Commencement and schedule of election
13(1)Every election shall be commenced by an order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
13(2)An Order in Council under subsection (1) shall do the following:
(a)
direct the issue of a writ of election for each electoral district in which an election is to take place;
(b)
fix the date on which the writs will be issued, which shall be as follows:
(i)
for a scheduled general election, the thirty-second day before ordinary polling day; and
(ii)
for all other elections, not more than 38 nor less than 28 days before ordinary polling day;
(c)
fix the date and time for the close of nominations of candidates, which shall be as follows:
(i)
for a scheduled general election, 2 p.m. on the twentieth day before ordinary polling day; and
(ii)
for all other elections, 2 p.m. on the seventeenth day before ordinary polling day;
(d)
fix the date for the ordinary polling day in accordance with section 14;
(e)
fix the date for the advance polling days, which shall be the ninth and seventh days before ordinary polling day;
(f)
fix the date on which candidates will be declared elected, which shall be the fourth day following ordinary polling day; and
(g)
fix the date on which the writs will be returnable, which shall be the eleventh day following ordinary polling day.
1967, c.9, s.13; 1974, c.12 (Supp.), s.2; 1990, c.34, s.4; 1997, c.53, s.4; 2010, c.6, s.7