Public Service Employment Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 111 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.

  election

  election means a federal, provincial, territorial or municipal election. (élection)

  federal election

  federal election means an election to the House of Commons. (élection fédérale)

  municipal election

  municipal election means an election as the mayor or a member of the council of a municipality. (élection municipale)

  municipality

  municipality means

  • (a) an incorporated or unincorporated regional municipality, city, town, village, rural municipality, township, county, district or other municipality, however designated; or

  • (b) any other local or regional authority that is determined by the Governor in Council to be a municipality for the purposes of this Part. (municipalité)

  political activity

  political activity means

  • (a) carrying on any activity in support of, within or in opposition to a political party;

  • (b) carrying on any activity in support of or in opposition to a candidate before or during an election period; or

  • (c) seeking nomination as or being a candidate in an election before or during the election period. (activité politique)

  provincial election

  provincial election means an election to the legislature of a province. (élection provinciale)

  territorial election

  territorial election means an election to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut. (élection territoriale)

• Marginal note:Meaning of deputy head

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, deputy head includes a Commissioner appointed under subsection 4(5).