Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

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Leadership contestants
136.1(1)On being accepted as a leadership contestant by a registered political party, a leadership contestant shall register as soon as possible with the Chief Electoral Officer.
136.1(2)The Chief Electoral Officer shall register in the Registry of Leadership Contestants the name of any individual who files with him or her an application for registration in writing signed by the individual and setting out:
(a) the full name and address of the leadership contestant;
(b) the name of the registered political party for which he or she intends to be a leadership contestant;
(c) the name and address of the official representative of the leadership contestant;
(d) a statement signed by an authorized officer of the registered political party stating that the leadership contestant is accepted as a leadership contestant by that political party; and
(e) the address to which communications intended for him or her may be addressed and where his or her books, records and accounts pertaining to contributions to and expenditures by him or her are or will be maintained.
136.1(3)Following the holding of a leadership convention, a registered political party shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of leadership convention signed by an authorized officer of the registered political party detailing the leadership convention, including the contestants who stood for election, the individual elected and the individuals who withdrew as contestants.
2015, c.17, s.1