and
(b) prepare in respect of each electoral district a statement setting forth the boundaries of the polling divisions into which the electoral district has been divided, identifying each with a number.
12(2)The polling divisions last established under this section before the issuance of a writ constitute the polling divisions of the electoral district for the purpose of the election.
12(3)Within 3 days following the issuance of a writ, the Chief Electoral Officer shall deliver to the leader of every recognized party a copy of the statement prepared under paragraph (1)(b) for each electoral district.
12(4)At any time that the Chief Electoral Officer considers it necessary, the Chief Electoral Officer may revise the boundaries of the polling divisions within the electoral districts, giving due consideration to the factors referred to in paragraph (1)(a), and, when he or she does so, shall prepare a statement in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).
1967, c.9, s.12; 1990, c.34, s.2, 3; 1994, c.47, s.2; 2010, c.6, s.6
Polling divisions
12(1)On or before April 1 of each year in which a scheduled general election is to be held, the Chief Electoral Officer shall do the following:
(a) subdivide each electoral district into as many polling divisions as the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary, giving due consideration to geographical and all other factors that may affect the convenience of the electors in casting their votes; and
(b) prepare in respect of each electoral district a statement setting forth the boundaries of the polling divisions into which the electoral district has been divided, identifying each with a number.
12(2)The polling divisions last established under this section before the issuance of a writ constitute the polling divisions of the electoral district for the purpose of the election.
12(3)Within 3 days following the issuance of a writ, the Chief Electoral Officer shall deliver to the leader of every recognized party a copy of the statement prepared under paragraph (1)(b) for each electoral district.
12(4)At any time that the Chief Electoral Officer considers it necessary, the Chief Electoral Officer may revise the boundaries of the polling divisions within the electoral districts, giving due consideration to the factors referred to in paragraph (1)(a), and, when he or she does so, shall prepare a statement in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).
1967, c.9, s.12; 1990, c.34, s.2, 3; 1994, c.47, s.2; 2010, c.6, s.6
Polling divisions
12(1)On the commencement of this section, the Chief Electoral Officer shall,
(a) with the assistance of the returning officers, subdivide each electoral district into as many polling divisions as the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary giving due consideration to geographical and all other factors that may affect the convenience of the electors in casting their votes, so that each polling division, whenever practicable, contains approximately four hundred and fifty electors, and
(b) prepare in respect of each electoral district a statement setting forth the boundaries of the polling divisions into which the electoral district has been divided, identifying each with a number and file the statement with the returning officer for that electoral district.
12(2)On or before the thirty-first day of May of each year following the year of the commencement of this section, the Chief Electoral Officer shall,
(a) with the assistance of the returning officers, review the boundaries of the polling divisions into which the electoral districts have been divided and may, with the assistance of the returning officers, revise the boundaries of the polling divisions within the electoral districts giving due consideration to the factors referred to in paragraph (1)(a), and
(b) prepare in respect of each electoral district a statement setting forth the boundaries of the polling divisions into which the electoral district has been divided, identifying each with a number and file the statement with the returning officer for that electoral district.
12(3)The returning officer shall cause a copy of the statement referred to in paragraph (1)(b) and (2)(b), duly certified by the returning officer to be a true copy, to be posted in the registry office of the county or counties in which the electoral district is contained and, if the electoral district is a city, part of a city or contains a city, in the office of the city clerk of such city.
12(4)The polling divisions as last established under this section before the issue of a writ of election constitute the polling divisions of the electoral district for the purpose of the election.
12(5)Within three days following the date of a writ of election the Chief Electoral Officer shall forward by registered mail to the leader of every recognized party a duplicate or certified copy of the list of polling divisions in each electoral district last prepared under this section.
1967, c.9, s.12; 1990, c.34, s.2, 3; 1994, c.47, s.2