E-3.3, r. 7 - Nomination Regulation

Updated to 1 September 2012

This document has official status.

chapter E-3.3, r. 7

Nomination Regulation

Election Act

(chapter E-3.3, ss. 239 and 550).

Decision 89-03-23; Decision 2000-12-20, s. 1.

DIVISION I GENERAL

1. The Interpretation Act (chapter I-16) applies to this Regulation.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 1.

DIVISION II NOMINATION PAPERS

2. A person offering to stand as candidate shall file nomination papers in accordance with Form 42 attached hereto.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 2.

3. A person offering to stand as candidate may attach to his nomination papers his Canadian citizenship certificate, Canadian passport, driver’s licence or probationary licence issued in plastic form by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, health insurance card issued by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec or a copy of the order changing his name, instead of his birth certificate.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 3; Decision 2004-03-31, s. 1.

4. After examining the identification, the returning officer may give it back to the person offering to stand as candidate on condition he provides the returning officer with a true copy.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 4.

5. A person offering to stand as candidate under his ordinary given name and surname, not being those appearing on his birth certificate, must attach to his nomination papers an affidavit to the effect that the ordinary names claimed are those under which he is commonly known in political, professional and social life.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 5.

6. The photograph attached to the nomination papers must show a full face view of the candidate from the shoulders, bareheaded, against a plain light background and be printed on single-thickness paper measuring approximately 13 cm × 18 cm.

Decision 89-03-23, s. 6.

DIVISION III FINAL

7. (Omitted).

Decision 89-03-23, s. 7; Erratum, 1989 G.O. 2, 3727.

8. (Omitted).

Decision 89-03-23, s. 8.

FORM 42

NOMINATION PAPER

LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES ÉLECTIONS DU QUÉBEC

Nomination paper              
Version française disponible sur demande                 

Identification of candidate					IMPORTANT
* Given name 							The opposite given name    
* Surname						  	and surname will be entered
								on the ballet paper
Where applicable, I have appended and affidavit to the effect that my ordinary name and surname are those under which I am commonly known in political, professional and social life.	
* Date of birth      Year – Month - Day
* Occupation
* Address 	Number, Street, Municipality, Postal code
Optional     	Home phone no. 	Office phone no.	E-mail  
________________________________________________________________________

Status
* Membership of an authorized party                   
	(Name of the party as authorized)

I am appending hereto a letter from leader of the authorized party who recognizes me as being a candidate of that party
OR
* Whish that the particular “independent” appear on the ballot paper               
		French  
Yes in		English
		French/English  
		English/French  

No
________________________________________________________________________

Official agent

* Given name
* Surname
* Address	Number, Street, Municipality, Postal Code
Optional  	Home phone no. 	Office phone no. 	E-mail
* Signature of the official agent ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________

Identification of the mandataries
* Given name
* Surname
* Address	Number, Street, Municipality, Postal Code
Optional  	Home phone no. 	Office phone no. 	E-mail
* Signature and initials of the mandatary: ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
* Mandatory information   

Declaration of the candidate
* I have appended hereto
	my birth certificate 
OR	one of the following identification documents
	my Québec health-insurance card       
	my Certificate of Canadian citizenship  
	my Québec driver’s licence       
	my Canadian passport  
	a copy of the Order changing my name    
AND
a photograph showing a full face view of the from the shoulders, bareheaded, against a plain light background and printed on single thickness paper measuring approximately 13 cm x 13 cm, in according with section 6 of the Nomination Regulation, and signed on the back by 2 electors from the electoral division who know me and attest to my identity.

* I, __________________________________________________, submit my candidacy in the electoral division of _______________________________________________________________________________________,
and state that: 
1. I am a qualified elector within the meaning of section 1 of the Election Act; 
2. I have not been disqualified within the meaning of section 235 of the Election Act.

* In witness whereof, I have signed
at_____________________________________, on _______________________20____.

__________________________________________
Candidate’s signature
______________________________________________________________________________________
* Mandatory information    

Supporting signatures

We, the undersigned, electors entered on the list of electors of the electoral division of ________________,
hereby support the candidacy of: 

Given name            					Surname
for the election of a Member of the National Assembly for said electoral division.
______________________________________________________________________________________

The elector who supports a nomination paper must be entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the signature is collected.

Legal provisions  
According to section 245 of the Election Act, the returning officer shall verify if the persons supporting the candidacy are indeed entered on the list of electors for the electoral division.
Penalties (s. 553 (2) (3) of the Election Act) Every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector whose name is entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed and every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper is liable to: 
1° A fine of $500 to $10,000 for a first offence;
2° A fine of  $3,000 to $30,000 for every subsequent offence within 5 years.

WRITE LEGIBLY AND IN BLOCK LETTERS YOUR SURNAME, GIVEN NAME AND ADDRESS AS THEY ARE ENTERED ON THE LIST OF ELECTORS   

Space reserved for Verification
No. (1 to70)
Surname (at birth)
Given name
Address (of domicile)
Municipality
Signature
Initials of the person who collects the signatures
______________________________________________________________________________________

Oath of the person who collects the supporting signatures  

Candidate
	I, (Given name) (Surname)
state under oath that the ________ persons whose names appear opposite my initials on the nomination paper affixed their signature in my presence, that I know them and that to my knowledge they are electors of the electoral division.

_________________________________________
Signature of the candidate

Stated under oath before me, at ____________________________________________________________,
                                           on ______________________20, _____________________________________
                                                                                                Signature of the returning officer
______________________________________________________________________________________

Mandatary
	I, (Given name) (Surname)
state under oath that the ________ persons whose names appear opposite my initials on the nomination paper affixed their signature in my presence, that I know them and that to my knowledge they are electors of the electoral division.

_________________________________________
Signature of the mandatary

Stated under oath before me, at ____________________________________________________________,
                                           on ______________________20, _____________________________________
                                                                                                Signature of the returning officer
______________________________________________________________________________________

Receipt  

I, _______________________________________, returning officer, have received this nomination paper. All of the required documents are appended hereto. Subject to the verification of the entry on the list of electors of the electors supporting this nomination paper, in all appearances it meets the requirements of the Election Act. 
On ______________________20 ___.

_________________________________________________________
Signature of the returning officer
______________________________________________________________________________________

Notice of conformity

I certify that at least one hundred electors supporting this nomination paper are indeed entered on the list of electors for the electoral division and that this nomination paper meets the requirements of the Election Act.

On ______________________20 ___, at__________ o’clock.

________________________________________________
Signature of the returning officer

Decision, 89-03-23, Form 42; Decision, 2000-12-20, s. 2; Decision, 2004-03-31, s. 2.

REFERENCES

Decision 89-03-23, 1989 G.O. 2, 1569 and 3727

Decision 2000-12-20, 2001 G.O. 2, 1187 and 1829

Decision 2004-03-31, 2004 G.O. 2, 1287