C-11.1 - Charter of Ville de Gatineau

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117. The transition committee shall, for the purposes of the city’s first general election, and any by-election held before the second general election, with the assistance of the chief electoral officer and using the information on the permanent list of electors, prepare a division of the territory into electoral districts.
For such purposes, the territories of Ville de Buckingham and Ville de Masson-Angers each form an electoral district.
The division into districts must, as far as possible, respect the criteria set out in sections 11 and 12 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E‐2.2).
The division prepared by the transition committee in collaboration with the chief electoral officer must be submitted to the Minister by the transition committee, and has effect only if adopted, with or without amendments, by an order of the Government made under section 9.
2000, c. 56, Sch. IV, s. 117; 2001, c. 25, s. 426.
117. The transition committee shall, for the purposes of the city’s first general election, and any by-election held before the second general election, with the assistance of the chief electoral officer and using the information on the permanent list of electors, prepare a division of the territory into electoral districts.
For such purposes, the territories of Ville de Buckingham and Ville de Masson-Angers each form an electoral district.
The division into districts must, as far as possible, respect the criteria set out in sections 11 and 12 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E‐2.2).
The division prepared by the transition committee in collaboration with the chief electoral officer must be submitted to the Minister by the transition committee, and has effect only if adopted by an order of the Government made under section 9.
2000, c. 56, Sch. IV, s. 117.