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The Gallagher Index of disproportionality for Canadian federal elections in that period has ranged from 6.26 to 20.91, in line with some of its comparables — Australia, New Zealand (prior to adoption of MMP in 1992) and United States (presidential electoral college), but significantly higher than many others, for example Belgium, Germany ...
During the 2015 election campaign, the Liberal Party of Canada made a promise to implement a process to review the costs of campaign platforms in future elections. [45] It was implemented within an omnibus bill passed in 2017, with responsibility assigned to the Parliamentary Budget Office .
On 13 May 2021 Elections Nova Scotia issued a Request for Proposals for an Internet Voting Solution for Nova Scotia Members of the Canadian Armed Forces. [34] In Election Readiness Update 3, released 29 April 2021, Chief Electoral Officer Richard Temporale stated, "While we are preparing to have an internet voting solution on the shelf for ...
Section 482(b), which finds anyone who "induces a person to vote or refrain from voting or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate at an election" guilty of intimidation of the electoral process. Anyone convicted under s. 482(b) faces, on a summary conviction, a maximum $2,000 fine, or a maximum of one year in prison, or both.
Elections Canada (French: Élections Canada) is the non-partisan agency responsible for administering Canadian federal elections and referendums [a]. Elections Canada is an office of the Parliament of Canada , and reports directly to Parliament rather than to the Government of Canada .
The 39th Canadian Parliament passed An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which received royal assent on May 3, 2007. [3] It requires that each general election take place on the third Monday in October, in the fourth calendar year after the previous poll, starting on October 19, 2009.
A federal by-election was held in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount. Anna Gainey held the seat for the Liberal Party. June 19, 2023: A federal by-election was held in Oxford. Arpan Khanna held the seat for the Conservative Party. June 19, 2023: A federal by-election was held in Portage—Lisgar. Branden Leslie held the seat for the Conservative ...
The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts that compose the House of Commons undergo a redistribution of boundaries following each decennial Canadian census. [1] The redistribution process began in October 2021; it was completed in October 2023. [2] It is based on data obtained during the 2021 Canadian census. [3]