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The Compendium of Election Administration in Canada is a
comprehensive summary of the election legislation in effect at the
federal level and in each of Canada's provinces and territories.
The Compendium offers summaries and comparative tables of the legislation
on the establishment and revision of electoral boundaries, the administration
of elections, the registration of electors, the voting process,
the nomination of candidates and registration of political parties,
election financing, the enforcement of the legislation, and referendums,
plebiscites, recalls and initiatives.
It also includes a summary of recent case law relating to election
issues, and a component presenting various statistics on elections
and referendums.
The Compendium is produced annually for the Conference of Canadian
Election Officials. The current edition reflects the status of legislation
in effect as of June 2002.
The Compendium is the work of a number of people. The project was
developed and headed by Alain Pelletier, Assistant Director of Policy
and Research at Elections Canada. Since 1999, several people have
contributed to the project, including Marie-Ève Poulin, Nathalie
Nye, Marc Taschereau, Jaime Aliaga Gallo, Tim Mowrey, Jean-Sébastien
Bargiel and Martin Lavoie.
The Compendium owes its contents to the invaluable contribution
of all the Canadian election administrations, provincial and territorial,
who graciously provided the necessary documentation and updates,
along with valuable comments.
The Communications Directorate at Elections Canada also provided
significant support for the production, translation and Web site
publication of the Compendium and the Comparative Overview.
I want to personally thank all those people who contributed to
this project for their dedicated work.
Alain Pelletier
Assistant Director
Policy and Research
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