G-1.031 - Act respecting the Cree Nation Government

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26. The chairman and the vice-chairman are elected by an absolute majority vote. If no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first ballot, a second ballot is held within the next 30 days, at the time determined by the returning officer, between the two candidates who, from among those who did not withdraw their candidacy, won the most votes in the first ballot.
1978, c. 89, s. 26; 2005, c. 30, s. 2.
26. For the first two elections for the offices of chairman and vice-chairman, there shall be candidacies only for the office of chairman. The candidate obtaining the highest number of votes is elected chairman, and the candidate obtaining the second highest number is elected vice-chairman.
Thereafter, there shall be candidacies for the offices of chairman and vice-chairman, and the candidates who, upon the addition of the votes, have received the greatest number of votes for their respective offices, are declared elected.
1978, c. 89, s. 26.