Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Following the May 13, 2013, By-election Held in Labrador and the November 25, 2013, By-elections Held in Bourassa, Brandon–Souris, Provencher and Toronto Centre
Appendix: Tables
Type of facility | Ordinary poll2 | Advance poll | ||
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Number | Percentage (%) | Number | Percentage (%) | |
Labrador | ||||
Apartment building | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Band office | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Church hall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Commercial site | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
Community centre | 15 | 47 | 9 | 45 |
Educational facility | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Municipal or township hall | 3 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
Royal Canadian Legion | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Seniors' residence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 6 | 19 | 4 | 20 |
Total | 32 | 100 | 20 | 100 |
Bourassa | ||||
Apartment building | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Band office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Church hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Commercial site | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Community centre | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33 |
Educational facility | 21 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Municipal or township hall | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
Royal Canadian Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seniors' residence | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
Total | 35 | 100 | 6 | 100 |
Brandon–Souris | ||||
Apartment building | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Band office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Church hall | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Commercial site | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Community centre | 38 | 53 | 5 | 63 |
Educational facility | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Municipal or township hall | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
Royal Canadian Legion | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Seniors' residence | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 72 | 100 | 8 | 100 |
Provencher | ||||
Apartment building | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Band office | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Church hall | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
Commercial site | 2 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Community centre | 57 | 86 | 5 | 45 |
Educational facility | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Municipal or township hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Royal Canadian Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seniors' residence | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Other | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Total | 66 | 100 | 11 | 100 |
Toronto Centre | ||||
Apartment building | 43 | 63 | 1 | 8 |
Band office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Church hall | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
Commercial site | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Community centre | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
Educational facility | 10 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
Municipal or township hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Royal Canadian Legion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seniors' residence | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 68 | 100 | 13 | 100 |
1 Because percentages have been rounded, there may be some discrepancies in the totals.
2 Excludes mobile polls.
Electoral district | Ordinary polls | Advance polls | Total | |
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Stationary | Mobile | |||
Labrador | 66 | 3 | 20 | 89 |
Bourassa | 186 | 5 | 11 | 202 |
Brandon–Souris | 185 | 9 | 13 | 207 |
Provencher | 173 | 8 | 12 | 193 |
Toronto Centre | 251 | 2 | 13 | 266 |
Electoral district | Ordinary polling sites | Mobile polling sites | ||
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2013 by-election |
41st general election | 2013 by-election |
41st general election | |
Labrador | 32 | 33 | 9 | 7 |
Bourassa | 35 | 39 | 15 | 14 |
Brandon–Souris | 72 | 72 | 27 | 26 |
Provencher | 66 | 67 | 47 | 46 |
Toronto Centre | 68 | 68 | 7 | 8 |
Electoral district | Accessible without modification | Accessible after modification | Total |
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Labrador | 33 | 02 | 34 |
Bourassa | 39 | 0 | 39 |
Brandon–Souris | 75 | 1 | 76 |
Provencher | 68 | 1 | 69 |
Toronto Centre | 68 | 0 | 68 |
1 According to the information contained in the inventory of polling sites.
2 In the Labrador by-election, the village of Charlottetown, located in a very remote area on the east coast, had 302 electors on the preliminary list of electors. The only building available as a polling location was an apartment building with a six-inch threshold at the front door. The returning officer made every effort to engage skilled workers to modify the threshold, but to no avail. In response to the returning officer's request, and after confirming that all due diligence had been carried out, the Chief Electoral Officer granted authorization to use a site without level access.
CRO type | Youth | Ethnocultural | Aboriginal | Homeless | Seniors | Total |
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Labrador | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Bourassa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Brandon–Souris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Provencher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Toronto Centre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
Statutory provision(s) adapted | Explanatory notes |
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Section 159 | Purpose: Permitted the issue of transfer certificates to electors affected by a snowstorm. This adaptation was made in the by-election of May 13, 2013, in the electoral district of Labrador.
Explanation: A number of electors were stranded away from their community as a result of a snowstorm and could more easily access another polling station than their own. Existing statutory conditions did not permit issuing transfer certificates in the circumstances. Adaptation: Permitted the issue of transfer certificates to electors unable to vote in their polling division as a result of a snowstorm; it enabled the affected electors to vote in the by-election. |
Sections 22, 135, 283 | Purpose: Allowed returning officers to hire additional election officers where necessary at advance polls and on election day. The adaptation was made in the by-election of May 13, 2013, and the four by-elections on November 25, 2013.
Explanation: Provisions of the Act dealing with staffing levels at advance polls and on election day have not been amended to deal with the additional and more complex tasks that election officers must carry out. These tasks result from the new voter identification requirements as well as the need to transmit data about electors who have voted to candidates' representatives periodically during the day. As well, more and more electors are voting on advance polling days, but the Act provides for fewer personnel on these days and requires more formalities for electors to complete. Adaptation: Authorized the returning officers to appoint additional persons to carry out functions under the Act, including counting the ballots, if required. |
Statutory provisions | Explanatory notes |
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Sections 276, 278 | Purpose: Allowed for certain ballots cast at the local Elections Canada office in the by-election of November 25, 2013, in the electoral district of Toronto Centre to be counted, despite not complying with legislative requirements.
Explanation: In the case of 153 electors in the electoral district of Toronto Centre who voted at the local Elections Canada office, ballots were not correctly placed in either an inner or an outer envelope, as required under the Act, as a result of an error in the instructions given to the electors by an election officer. Under the Act, this would result in the ballots not being counted, despite the election officer having concluded that the electors were entitled to vote in the electoral district and that they had properly completed the application form to receive their ballots. Adaptation: Set out a process for properly including the identified ballots in the count of ballots after the close of polls, in a manner consistent with existing provisions of the Act, so that the validly cast ballots could be counted. |
Electoral district | Labrador | Bourassa | Brandon–Souris | Provencher | Toronto Centre |
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Electors on preliminary lists, including SVR | 20,159 | 69,191 | 61,665 | 66,546 | 91,711 |
Moves between electoral districts1 | 68 | 1,188 | 468 | 546 | 2,708 |
Electors added2 | 724 | 1,480 | 1,333 | 1,448 | 2,375 |
Moves within an electoral district3 | 1,303 | 1,494 | 2,941 | 2,967 | 682 |
Other corrections4 | 340 | 934 | 1,269 | 2,317 | 586 |
Electors removed from lists5 | 353 | 2,468 | 855 | 1,110 | 4,081 |
SVR Group 1 updates6 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | –2 |
Electors on final lists7 | 20,630 | 69,395 | 62,619 | 67,439 | 92,780 |
1 Electors who moved into the electoral district from another electoral district before the beginning of the revision period but were not included in the last release of the Register before the by-elections were called.
2 Electors who did not appear on any lists at the beginning of the by-elections and were added during the events.
3 Electors who appeared on a list for their electoral district at the beginning of the by-elections but at the wrong address. These figures also include administrative changes that the returning officers made to elector records during the by-elections.
4 Electors who appeared on a list of electors at the correct address and requested a correction to their name or mailing address during the by-elections.
5 Electors who appeared on a list of electors but were removed for one of the following reasons: they had died; they asked to be removed; they had moved; they were not qualified to be on the list (e.g. because they were under 18 years of age or were not citizens); there was a duplicate record on the list. This figure also reflects elector records removed because the electors had moved to another electoral district during the by-elections and duplicates removed when the final lists of electors were being prepared.
6 Indicates the increase or decrease in the number of Group 1 electors registered under the SVR (Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada, Canadian Forces electors and incarcerated electors) during the by-elections.
7 The number of electors on the final lists is the sum of electors on the preliminary lists, moves between electoral districts, electors added and SVR Group 1 updates minus electors removed from lists.
Electoral district | Coverage | Currency | Accuracy |
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Labrador | 97.0% | 91.0% | 93.7% |
Bourassa | 99.0% | 86.7% | 87.6% |
Brandon–Souris | 89.9% | 78.2% | 86.9% |
Provencher | 91.5% | 86.4% | 94.5% |
Toronto Centre | 82.2% | 74.7% | 90.9% |
1 Excludes estimated deceased electors, duplicates and non-Canadian citizens.
Election day | Electoral district | Ballots issued | Valid ballots | Rejected ballots | Ballots cast | Ballots returned on time1 | Ballots received late | |
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Group 1 (Canadian Forces, international, incarcerated) | May 13, 2013 | Labrador | 191 | 57 | 1 | 56 | 29.3% | 0 |
Nov. 25, 2013 | Bourassa | 74 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5.4% | 0 | |
Brandon–Souris | 358 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 4.7% | 0 | ||
Provencher | 75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6.7% | 1 | ||
Toronto Centre | 138 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 10.1% | 2 | ||
Subtotals | 836 | 100 | 3 | 96 | 11.5% | 3 | ||
Group 2 (local2 and national3) | May 13, 2013 | Labrador | 372 | 360 | 0 | 360 | 96.8% | 0 |
Nov. 25, 2013 | Bourassa | 341 | 341 | 9 | 332 | 97.4% | 0 | |
Brandon–Souris | 505 | 496 | 0 | 496 | 98.2% | 0 | ||
Provencher | 171 | 166 | 1 | 166 | 97.1% | 0 | ||
Toronto Centre | 522 | 509 | 10 | 499 | 95.6% | 1 | ||
Subtotals | 1,911 | 1,872 | 20 | 1,853 | 97.0% | 1 | ||
Totals | 2,747 | 1,972 | 23 | 1,949 | 71.0% | 4 |
1 Percentage of ballots cast by ballots issued.
2 Electors whose applications were processed and whose ballots were counted at local Elections Canada offices. This includes electors who registered to vote in acute care facilities. The number of local ballots received late is not available.
3 Electors whose applications were processed and whose ballots were counted by Elections Canada in Ottawa.
Electoral district | Labrador | Bourassa | Brandon–Souris | Provencher | Toronto Centre |
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Number of electors on final lists | 20,630 | 69,395 | 62,619 | 67,439 | 92,780 |
Ordinary polls2 |
10,163 | 16,080 | 24,814 | 20,144 | 29,059 |
Ordinary polls (percentage) | 83.7% | 86.3% | 89.4% | 89.3% | 83.0% |
Advance polls | 1,560 | 2,208 | 2,421 | 2,238 | 5,426 |
Advance polls (percentage) | 12.9% | 11.8% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 15.5% |
Voting by special ballot (under the SVR) | 414 | 345 | 508 | 171 | 513 |
Voting by special ballot (under the SVR) (percentage) | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
Rejected ballots | 27 | 295 | 106 | 136 | 177 |
Rejected ballots (percentage) | 0.2% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
Total valid ballots | 12,110 | 18,338 | 27,637 | 22,417 | |
Total valid ballots (percentage) | 99.8% | 98.4% | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.5% |
Total votes cast | 12,137 | 18,633 | 27,743 | 22,553 | 34,998 |
Voter turnout in 2013 by-elections |
58.8% | 26.9% | 44.3% | 33.4% | 37.7% |
Voter turnout in previous general election (May 2011) | 52.9% | 55.1% | 57.5% | 61.7% | 62.9% |
1 Percentages have been rounded.
2 Includes electors who voted at mobile polls.
Candidate and affiliation | Place of residence |
Occupation | Valid votes obtained | Percentage of valid votes (%)1 |
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Labrador | ||||
Yvonne Jones Liberal Party of Canada |
Mary's Harbour | Parliamentarian | 5,812 | 48.0 |
Peter Penashue Conservative Party of Canada |
Sheshatshiu | Parliamentarian | 3,924 | 32.4 |
Harry Borlase New Democratic Party |
Gatineau, QC | Northern analyst | 2,324 | 19.2 |
Norman Andrews Libertarian Party of Canada |
Happy Valley–Goose Bay | Driver | 50 | 0.4 |
Bourassa | ||||
Emmanuel Dubourg Liberal Party of Canada |
Saint-Lambert | Accountant | 8,825 | 48.1 |
Stéphane Moraille New Democratic Party |
Boucherville | Lawyer | 5,766 | 31.4 |
Daniel Duranleau Bloc Québécois |
Montréal | Community activist | 2,387 | 13.0 |
Rida Mahmoud Conservative Party of Canada |
Montréal-Nord | Architectural technologist | 852 | 4.6 |
Danny Polifroni Green Party of Canada |
Montréal | Engineer | 368 | 2.0 |
Serge Lavoie Rhinoceros Party |
Montréal | Musician | 140 | 0.8 |
Brandon–Souris | ||||
Larry Maguire Conservative Party of Canada |
Virden | Legislator | 12,205 | 44.2 |
Rolf Dinsdale Liberal Party of Canada |
Brandon | Business executive | 11,816 | 42.8 |
Cory Szczepanski New Democratic Party |
Wawanesa | Welder | 1,996 | 7.2 |
David Michael Neufeld Green Party of Canada |
Boissevain | Farmer | 1,349 | 4.9 |
Frank William James Godon Libertarian Party of Canada |
Boissevain | Contractor/Carpenter | 271 | 1.0 |
Provencher | ||||
Ted Falk Conservative Party of Canada |
Steinbach | Business owner | 13,046 | 58.2 |
Terry Hayward Liberal Party of Canada |
Anola | Retired | 6,711 | 29.9 |
Natalie Courcelles Beaudry New Democratic Party |
Lorette | Constituency assistant | 1,843 | 8.2 |
Janine Gibson Green Party of Canada |
Grunthal | Organic inspector | 817 | 3.6 |
Toronto Centre | ||||
Chrystia Freeland Liberal Party of Canada |
Toronto | Journalist | 17,194 | 49.4 |
Linda McQuaig New Democratic Party |
Toronto | Author and journalist | 12,640 | 36.3 |
Geoff Pollock Conservative Party of Canada |
Toronto | Lawyer | 3,004 | 8.6 |
John Deverell Green Party of Canada |
Toronto | Retired journalist | 1,034 | 3.0 |
Dorian Baxter Progressive Canadian Party |
Newmarket | Anglican clergy | 453 | 1.3 |
Judi Falardeau Libertarian Party of Canada |
Toronto | Entrepreneur and chef | 236 | 0.7 |
Kevin Clarke Independent |
Toronto | Servant | 84 | 0.2 |
John "The Engineer" Turmel Independent |
Brantford | Banking systems engineer | 56 | 0.2 |
Leslie Bory Independent |
Dunnville | Machinist | 51 | 0.1 |
Michael Nicula Online Party of Canada |
Toronto | IT entrepreneur | 43 | 0.1 |
Bahman Yazdanfar Independent |
Toronto | Business consultant | 26 | 0.1 |
1 Percentages have been rounded.