Site MenuThe Evolution of the Duties to be Fulfilled by Poll Staff with Regards to Registration and Voting on Polling Day and Advance Polling Days, 1920 to 2012
APPENDIX 1: Evolution of the Act, 1920 to 2012
| Title | Date | Citation | Duties of DROs and PCs affected? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Elections Act* | 1920 | SC 1920 c. 46 | |
| Amendments: | 1921 | SC 1921 c. 29 | Yes |
| 1925 | SC 1925 c. 42 | Yes | |
| Revised Statutes of Canada 1927: | 1927 | RSC 1927 c. 53 | No |
| Dominion Elections Act** | 1929 | SC 1929 c. 40 | Yes |
| Amendments: | 1930 | SC 1930 c. 16 | Yes |
| Dominion Elections Act* | 1934 | SC 1934 c. 50 | |
| Dominion Elections Act* | 1938 | SC 1938 c. 46 | Yes |
| Amendments: | 1948 | SC 1948 c. 46 | Yes |
| June 1951 | SC 1951 c. 48 | Yes | |
| New title: Canada Elections Act | Dec. 1951 | SC 1951 (2nd) c. 3 | Yes |
| Revised Statutes of Canada 1952: | 1952 | RSC 1952 c. 23 | No |
| Canada Elections Act** | May 1953 | SC 1952-3 c. 24 | No |
| Amendments: | 1955 | SC 1955 c. 44 | Yes |
| 1960 | SC 1960 c. 7 | No | |
| Canada Elections Act* | 1960 | SC 1960 c. 39 | Yes |
| Amendments: | 1963 | SC 1963 c. 40 | No |
| 1966 | SC 1966-7 c. 45 | No | |
| 1966 | SC 1966-7 c. 84 | No | |
| 1967 | SC 1966-7 c. 96 | No | |
| Canada Elections Act* | 1970 | SC 1969-70 c. 49 | Yes |
| Revised Statutes of Canada 1970: | 1970 | RSC 1970 (1st Suppl.) c. 14 | No |
| Canada Elections Act** | 1973 | SC 1973-74 c. 51 | No |
| Amendments: | 1974 | SC 1974 c. 5 | No |
| 1974 | SC 1974-75-76 c. 19 | No | |
| 1975 | SC 1974-75-76 c. 48 | No | |
| 1975 | SC 1974-75-76 c. 66 | No | |
| 1977 | SC 1977-78 c. 3 | Yes | |
| 1979 | SC 1978-79 c. 11 | No | |
| 1981 | SC 1980-81-82-83 c. 47 | No | |
| 1981 | SC 1980-81-82-83 c. 50 | No | |
| 1981 | SC 1980-81-82-83 c. 54 | Yes | |
| 1982 | SC 1980-81-82-83 c. 96 | No | |
| 1983 | SC 1980-81-82-83 c. 164 | Yes | |
| 1984 | SC 1984 c. 41 | No | |
| 1985 | SC 1985 c. 19 | No | |
| 1986 | SC 1986 c. 14 | No | |
| Revised Statutes of Canada 1985: | 1985 | RSC 1985 c. E-2 | No |
| Canada Elections Act** | 1989 | SC 1989 c. 28 | No |
| Amendments: | 1990 | SC 1990 c. 16 | No |
| 1991 | SC 1991 c. 11 | No | |
| 1991 | SC 1991 c. 47 | No | |
| 1992 | SC 1992 c. 1 | No | |
| 1992 | SC 1992 c. 45 | No | |
| 1992 | SC 1992 c. 51 | No | |
| 1993 | SC 1993 c. 19 | Yes | |
| 1994 | SC 1994 c. 26 | No | |
| 1995 | SC 1995 c. 5 | No | |
| 1996 | SC 1996 c. 26 | No | |
| 1996 | SC 1996 c. 35 | Yes | |
| 1998 | SC 1998 c. 18 | No | |
| 1999 | SC 1999 c. 3 | No | |
| 1999 | SC 1999 c. 28 | No | |
| Canada Elections Act* | 2000 | SC 2000 c. 9 | Yes |
| Amendments: | 2001 | SC 2001 c. 21 | Yes |
| 2001 | SC 2001 c. 27 | No | |
| 2002 | SC 2002 c. 7 | No | |
| 2002 | SC 2002 c. 8 | No | |
| 2003 | SC 2003 c.19 | No | |
| 2003 | SC 2003 c. 22 | No | |
| 2004 | SC 2004 c. 24 | No | |
| 2006 | SC 2006 c. 1 | No | |
| 2007 | SC 2007 c. 10 | No | |
| 2007 | SC 2007 c. 21 | Yes | |
| 2007 | SC 2007 c. 37 | Yes | |
| 2011 | SC 2011 c. 24 | No | |
| 2011 | SC 2011 c. 26 | No |
* Brand new statute adopted
**Consolidation within framework of general revision of statutes