Federal
Elections Canada
Governs Canada · Part of Parliament of Canada
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Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca, checkedWho sits on it
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Chief Electoral Officer
Appointed by the House of Commons
- SP Stéphane Perrault Chief Electoral Officer · since June 2018
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief Electoral Officer laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Stéphane Perrault as Chief Electoral Officer elections.ca · checked
What it can do
- Run federal elections
Administers federal general elections, by-elections and referendums and the National Register of Electors (Canada Elections Act, s. 16).
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Sources for what it can do
- Run federal elections laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9), ss. 13-16: the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, known as Elections Canada. For: Elections Canada
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Administers federal general elections, by-elections and referendums and the National Register of Electors (Canada Elections Act, s. 16). For: Run federal elections
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Canada Elections Act, s. 13. For: Chief Electoral Officer
- elections.ca · checked Elections Canada, About the Chief Electoral Officer ("appointed Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on June 8, 2018"). For: Stéphane Perrault as Chief Electoral Officer