2006 Annual Report of Political Contributions Disclosure Statements
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Annual Report of Political Contributions Disclosure Statements January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 Published June 2007 by the designated person (Chief Electoral Officer) pursuant to the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act Annual Report of Political Contributions Disclosure Statements January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 Published June 2007 by the designated person (Chief Electoral Officer) pursuant to the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act Foreword Annually the official agent of every electoral district association and recognized party and any “candidate” as that term is defined under the Elections Act, is required to file an Annual Statement of Political Contributions disclosing the name and residential or business address of each contributor whose contributions received by such official agent during the previous calendar year exceeded fifty dollars in total and the total amount of contributions by that contributor. Filing is with the “designated person” pursuant to section 14 of the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act and in accordance with the Political Contributions Disclosure Regulations made under the Act. For purposes of the 2006 reporting period, January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006, there were four recognized parties in the Province of Nova Scotia, namely, the Green Party of Nova Scotia (GPNS), the Nova Scotia Liberal Party (NSLP), the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NSNDP) and the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (PC). The acronyms noted are used throughout this report to identify the individual recognized parties. Each of the four recognized parties submitted a Form 3, Recognized Party’s Annual Statement of Political Contributions for the 2006 reporting period. There are 158 electoral district associations in the Province of Nova Scotia of which 156 filed a Form 4, Electoral District Association’s Annual Statement of Political Contributions for the 2006 reporting period. There were 210 candidates officially nominated for the June 13, 2006 Provincial General Election of which 209 filed a Form 2, Candidate’s Annual Statement of Political Contributions for the 2006 reporting period. Besides including disclosure of political contributions, this report also contains reports filed by official agents of the four recognized parties entitled Recognized Party’s Annual Statement of Contributions for Which Official [Tax] Receipts have been Issued required to be filed for each calendar year pursuant to the Elections Act. It is to be noted that the total contributions to any recognized party do not exactly correspond with the total contributions for which income tax receipts were issued because an income tax receipt is not issued unless requested but disclosure of contributions by any contributor of fifty dollars or more in total is mandatory. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Overview ......................................................... 9 2. Political Contributions to Recognized Parties 2.1. Green Party of Nova Scotia ....................................... 11 2.2. Nova Scotia Liberal Party ........................................ 17 2.3. Nova Scotia New Democratic Party................................. 33 2.4. Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia .................. 75 3. Political Contributions to Electoral District Asociations 3.1. Green Party of Nova Scotia ...................................... 135 3.2. Nova Scotia Liberal Party ....................................... 139 3.3. Nova Scotia New Democratic Party................................ 151 3.4. Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia ................. 165 4. Political Contributions to Candidates (June 13, 2006 Provincial General Election) ....................................................... 167 5. Recognized Party’s Annual Statement of Contributions for which Official [Tax] Receipts have been Issued ................................... 455 OVERVIEW The Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act S.N.S. 1991, c. 4 describes the regime governing political contributions in Nova Scotia. It sets out the rules surrounding contributions and specifies how and to whom they can be made. For this reporting period January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006, there were no restrictions or limits on contributions. Under section 14 of the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act, on or before March 31 in each year the official agent of each electoral district association, recognized party and candidate in an election year is required to file with the designated person, in this case the Chief Electoral Officer, a disclosure statement “showing the full name and residential or business address, other than a post office box unless that is the only address available, of each contributor whose contributions received by that official agent during the previous calendar year exceed fifty dollars in total and the amount of the total contributions by that contributor”. The forms on which these annual disclosure statements are required to be filed are set out in the Political Contributions Disclosure Regulations (N.S. Reg 5/2003) made under the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act. Although the statements can be filed electronically, very few are, except by some of the recognized parties. Once received by the designated person and in order to make this information available electronically on the Elections Nova Scotia website, the disclosure statements are data-entered into a recently revised format. This is a very time consuming process. Time and authority do not permit correction of errors or filling in of incomplete data in the statements. Some disclosure statements filed included contributions of less than fifty dollars from individual contributors as well as transfers from recognized parties to electoral district associations, from recognized parties to candidates and from electoral district associations to candidates. The only changes to the data filed in the annual disclosure statements are to correct addition errors. Blanks in the reports indicate incomplete or illegible data has been filed. Under section 20A, a recent amendment to the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act, the designated person, currently the Chief Electoral Officer, is required to publish the disclosure statements for the previous calendar year by June 30. Green Party of Nova Scotia FORM 3 Recognized Party’s Annual Statement of Political Contributions Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act Reporting Period: January 1st to December 31st , 2006 Name of Recognized Party: Green Party of Nova Scotia Official Agent: Name Address Telephone # Michael McFadden 218 Donegal Drive 902.435.3952 Dartmouth, NS B2V 1P3 Auditor: Name Address Telephone # Karen Rowe 38 McKeen Street 902.849.8883 Glace Bay, NS B1A 5B9 Declaration of Official Agent I, Michael McFadden ,declare as follows: 1. The information provided in this annual statement of political contributions discloses all contributions, within the meaning of clause 8(b) of the Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act and Section 3 of the Political Contributions Disclosure Regulations, in excess of $50.00 in value made during this reporting period. 2. No payment to a member or a member’s spouse or dependent children that has not been disclosed in accordance with Section 17 of the Act has been made during this reporting period. signed by : Michael McFadden Official Agent Annual Statement of Political Contributions Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act For the Reporting Period January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 Green Party of Nova Scotia Official Agent: Michael McFadden, 218 Donegal Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2V 1P3 Contributions: $ 21,479.99 Last First Address Community Province Postal Code Amount Ball Roy 1616 Pendrell St., Apt 1804 Vancouver BC V6G 1S8 1,000.00 Bigras Ellsabeth 300 Gemmon's Road Port Dufferin NS B0J 2R0 1,008.44 Courrier Bill 15 Tutor Ct. Dartmouth NS B3A 4X9 225.00 Courrier Diane 15 Tutor Ct. Dartmouth NS B3A 4X9 579.83 Donati Lorraine PO Box 217 Shelburne NS B0T 1W1 100.00 Five J Fishers RR # 1 Clark's Harbour NS B0W 1P0 100.00 Gibson Elizabeth 279 King St. Windsor NS B0N 2T0 60.00 Green Party of Canada 204-396 Cooper St. Ottawa ON K1P 5R1 2,000.00 Harris James 140 Gamble Ave. Toronto ON M4J 2P3 2,000.00 Hartlen Michael C. 7412 Hwy 1 Ellerhouse NS B0N 1L0 100.00 Hartlen Noreen 58 Cedar Crescent Dartmouth NS B2V 1Y6 994.85 Hiltz Shari-Lynn 5558 Bloomfield St. Halifax NS B3K 1S9 100.00 Hines Rob 134 Old Castle Bay Rd. Castle Bay NS B1T 1J4 345.38 Hoppner Elise 24 Ramsgate Lane, Apt 302 Halifax NS B3P 2R6 450.00 Kazmi Omar 2060 Quingate Pl., Apt 504 Halifax NS B3L 4P7 100.00 Lambert Anne PO Box 599 Chester NS B0J 1J0 400.00 Legere Jennifer K. D. 902-1333 South Park St. Halifax NS B3J 2K9 110.00 Livingstone Neal Box 55 Mabou NS B0E 1X0 100.00 Marshall Margo 6063 Hwy 207 Seaforth NS B0J 1N0 100.00 Marshall Michael #2, 6185 Shirley St. Halifax NS B3H 2N3 1,500.00 Martin Ralph C. 37 Old Salmon River Branch Rd. Truro NS B2N 5B2 200.00 McFadden Michael 218 Donegal Dr. Dartmouth NS B2V 1P3 990.00 Meyers Judith 162 Circle Dr. Lake Echo NS B3E 1B9 100.00 Moeller Roland RR # 1 Orangedale NS B0E 2K0 210.00 More Nancy 44 Harbourview Drive Sydney NS B1S 2A6 500.00 Mosher Rebecca #2, 6185 Shirley St. Halifax NS B3H 2N3 3,000.00 Myers Amanda 1521 Lemarchant St., Apt 7F Halifax NS B3R 3H3 100.00 Oommen Frances 119 Shandwick Street Sydney NS B1P 4V6 350.00 Perry Elizabeth 140-780 Windmill Rd, Suite 526 Dartmouth NS B3B 1T3 100.00 Savage Bryan 209 Water St. Shelburne NS B0T 1W0 100.00 Scott