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

Marginal note:Notice of leadership contest

• 435.04 (1) If a registered party proposes to hold a leadership contest, the chief agent of the party shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out the dates on which the leadership contest is to begin and end.

• Marginal note:Variation and cancellation

  (2) A registered party that proposes to vary the leadership contest period or to cancel a leadership contest shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out, as the case may be, the amended beginning date or ending date or the fact of its cancellation.

• Marginal note:Publication

  (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, publish a notice containing the information referred to in subsections (1) and (2).

Marginal note:Duty to register

• 435.05 (1) Every person who accepts contributions for, or incurs leadership campaign expenses in relation to, his or her campaign for the leadership of a registered party shall register as a leadership contestant.

• Marginal note:Deeming

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, a leadership contestant is deemed to have been a leadership contestant from the time he or she accepts a contribution or incurs a leadership campaign expense.

Marginal note:Contents of application

• 435.06 (1) An application for registration as a leadership contestant must include the following:

  • (a) the name of the leadership contestant;

  • (b) the address of the place at which the records of the leadership contestant are maintained and to which communications may be addressed;

  • (c) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s financial agent; and

  • (d) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s appointed auditor.

• Marginal note:Accompanying documents

  (2) The application must be accompanied by the following:

  • (a) the signed consent of the financial agent to so act;

  • (b) the signed consent of the auditor to so act;

  • (c) a declaration signed by the chief agent of the registered party holding the leadership contest certifying that the party accepts the applicant as a leadership contestant; and

  • (d) a statement containing the information referred to in paragraphs 435.3(2)(d) and (e) with respect to contributions received before the application for registration.

• Marginal note:Examination of application

  (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall register a leadership contestant who meets the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2). In the case of a refusal to register, the Chief Electoral Officer shall indicate which of those requirements have not been met.