October 9, 2014
Electoral case study concerning women and politics - The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec examines factors that might influence women to enter the political arena
Quebec City, October 9, 2014 –– In an electoral case study released today, the Chief Electoral Officer notes that after having experienced a gradual increase in the number and influence of women in provincial politics between1976 and 2003, Québec has, in the last 10 years, entered a period in which the percentage of female MNAs has stagnated, in spite of the holding of four general elections. As a contribution to discussions on this situation, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec is outlining incentives and factors designed to help more women accede to elected positions.
Categories :
Provincial,
Election system,
DGE
October 7, 2014
Election expenses for the April 7, 2014 general election - The parties represented in the National Assembly spent about half the permitted limit
Quebec City, October 7, 2014 ––Lucie Fiset, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, has made public the Summary of the returns of election expenses of the parties and candidates having run in the general election held on April 7, 2014. The figures appearing in this summary were taken from the returns of election expenses submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer by the official agents of the parties and the candidates.
Categories :
Provincial,
Provincial financing,
DGE,
General election 2014
October 1st, 2014
School Elections of November 2, 2014 - Would you like to vote? Your name must be entered on the list of school electors
Québec City, October 1, 2014 –– The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Me Lucie Fiset, invites electors who would like to exercise their right to vote during the school elections of November 2, 2014, to ensure that their name is correctly entered on the list of electors of their school board.
Categories :
School Board,
General elections,
DGE
September 19, 2014
School Elections of November 2, 2014 - Rules on financing and the control of election expenses will be applied during the school election period
Québec City, September 19, 2014 – The Chief Electoral Officer, Ms. Lucie Fiset, would like to remind the public that the rules governing financing and the control of expenses will be applied during the election period that begins today in the 69 Québec school boards, in view of the general elections of November 2, 2014. During the last school general elections, in 2007, candidates filed returns showing total election expenses of $1,045,000, received more than $747,000 in contributions and contracted around $336,000 in loans.
Categories :
School Board,
General elections,
DGE
September 19, 2014
School general elections are scheduled in Québec on November 2, 2014
Québec City, September 19, 2014–– Pursuant to the Act Respecting School Elections, general elections will take place on Sunday, November 2, 2014, in 60 French language school boards and nine English language school boards in Québec. These elections are held to fill 712 commissioner’s positions (617 in francophone school boards and 95 on the English side). Moreover, for the first time, the 69 school board Chairpersons will be elected at the same elections. About 5.9 million electors will be called to vote in these elections.
Categories :
School Board,
General elections,
DGE
September 4, 2014
Reform of political financing and the control of election expenses - The Chief Electoral Officer makes a positive assessment and recommends further action
Quebec City, September 4, 2014 –– In a report released today, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Lucie Fiset, provides a positive assessment of the reforms to political financing and the control of election expenses in Québec enacted since 2010. “We have come a long way in terms of cleaning up financing and improved enforcement of rules, and this has helped restore citizens’ faith in our democratic institutions,” Ms. Fiset pointed out, “especially since the new powers granted to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer since 2010 have made us more effective in our role as watchdog and prosecutor before the courts.”
Categories :
Provincial,
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Provincial financing,
DGE
June 19, 2014
Comparison of 2009 and 2013 election years in Québec - The municipal political parties and authorized independent candidates received fewer resources in 2013
Québec City, June 19, 2014 –– The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Mr. Jacques Drouin, today announces the publication of an accessible information document titled “Data and statistics in municipal financing”. This document can be found on the DGEQ’s website at www.electionsquebec.qc.ca. It confirms, among other things, that when comparing the 2009 electoral year to that of 2013, the municipal political parties and authorized independent candidates received fewer resources in 2013.
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
DGE
May 20, 2014
Electoral representation - The Commission de la représentation électorale begins updating the electoral map of Québec
Quebec City, May 20, 2014 – The chair of the Commission de la représentation électorale, Jacques Drouin, confirms that the CRE has begun to update the electoral map of Québec. The initiative has been undertaken in accordance with the Election Act, which stipulates that the electoral map must be reviewed when it has been in force for two general elections.
Categories :
Provincial,
CRE,
2017 electoral map,
2017 electoral map
April 24, 2014
Jacques Drouin, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, will step down on July 11 of this year
Quebec City, April 24, 2014 – The Chief Electoral Officer and Chair of the Commission de la représentation électorale du Québec, Jacques Drouin, will step down on July 11, 2014, bringing to an end a 36-year career in the Québec civil service, including 34 years with the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (DGE). Mr. Drouin tendered his resignation yesterday to Jacques Chagnon, Speaker of the Québec National Assembly.
Categories :
Divers,
DGE
April 10, 2014
Municipal political parties - The Chief Electoral Officer withdraws his authorization of the Vision Montréal party
Quebec City, April 10, 2014 – In answer to a request received from the party leader, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Jacques Drouin, withdrew his authorization of the Équipe Harel - Vision Montréal municipal party, effective April 7, 2014.
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Authorized political parties,
DGE
April 6, 2014
Press release no. 22 – April 7, general election - Close to 5 million electors are invited to the polls tomorrow
Québec, April 6, 2014 – Mr. Jacques Drouin, Chief Electoral Officer, invites close to 5 million electors to exercise their right to vote tomorrow, election day. They are electors who have not already voted at the advance polling from March 28 to April 3. From 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., 21 617 polling stations will be open and ninety thousand election officers will be on hand to administer the election. A total of 814 candidates are hoping to win the favour of the electorate.
Categories :
Provincial,
DGE,
General election 2014
April 4, 2014
Press release no. 21 – April 7, 2014 general election - Final advance polling figures: 19,27 % of the electors registered exercised their right to vote
Québec, April 4, 2014 –– Mr. Jacques Drouin, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, wishes to announce that 1 153 058 electors exercised their right to vote in the advance poll by using the various methods offered to them between March 28 and April 3. This total corresponds to 19,27 % of the total number of electors registered prior to the special revision, which also ended Thursday.
Categories :
Provincial,
DGE,
General election 2014
April 2, 2014
Press release 20 –April 7, 2014 general election - A new measure will facilitate secure access to polling stations for persons with reduced mobility
Quebec City, April 2, 2014 –In connection with the April 7 vote, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Jacques Drouin, wishes to inform persons with reduced mobility that further to an agreement reached with the political parties represented at the National Assembly, they will be able to vote in a polling station other than the one they have been assigned, if theirs is inaccessible. The agreement completes the work carried out in the various electoral divisions of Québec to reduce as much as possible the number of polling places which a person in a wheel chair, for example, would find inaccessible.
Categories :
Provincial,
DGE,
General election 2014
April 1st, 2014
Press release no. 19 – April 7, 2014 general election - Advance polling update after Day 2 : 1 057 706 electors exercised their right to vote
Québec, April 1, 2014 –– At the end of the second day of advance polling held yesterday, March 31, Mr. Jacques Drouin, Chief Electoral Officer, announces that 1 057 706 electors exercised their right to vote to date. This total corresponds to 17,68 % of the total number of electors registered on the lists of electors prior to the special revision. For yesterday, the turnout rate was 8,31%.
Categories :
Provincial,
DGE,
General election 2014
March 31, 2014
Press release no. 18 – April 7, 2014 general election - Advance polling update after Day 1 : 561 872 electors exercised their right to vote
Québec, March 31, 2014 –– At the end of the first day of advance polling held yesterday, March 30, Mr. Jacques Drouin, Chief Electoral Officer, announces that 561 872 electors exercised their right to vote to date. This total corresponds to 9,39 % of the total number of electors registered on the lists of electors prior to the special revision.
Categories :
Provincial,
DGE,
General election 2014
