Major Court Cases Relating to the Federal Electoral Legislation
Accessibility of Polling Stations for Electors
- Hughes and Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Elections Canada (Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, February 12, 2010)
Allocation of Broadcasting Time
- Reform Party of Canada et al v. Canada (Alberta Court of Appeal, March 10, 1995)
Contested Election
- Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj (Supreme Court of Canada, October 25, 2012)
Electoral Boundaries
- Reference Re: Provincial Electoral Boundaries (Sask.) (Supreme Court of Canada, June 6, 1991)
- Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick v. Canada (injunction denied in New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench, April 29, 1997; action discontinued on May 7, 2002)
- Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General) (Federal Court, May 11, 2004)
Merger of Registered Political Parties
- Ahenakew v. MacKay (Ontario Court of Appeal, June 3, 2004)
- Stevens v. Conservative Party (Federal Court of Appeal, November 17, 2005)
Opinion Poll Blackout
- Thomson Newspapers Co. v. Canada (Attorney General) (Supreme Court of Canada, May 29, 1998)
Premature Transmission of Election Results
- R. v. Bryan (Supreme Court of Canada, March 15, 2007)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Bell Media Inc. v. Attorney General of Canada (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, April 11, 2011)
Prisoner Voting
- Sauvé v. Canada (Supreme Court of Canada, May 27, 1993)
- Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer) (Supreme Court of Canada, October 31, 2002)
Quarterly Allowance
- Longley v. Canada (Attorney General) (Ontario Court of Appeal, December 6, 2007)
"Registered Political Parties" – Definition
- Figueroa v. Canada (Attorney General) (Supreme Court of Canada, June 27, 2003)
Reimbursement of Election Expenses
- Barrette v. Canada (Attorney General) (Quebec Court of Appeal, March 18, 1994)
- L.G. Callaghan et al. v. the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (Federal Court of Appeal, February 28, 2011)
Signs – Placement of Electoral Signs on Public Property
- Beaumier v. City of Brampton (Ontario Court of Justice, February 6, 1998); appeal dismissed by the Ontario Court of Appeal November 19, 1999
Submission of the Return on Elections Expenses by Registered Political Parties
- Conservative Fund Canada v. the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (Court of Appeal for Ontario, December 21, 2010) Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada denied.
"Third Parties" – Regulation of "Election Advertising" by Third Parties (i.e. groups that do not run candidates)
- Somerville v. Canada (Attorney General) (Alberta Court of Appeal, June 5, 1996)
- Libman v. Quebec (Supreme Court of Canada, October 9, 1997)
- Harper v. Canada (Attorney General) (Supreme Court of Canada, May 18, 2004)
- Commissioner of Canada Elections v. National Citizen's Coalition (Ontario Court of Justice, October 14, 2003)
Uses of Political Contributions
- Longley v. Minister of National Revenue (British Columbia Supreme Court, June 30, 1999)
Voter Identification Rules
- Henry v. Canada (Attorney General) (Supreme Court of British Colombia, May 3, 2010)