Mechanism of Coordination Between the Election Administration and the House of Commons

• Author: Gregory Tardi
• Pages: 58-62

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MECHANISM OF COORDINATION

BETWEEN THE ELECTION

ADMINISTATION AND THE

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Sound public administration requires preparation. e transition from

the nd Parliament to the rd f‌irst requires measures that are e-

cient, eective, and economic. Secondly, it necessitates measures and

procedures that ensure smooth continuity of parliamentary work, not-

withstanding the changes among elected ocials. As the very basis of

transition, the House must formally know who is elected. is is a pro-

cess involving several steps. Some ten days before an election, Elections

Canada sends to the House the formal list of candidates, based on the

formal nomination papers f‌iled in accordance with section  and fol-

lowing of the Canada Elections Act. In the  exercise, this list included

the relevant information about candidates who were nominated but who

were subsequently jettisoned by their respective parties. As of election

day, the House treated as elected the person who, in each electoral district,

was declared elected. Instances of recount, judicial recount, and election

contestation lead the House to take account of the various results. e

principal formality that renders the list of individuals elected f‌inal is the

return of the writs.

In application of the practices of sound public administration, it

would be inecient, ineective, and likely uneconomic to leave without

adequate assistance for transition those MPs who will have decided to