2. In this Part, unless the context indicates otherwise,(a) “candidate of an authorized party” means a person designated by an authorized party to be the candidate of this party for office as member of the council, whose nomination paper has been accepted by the returning officer;
(b) “independent candidate” means a person, other than a candidate of an authorized party, whose nomination paper for office as member of the council has been accepted by the returning officer;
(c) (paragraph repealed);
(d) “Commission” means the Commission de la représentation constituted by the Act respecting electoral representation (chapter R-24.1);
(e) “elector” means a person who is entitled to vote at the election of the mayor and of the councillor of an electoral district under this part;
(f) “general election” means an election where all the offices of members of the council of a municipality are open to nomination, except such an election held to fill vacancies in those offices that have occurred before the ordinary expiration of the term of office of those members of the council;
(f.1) “clerk” means the clerk or the secretary-treasurer of a municipality;
(f.2) “municipality” means a municipal corporation by whatever law governed, or, according to the context, the territory in which it has jurisdiction, except(1) a county corporation or a regional county municipality;
(2) a Cree village corporation or a Naskapi village corporation;
(3) a Northern village corporation;
(4) a municipal corporation which, under its constituent act or the act governing it, is not represented by a council composed of persons elected for that purpose;
(g) “authorized party” or “authorized political party” means a party holding an authorization, in accordance with this Part, from the director general of elections;
(h) “returning officer” means the person who is the returning officer in a municipality under the act governing that municipality;
(i) “official representative of a party” means the person designated as such by the leader of a party in conformity with this part.