Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

Section 136.2
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Nomination contestants
136.2(1)On being accepted as a nomination contestant by a registered political party, a nomination contestant shall register as soon as possible with the Chief Electoral Officer.
136.2(2)The Chief Electoral Officer shall register in the Registry of Nomination 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 nomination contestant;
(b) the name of the registered political party for which he or she intends to be a nomination contestant;
(c) the name of the electoral district in which he or she intends to be a nomination contestant;
(d) the name and address of the official representative of the nomination contestant;
(e) a statement signed by an authorized officer of the registered political party stating that the nomination contestant is accepted as a nomination contestant by that political party; and
(f) 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.
136.2(3)Following the holding of a nomination convention, a registered political party shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of nomination convention signed by an authorized officer of the registered political party detailing the nomination convention, including the contestants who stood for nomination, the individual elected and the individuals who withdrew as contestants.
2015, c.17, s.1