Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 2
if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election; (c) the transmission of a document directly by a person or a group to their members, employees or shareholders, as the case may be; (d) the transmission by an individual, on a non-commercial basis on the Internet, of his or her personal political views; or (e) the making of telephone calls to electors only to encourage them to vote. ( publicité électorale ) election advertising expense means an expense incurred in relation to (a) the production of an election advertising message; and (b) the transmission of an election advertising message to the public. ( dépenses de publicité électorale ) election documents means the following documents: (a) the writ with the return of the election endorsed on it; (b) the nomination papers and other documents filed by the candidates or filed on their behalf under section 67; (c) the reserve supply of undistributed blank ballot papers; (d) documents relating to the revision of the lists of electors; (e) the statements of the vote from which the validation of results was made; (f) the other documents sent to the Chief Electoral Officer from the various polling stations, the various advance polling stations or the returning officer’s office, including (i) stubs and unused ballot papers, (ii) ballot papers cast for the various candidates, (iii) spoiled ballot papers, (iv) rejected ballot papers, (v) the list of electors used at the polling station, advance polling station or returning officer’s office, (vi) written authorizations of candidates’ representatives, (vii) used transfer certificates, if any, and (viii) registration certificates; and (g) the prescribed forms referred to in section 162 — other than those referred to in paragraph 162(i.1) — and any other prescribed form to be used at a polling station, advance polling station or returning officer’s office that contains personal information relating to an elector. ( documents électoraux ) election officer means a person referred to in subsection 22(1) or appointed under section 32. ( fonctionnaire électoral ) election period means the period beginning with the issue of the writ and ending on polling day or, if the writ is withdrawn under subsection 59(1) or is deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act , on the day that the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn. ( période électorale ) election survey means a survey respecting whether persons intend to vote at an election or who they voted for or will vote for at an election or respecting an issue with which a registered party or candidate is associated. ( sondage électoral ) elector means a person who is qualified as an elector under section 3. ( électeur ) electoral district means a place or territorial area that is represented by a member in the House of Commons. ( circonscription ) electoral district agent means a person appointed under subsection 456(1), and includes the financial agent of a registered association. ( agent de circonscription ) electoral district association means an association of members of a political party in an electoral district. ( association de circonscription ) eligible party means a political party that satisfies the criteria for registration set out in section 387. ( parti admissible ) future elector means a Canadian citizen who is 14 years of age or older but under 18 years of age. ( futur électeur ) judge , when used to define the judicial officer on whom is conferred specific powers, means (a) in relation to the Province of Ontario, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice; (b) in relation to the Province of Quebec, a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec; (c) in relation to the Provinces of Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Province; (d) in relation to the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, a judge of the Court of Queen’s