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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities
Section 77
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77. Where candidates of more than one party authorized under Chapter XIII were elected to the council of a municipality having a population of 100,000 or over at the last general election, the returning officer shall appoint as deputy returning officer and as poll clerk persons recommended by the party with the greatest number of elected candidates and by the party with the second greatest number of elected candidates, respectively.
In case of equality between parties for the greatest or second greatest number of elected candidates, their rank for the purposes of the first paragraph is established according to the number of votes obtained by all the candidates of each party.
This section does not apply to the deputy returning officer and the poll clerk of the polling station at the office of the returning officer.
77. Where candidates of more than one party authorized under Chapter XIII were elected to the council of a municipality having a population of 100,000 or over at the last general election, the returning officer shall appoint as deputy returning officer and as poll clerk persons recommended by the party with the greatest number of elected candidates and by the party with the second greatest number of elected candidates, respectively.
In case of equality between parties for the greatest or second greatest number of elected candidates, their rank for the purposes of the first paragraph is established according to the number of votes obtained by all the candidates of each party.
