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)
Canadians Living Abroad
- Frank v. Canada (Attorney General) (Supreme Court of Canada, January 11, 2019)
Candidacy Requirements
- Szuchewycz v. Canada (Attorney General) (Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, October 25, 2017)
Contested Election
- McEwing v. Canada (Attorney General) (Federal Court, May 23, 2013)
- Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj (Supreme Court of Canada, October 25, 2012)
Date of the General Election
- Aryeh-Bain v. Canada (Attorney General) (Federal Court, July 26, 2019)
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)
Publishing False Statement to Affect Election Results
- Canadian Constitution Foundation v. Canada (Attorney General) (Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 19, 2021)
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)
- Longley v. Canada (Attorney General) (Ontario Court of Appeal, December 6, 2007)
- L.G. Callaghan et al. v. the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (Federal Court of Appeal, February 28, 2011)
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.
Regulation of Election Advertising by Third Parties
- Canada (Attorney General) v. Somerville (Alberta Court of Appeal, June 5, 1996)
- Libman v. Quebec (Attorney General) (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 Citizens Coalition (Ontario Court of Justice, October 14, 2003)
Uses of Political Contributions
- Longley v. Minister of National Revenue (Supreme Court of British Columbia, June 30, 1999)
Voter Identification Rules
- Henry v. Canada (Attorney General) (Court of Appeal for British Columbia, January 28, 2014)