E-3.2 - Election Act

Section 165 Disposition versions

1985-03-13

165. Notwithstanding the preceding section, the following persons are not qualified to be elected:

(1)  judges of the courts of justice;

(2)  the official agent of a candidate or of a political party during an election;

(3)  Members of the Parliament of Canada;

(4)  a person found guilty of an indictable offence punishable by two years of imprisonment or more, for the term of the sentence pronounced.

Moreover, the following persons are not qualified to be elected:

(1)  a candidate at a previous election whose official agent has not produced a return of election expenses or the statement provided for in section 433;

(2)  an independent candidate contemplated in section 402;

(3)  a person contemplated in section 404 or 444;

(4)  a person found guilty or convicted of a corrupt electoral practice.

1984, c. 51, s. 165.