Québec City, August 30, 1995 --- Pierre-F. Côté, Q.C., Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, would like to inform the public that 14 municipalities to which the rules governing political financing and the control of election expenses apply, will hold general elections of November 5th of this year.
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MUNICIPALITY |
TOTAL POPULATION* |
ELECTORAL POPULATION** |
|
Alma |
26 467 |
21 191 |
|
Aylmer |
34 927 |
24 036 |
|
Châteauguay |
42 246 |
27 844 |
|
Drummondville |
45 554 |
34 700 |
|
Gatineau |
99 971 |
64 738 |
|
Hull |
65 764 |
45 683 |
|
Jonquière |
59 734 |
41 959 |
|
LaSalle |
74 777 |
50 678 |
|
Mascouche |
28 913 |
18 266 |
|
Outremont |
23 237 |
15 395 |
|
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville |
25 259 |
15 648 |
|
Sainte-Thérèse |
26 373 |
16 261 |
|
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
28 516 |
20 645 |
|
Westmount |
20 506 |
12 940 |
|
Total |
602 244 |
409 984 |
* Gazette officielle, December 28, 1994, 126th year, Part 2, No. 53.
** Based on the figures supplied by the municipality.
In addition to the 14 mayoralty positions, 130 councillor positions must also be filled. On August 28, 1995 there were 10 authorized political parties in 6 of the 14 municipalities (Jonquière, LaSalle, Mascouche, Outremont, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Sainte-Thérèse).
The election period will begin on the 58th day preceding polling day, namely September 8th. From this date, persons interested in a position on the municipal council will have until October 13th to file a nomination paper with the returning officer of their municipality.
The rules governing municipal political financing allow political parties and independent candidates to benefit from financial resources constituted in particular from contributions collected exclusively from the voters of the municipalities in question. However, a political party or an independent candidate wishing to solicit or collect contributions must first of all obtain an authorization from the Chief Electoral Officer.
During the election period, candidates will be subject to a ceiling on election expenses that will be calculated based on a basic amount and on the number of voters by electoral district for a councillor’s position and by municipality for a mayoralty position.
Elected candidates or those who obtain at least 20% of the votes cast will obtain a 50% refund of their election expenses. In the case of an independent candidate, the refund may not exceed the amount of his or her election debts.
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