Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Contribution limits

• 405 (1) No individual shall make contributions that exceed

  • (a) $5,000 in total in any calendar year to a particular registered party and its registered associations, nomination contestants and candidates;

  • (b) $5,000 in total to a candidate for a particular election who is not the candidate of a registered party; and

  • (c) $5,000 in total to the leadership contestants in a particular leadership contest.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to contributions that are made by way of an unconditional, non-discretionary testamentary disposition.

• Marginal note:Attribution of certain contributions

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a contribution to a person who presents himself or herself as seeking the endorsement of a particular registered party shall be treated as a contribution referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to a candidate of that party and a contribution to a person who presents himself or herself as seeking to be a candidate not endorsed by any registered party shall be treated as a contribution referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

• Marginal note:Exception — certain contributions to own campaign

  (4) The following contributions shall not be taken into account in calculating contributions for the purposes of subsection (1):

  • (a) contributions that do not exceed $5,000 in total by a nomination contestant or candidate of a registered party out of his or her own funds to his or her own campaign as a nomination contestant or candidate;

  • (b) contributions that do not exceed $5,000 in total by a candidate for a particular election who is not the candidate of a registered party out of his or her own funds to his or her own campaign; and

  • (c) contributions that do not exceed $5,000 in total by a leadership contestant in a particular leadership contest out of his or her own funds to his or her own campaign.

• Marginal note:Deemed to be contributions

  (5) For the purposes of this Act, contributions made to a leadership contestant within 18 months after a leadership contest are deemed to be contributions for that contest.