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E-3.1 - Election Act

Section 39
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39. Where a candidate dies between the twenty-first day preceding polling day and the close of the poll, the polling day is postponed.
Nomination papers must then be filed not later than the second Monday following the day of the death of the candidate and the election takes place on the second subsequent Monday.
The returning officer shall, after informing the director general of elections, immediately publish, in the manner prescribed by regulation, a notice informing the electors of the new period for the filing of nomination papers and of the new election date.
1979, c. 56, s. 39.
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