E-3.3, r. 9 - Regulation respecting the determination of the candidates entitled to recommend certain election officers

Section 10 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10. For the purposes of Divisions II and III:

(a)  if the results of a reapportionment or of the preceding election do not point to any candidate of an authorized party as entitled to make a recommendation, the recommendation shall be made by one of the following candidates, in the order indicated, provided that the candidate has not already been entitled to recommend a deputy returning officer or a poll clerk, as the case may be:

i.  the candidate of the authorized party forming the Government;

ii.  the candidate of the authorized party forming the Official Opposition;

iii.  the candidate of an authorized party represented in the National Assembly, beginning with the candidate whose party has the most Members;

iv.  the candidate of an authorized party not represented in the National Assembly;

v.  an independent candidate;

(b)  in the case of a tie, the returning officer shall draw lots in the presence of the candidates or their representatives or, failing them, 2 electors. The same procedure will be followed in the case of competition between candidates covered by subparagraphs iv or v of paragraph a.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 10; Erratum, 1989 G.O. 2, 3727.