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E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 235
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235. Notwithstanding the preceding section, the following persons are not qualified to be elected:
(1)  judges of the courts of justice;
(2)  the Chief Electoral Officer, commissioners of the Commission de la représentation and returning officers;
(3)  the official agent of a candidate or of a political party;
(4)  Members of the Parliament of Canada;
(5)  a person convicted of an indictable offence punishable by two years of imprisonment or more, for the term of the sentence pronounced.
The following persons, also, are not qualified to be elected for the period fixed in this Act:
(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 432;
(2)  an independent candidate contemplated in section 125;
(3)  a person contemplated in sections 127 and 442;
(4)  a person convicted of a corrupt electoral or referendum practice.
1989, c. 1, s. 235; 1990, c. 4, s. 964; 1997, c. 8, s. 17.
235. Notwithstanding the preceding section, the following persons are not qualified to be elected:
(1)  judges of the courts of justice;
(2)  the chief electoral officer, commissioners of the Commission de la représentation and returning officers;
(3)  the official agent of a candidate or of a political party;
(4)  Members of the Parliament of Canada;
(5)  a person convicted of an indictable offence punishable by two years of imprisonment or more, for the term of the sentence pronounced.
The following persons, also, are not qualified to be elected for the period fixed in this Act:
(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 432;
(2)  an independent candidate contemplated in section 125;
(3)  a person contemplated in sections 127 and 442;
(4)  a person convicted of a corrupt electoral practice.
1989, c. 1, s. 235; 1990, c. 4, s. 964.
235. Notwithstanding the preceding section, the following persons are not qualified to be elected:
(1)  judges of the courts of justice;
(2)  the chief electoral officer, commissioners of the Commission de la représentation and returning officers;
(3)  the official agent of a candidate or of a political party;
(4)  Members of the Parliament of Canada;
(5)  a person found guilty of an indictable offence punishable by two years of imprisonment or more, for the term of the sentence pronounced.
The following persons, also, are not qualified to be elected for the period fixed in this Act:
(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 432;
(2)  an independent candidate contemplated in section 125;
(3)  a person contemplated in sections 127 and 442;
(4)  a person found guilty or convicted of a corrupt electoral practice.
1989, c. 1, s. 235.
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