A note on simultaneous candidacies in the Quebec legislature.
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A note on simultaneous candidacies in the Quebec legislature.
Candidates in an election for the Quebec National Assembly can choose to run in any riding, even if they have never lived in that riding or do not have an office there. However, a potential member of the National Assembly must choose a single riding, which means that simultaneous candidacies are prohibited. In other words, a candidate cannot run in more than one riding during the same general election. A look at history shows that this was not always the case.
********** In 1867, with the proclamation of the British North America Act, Quebec was granted its own parliamentary institutions. The first election to choose the 65 members of the new Legislative Assembly took place in Augu...See the full content of this document
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