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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 93 from 2019-06-13 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Preliminary lists and information to returning officer

  •  (1) As soon as possible after the issue of a writ, the Chief Electoral Officer shall prepare a preliminary list of electors for each polling division in an electoral district, and shall make it available to the returning officer for the electoral district along with all the other information in the Register of Electors that relates to the electors of that electoral district.

  • Marginal note:Preliminary lists to parties

    (1.1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall make available in electronic form or in formats that include electronic form, to each registered party or eligible party that requests them, the preliminary lists of electors for an electoral district in respect of which a writ has been issued.

  • Marginal note:Form of preliminary list of electors

    (2) A preliminary list of electors shall contain only the name and address of each elector in the electoral district and the identifier that is assigned to the elector by the Chief Electoral Officer and shall be arranged according to the civic addresses of the electors or, if that is not appropriate, in alphabetical order by their names.

  • Marginal note:Publication of preliminary lists

    (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, not later than the 31st day before polling day, determine the number of names appearing on the preliminary lists of electors for each electoral district and cause that information to be published in the Canada Gazette.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 93
  • 2007, c. 21, s. 13
  • 2018, c. 31, s. 62

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