Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9)

Act current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2012-04-01. Previous Versions

Final Lists of Electors

Marginal note:Final list of electors

  • 109. (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, without delay after polling day, prepare final lists of electors for each electoral district.

  • Marginal note:Delivery of final lists to member and parties

    (2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall deliver a printed copy and a copy in electronic form of the final lists of electors for each electoral district to each registered party that endorsed a candidate in the electoral district and to the member who was elected for the electoral district.

  • Marginal note:Extra copies

    (3) On the request of a registered party or member referred to in subsection (2), the Chief Electoral Officer may provide a maximum of four additional printed copies of the final lists of electors.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 109;
  • 2001, c. 21, s. 11.

Use of Lists of Electors

Marginal note:Registered parties

  • 110. (1) A registered party that, under section 45 or 109, receives a copy of lists of electors or final lists of electors, respectively, may use the lists for communicating with electors, including using them for soliciting contributions and recruiting party members.

  • Marginal note:Members

    (2) A member who, under section 45 or 109, receives a copy of lists of electors or final lists of electors, respectively, may use the lists for

    • (a) communicating with his or her electors; and

    • (b) in the case of a member of a registered party, soliciting contributions for the use of the registered party and recruiting party members.

  • Marginal note:Candidates

    (3) A candidate who receives a copy of the preliminary lists of electors under section 94 or 104.1, or a copy of the revised lists of electors or the official lists of electors under subsection 107(3), may use the lists for communicating with his or her electors during an election period, including using them for soliciting contributions and campaigning.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 110;
  • 2007, c. 21, s. 19.
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Prohibitions

Marginal note:Prohibitions in relation to lists of electors

111. No person shall

  • (a) wilfully apply to be included in a list of electors in a name that is not his or her own;

  • (b) wilfully apply, except as authorized by this Act, to be included in a list of electors for a polling division if he or she is already included in a list of electors for another polling division, which list was prepared for use at the same election;

  • (c) wilfully apply, except as authorized by this Act, to be included in a list of electors for a polling division in which the person is not ordinarily resident;

  • (d) apply to have included in a list of electors for an electoral district the name of a person, knowing that the person is not qualified as an elector or entitled to vote in the electoral district;

  • (e) wilfully apply to have included in a list of electors the name of an animal or thing; or

  • (f) knowingly use personal information that is recorded in a list of electors for a purpose other than

    • (i) to enable registered parties, members or candidates to communicate with electors in accordance with section 110, or

    • (ii) a federal election or referendum.