Party candidate

The candidate of an authorized political party is a person whose nomination paper was accepted in this capacity by the returning officer for the position of mayor or for a councillor’s position. He cannot solicit or collect contributions, unless he has been expressly authorized to do so by the official representative of his party. Similarly, he cannot contract loans or incur expenses.

For a party candidate, it is the official agent of the authorized political party who is responsible for:

• incurring or authorizing all election expenses;
• making sure that every payment of election expenses is supported by an invoice and that the regular price is paid;
• ensuring that all advertising contains his name and his title of official agent;
• making sure that the limit on election expenses is respected.

In fact, the official agent is responsible for all candidates’ election expenses and for filing the return of election expenses.