Bill C-83

(a) be appointed in the prescribed form;

(b) take the prescribed oath; and

(c) be discharged as soon as their services are no longer needed.

Notice of Election by Returning Officer

(a) the deadline for the receipt of nominations;

(b) the date for polling day;

(c) the date and time, not later than seven days after polling day, for the validation of results; and

(d) the address of the returning officer's office.

Return by Acclamation

(a) without delay declare the candidate elected by completing the return to the writ in the prescribed form on the back of the writ and sending it to the Chief Electoral Officer; and

(b) within 48 hours after returning the writ to the Chief Electoral Officer, send a certified copy of it to the elected candidate.

Holding of an Election

(a) the name, address and political affiliation, if any, of each candidate, as stated in the nomination papers, in the order in which their names are to be placed on the ballots;

(b) the name and address of the official agent for each candidate, as stated in the nomination papers; and

(c) the name, if any, and the number of each of the polling divisions and the addresses of the polling stations in that electoral district.

PART 6

CANDIDATES

Qualifications

(a) a person who is not qualified as an elector on the date on which his or her nomination paper is filed;

(b) a person who is disentitled under paragraph 502(3)(a) while they are so disentitled;

(c) a member of the legislature of a province, the Council of the Yukon Territory, the Council of the Northwest Territories or the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut;

(d) a sheriff, clerk of the peace or county Crown Attorney in any of the provinces;

(e) a person who is not entitled under section 4 to vote;

(f) a judge appointed by the Governor in Council, other than a citizenship judge appointed under the Citizenship Act;

(g) a person who is imprisoned in a correctional institution;

(h) an election officer; and

(i) a person who was a candidate in a previous election and for whom a return, report, document or declaration has not been provided under subsection 451(1), if the time and any extension for providing it have expired.

Nomination of Candidates

(a) a statement under oath by the prospective candidate of

(i) his or her name, address and occupation,

(ii) the address designated by the prospective candidate for service of documents under this Act,

(iii) the name and address of the prospective candidate's official agent,

(iv) the name, address and occupation of the prospective candidate's auditor named under subsection 83(2), and

(v) the name of the registered party or eligible party that has endorsed the prospective candidate under section 68 or, if none, the prospective candidate's choice to either have the word ``independent'' or no designation of political affiliation under his or her name in election documents;

(b) a statement by the prospective candidate, consenting to the nomination, signed and sworn in the presence of a witness who is an elector but is not the person who administers the oath;

(c) the signature of the witness referred to in paragraph (b);

(d) a statement signed by the official agent consenting to act in that capacity;

(e) for any electoral district except one listed in Schedule 3, the names, addresses and signatures, made in the presence of a witness, of at least 100 electors resident in the electoral district;

(f) for an electoral district listed in Schedule 3, the names, addresses and signatures, made in the presence of a witness, of at least 50 electors resident in the electoral district; and

(g) the name, address and signature of the witness to each signature made under paragraph (e) or (f).

(a) the name shall not include any title, degree or other prefix or suffix;

(b) one or more of the given names may be replaced by the nickname by which the prospective candidate is publicly known, and the nickname may be accompanied by the initial or initials of their given name;

(c) a normal abbreviation of one or more of the given names may be substituted for the given name or names; and

(d) the occupation shall be stated briefly and shall correspond to the occupation by which the prospective candidate is known in his or her place of ordinary residence.

(a) the witness knows the prospective candidate;

(b) the witness is qualified as an elector; and

(c) the prospective candidate signed the consent to the nomination in the presence of the witness.

(a) a deposit of $1,000;

(b) a statement signed by the auditor consenting to act in that capacity; and

(c) if applicable, an instrument in writing, signed by the leader of the registered party or eligible party or by a person referred to in subsection 383(2), that states that the prospective candidate is endorsed by the party in accordance with section 68.

(a) that the nomination paper is complete, including having at least the number of signatures referred to in paragraph 66(1)(e) or (f), as the case may be; and

(b) that the signatures referred to in paragraph 66(1)(e) or (f) are those of electors who are entitled to vote in the electoral district in which the prospective candidate intends to seek nomination.