Financial Information & Statistics
Volume III
39th Provincial General Election October 8, 2013
Published by the Chief Electoral Officer June 15, 2014 Financial Information & Statistics
Volume III
39th Provincial General Election October 8, 2013
Published by the Chief Electoral Officer June 15, 2014
June 15, 2014
The Honourable Kevin Murphy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Province House 1726 Hollis Street Halifax NS B3J 2Y3
Dear Mr. Speaker:
I have the honour to present Financial Information & Statistics, Volume III of the report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the proceedings of the 39th Nova Scotia Provincial Election held on October 8, 2013. Volume I entitled Statement of Votes and Statistics was published in December 2013, and Volume II, Report on the Conduct of the Election and Recommendations for Legislative Change, was published in April 2014.
This volume provides information related to the candidate, registered party, and third party expenses as well as the reimbursements made to the candidates for election expenses. Election administration costs are also included, and comparative statistics are provided where available. In addition, this report contains six recommendations for legislative change.
I respectfully request that you submit Volume III of this report to the House of Assembly during the next sitting.
This report is submitted to the House of Assembly in accordance with section 163 of the Elections Act.
Sincerely,
Richard Temporale Chief Electoral Officer
Contents
1. Summary 1 2. Registered Parties 3 2.1 Spending Limits, Reporting and Public Funding 3 3. Candidates and Third-Parties 7 3.1 Responsibilities of the Official Agent 13 3.2 Candidate Election Expenses Spending Limits 13 3.3 Candidate Reimbursement 15 3.4 Third Party Advertising 30 4. Returning Offices 31 4.1 Establishing Returning Offices 31 4.2 Returning Office Staffing 31 4.3 Returning Office Costs 31 5. Cost per Elector 37 6. Recommendations of the Chief Electoral Officer 39 Consultations with the Election Commission 39 Consultations with the Caucuses of the Registered Parties 40 Removal of the requirement for audit if election expenses are less than $500. 40 Requirement of electronic filing of financial report by candidates 41 Extend the period for review by the public to 12 months after election day 41 Publication of Third Party expenses deadline be changed to six months after election day 41 Abbreviations
CEO Chief Electoral Officer CPI Nova Scotia Consumer Price Index EDA Electoral District Association ENS Elections Nova Scotia GPNS Green Party of Nova Scotia MPEDA Members and Public Employees Disclosure Act NDP Nova Scotia New Democratic Party NSLP Nova Scotia Liberal Party PC The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Regulations Political Contributions Disclosure Regulations Tariff Tariff of Fees and Expenses Volume III, Financial Information & Statistics 1. Summary
he report of the Chief Electoral Party, 12 members of the Nova Scotia TOfficer on the proceedings of the Liberal Party, seven members of The 39th Nova Scotia Provincial General Progressive Conservative Association of Election held on October 8, 2013 is Nova Scotia and two vacancies. presented in three volumes. In the October 8, 2013 Provincial Volume I, Statement of Votes & Statistics General Election, 176 candidates published December 2013 provides stood for election: 51 from each of the the recapitulation of the election Nova Scotia Liberal Party (NSLP), the results, identifies elected members, Nova Scotia New Democratic Party official agents and returning officers, (NDP), The Progressive Conservative summarizes election results and Association of Nova Scotia (PC), and provides detailed results and statistics 16 from the Green Party of Nova Scotia by voting area (poll by poll results). (GPNS). In addition, there were 7 Volume II, Report on the Conduct of independent candidates. the Election and Recommendations for Of the total number of candidates Legislative Change, published April 2014 who stood for election, 143 achieved the and Volume III, Financial Information & required threshold of 10% of the valid Statistics published June, 2014 following votes cast in their electoral districts completion of accounts, provides qualifying them for reimbursement of a financial information on election portion of their election expenses from expenses, candidate reimbursement, public funding. Total reimbursement election administration costs and paid to these 143 candidates as of March financial and comparative statistics. 31, 2014 amounted to $2,932,344 for On September 7, 2013 at the the October 8, 2013 Provincial General request of Premier Darrell Dexter, the Election. There is also an amount of Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable approximately $56,000 for candidates J.J.Grant,CMM,ONS, CD dissolved whose claims have not yet been the Legislative Assembly. An Order in finalized. By comparison, in the 38th Council directed the Chief Electoral Provincial General Election held on Officer to issue the writs of election to June 9, 2009, when the reimbursement 51 electoral districts, ordering that a threshold was 10%, 146 out of 212 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election candidates standing for election received be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. public funding for election expenses As no candidates were being returned of $2,699,458. In the 37th Provincial by acclamation, a poll was held in all General Election held on June 13, 2006, electoral districts. when the reimbursement threshold was At the time of dissolution there were 15%, 134 out of 208 candidates standing four registered parties, 52 electoral for election received public funding for districts in Nova Scotia. A review of election expenses of $2,301,080. electoral boundaries took place in 2012, Registered party election expenses for resulting in a reduction of electoral the October 8, 2013 Provincial General districts from 52 to 51. Standings in the Election were $951,975. By comparison House of Assembly were 31 members of the Nova Scotia New Democratic
1 Volume III, Financial Information & Statistics registered party election expenses were district returning offices and costs $1,247,204 in 2009 and $1,316,413 in incurred by Elections Nova Scotia to 2006. administer the election. Costs incurred Candidate election expenses prior to the issuance of the writs for the October 8, 2013 Provincial of election for supplies, materials, General Election were $4,591,884. computer equipment, software, election By comparison, candidate election officer training, consulting services and expenses were $4,808,932 in 2009 and any other related expenses which are $4,451,757 in 2006. expended between elections to ensure Total administration costs for the ongoing election readiness are not 2013 Provincial General Election, included. excluding reimbursement of candidate A summary of the total election election expenses and audit fees, were expenses per elector was $13.02, $6,274,406. This figure includes all compared to $10.37 in 2009 and $9.22 direct costs incurred by the electoral in 2006.
Table 1-1: Cost per Elector (comparative 2006, 2009 and 2013 Provincial General Elections) Description: October 8, 2013 June 9, 2009 June 13, 2006 Candidate Election Expenses/ Nomination deposit reimbursement $3,016,714 $2,699,458 $2,301,081 Candidate Audit Fee $86,025 $100,778 $63,568 Returning Office Costs $6,274,406 $4,607,982 $3,883,628 Total Election Cost * $9,377,145 $7,408,218 $6,248,277 Number of Electors on List 720,077 714,675 678,036 Cost per elector $13.02 $10.37 $9.22 * includes estimate of $55,770.65 for candidates expenses not finalized
A new requirement for Third Parties • Volume I, Statement of Votes & who advertised during the writ period Statistics was introduced. Eight Third Parties were • Volume II, Report on the Conduct of registered, and their total spending the Election and Recommendations for amount is to be published on or Legislative Change before October 8, 2014. Of the eight • Volume III, Financial Information & registered, four entered into compliance Statistics agreements where they agreed that there had been a breach of the requirement to register when a total of $500 was spent. The following reports relating for the 2013 Provincial General Election are available on the Elections Nova Scotia website at www.electionsnovascotia.ca
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2.1 Spending Limits, 2.1.1 Registered Party Election Reporting and Public Expenses Spending Limits Funding Subsection 259(1) of the Elections Act establishes the maximum amount a Determination of spending limits for registered party may incur for election election campaigns and reporting of expenses as defined in Section 166(i) of registered party election expenses are the Elections Act. In the October 8, 2013 important components of the electoral Provincial General Election, the election finance regime in Nova Scotia. The expenses of a registered party could Elections Act sets out a formula by not exceed the aggregate of $2.396 which registered party spending limits multiplied by the number of electors are established. Within 120 days of in the electoral districts in which the the date fixed for the return of the registered party endorsed a candidate. writs of election, the official agent of Table 2-1 below shows the registered each registered party is required to party election expense limits by electoral file a report of election expenses with district. Each of the three registered supporting receipts and an independent parties who had members in the House auditor’s opinion respecting the report. of Assembly endorsed candidates in While there are no provisions in the all 51 electoral districts. This resulted Elections Act for the reimbursement of in each registered party having a total registered party election expenses; the election expenses spending limit of results of the election do determine the $1,730,949. The Green Party of Nova amount of public funding a registered Scotia endorsed candidates in 16 party will receive each year following the districts resulting in a spending limit of election (see Section 2.1.3). $570,504.
Table 2-1: Registered Party Election Expenses Limits October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Number of Electors Number of Electors $2.396/Elector Total Party Electoral District Sept 7, 2013 Dec 13, 2013 Spending Limit Final 01 - Annapolis 15,909 15,919 38,149.79 02 - Antigonish 13,422 14,041 33,649.17 03 - Argyle-Barrington 12,390 12,223 29,692.56* 04 - Bedford 17,764 18,008 43,156.07 05 - Cape Breton Centre 13,191 13,062 31,612.15* 06 - Cape Breton-Richmond 11,061 10,980 26,507.62* 07 - Chester-St. Margaret’s 14,786 14,876 35,650.25 08 - Clare-Digby 14,093 14,148 33,905.60 09 - Clayton Park West 17,008 16,835 40,759.57* 10 - Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 13,708 13,658 32,851.14* 11 - Colchester North 14,059 13,961 33,692.31* 12 - Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 14,035 14,139 33,884.03 13 - Cole Harbour-Portland Valley 17,225 17,337 41,548.02 continued
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Number of Electors Number of Electors $2.396/Elector Total Party Electoral District Sept 7, 2013 Dec 13, 2013 Spending Limit Final 14 - Cumberland North 12,777 12,737 30,620.01* 15 - Cumberland South 10,997 10,987 26,354.25* 16 - Dartmouth East 14,344 14,507 34,765.94 17 - Dartmouth North 15,056 15,040 36,081.62* 18 - Preston-Dartmouth 10,832 10,918 26,164.92 19 - Dartmouth South 15,962 15,940 38,252.84* 20 - Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie 10,386 10,355 24,889.99* 21 - Eastern Shore 11,897 11,988 28,729.17 22 - Fairview-Clayton Park 16,100 16,023 38,583.56* 23 - Glace Bay 12,535 12,537 30,044.85 24 - Halifax Armdale 11,797 11,638 28,271.44* 25 - Halifax Atlantic 14,089 14,338 34,360.93 26 - Halifax Chebucto 15,620 16,121 38,633.88 27 - Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 12,719 13,357 32,009.97 28 - Halifax Needham 15,436 15,432 36,992.28* 29 - Hammonds Plains-Lucasville 11,348 11,459 27,461.43 30 - Hants East 18,162 18,086 43,525.13* 31 - Hants West 14,884 14,996 35,937.83 32 - Inverness 10,972 11,159 26,742.48 33 - Kings North 15,354 15,368 36,829.32 34 - Kings South 16,969 17,118 41,023.19 35 - Kings West 14,694 14,674 35,214.09* 36 - Lunenburg 13,588 13,658 32,731.32 37 - Lunenburg West 15,761 15,736 37,771.14* 38 - Northside-Westmount 16,661 16,261 39,927.99* 39 - Pictou Centre 13,032 13,040 31,250.28 40 - Pictou East 11,578 11,768 28,201.94 41 - Pictou West 10,795 10,971 26,291.94 42 - Queens-Shelburne 14,011 13,868 33,577.28* 43 - Sackville-Beaver Bank 12,541 12,640 30,291.69 44 - Sackville-Cobequid 15,067 14,853 36,107.98* 45 - Sydney-Whitney Pier 17,986 17,906 43,103.34* 46 - Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg 15,171 15,190 36,402.75 47 - Timberlea-Prospect 15,005 15,014 35,980.96 48 - Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River 15,749 15,557 37,742.39* 49 - Victoria-The Lakes 11,751 12,082 28,954.44 50 - Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank 14,014 14,133 33,869.65 51 - Yarmouth 13,316 13,435 32,196.90 Totals 717,607 720,077 $1,730,949.39
*The spending limits are based on the greater of either the number of electors on the preliminary list or the final list.
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2.1.2 Registered Party Election and these reports have been posted Expenses Reporting on the ENS website, The official agent of each registered www.electionsnovascotia.ca. A summary party is required under subsection of election expenses reported by each of 223(1) of the Elections Act to file a report the four registered parties, including the of election expenses with the Chief portion of election expenses that was Electoral Officer within 120 days after invoiced to candidates by their party, is the day fixed for return of the writs of shown in Table 2-2. election. All registered parties filed their reports within the prescribed time frame
Table 2-2: Registered Party Summary of Election Expenses October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election The Progressive Green Party of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia New Conservative Association Description Nova Scotia Liberal Party Democratic Party of Nova Scotia Totals Election Expense Limit 570,504.61 1,730,949.39 1,730,949.39 1,730,949.39 Election Expenses Reported Headquarters Expense – 7,045.53 46,123.00 31,130.11 84,298.64 Worker Remuneration – 52,920.82 362,596.00 10,093.33 425,610.15 Publicity/Advertising 1,792.15 717,345.09 603,534.00 305,017.78 1,627,689.02 Travel – 47,477.57 – 15,535.49 63,013.06 Campaign Functions – 2,444.66 – 13,777.68 16,222.34 Other 7,366.64 7,670.63 40,330.00 5,304.60 60,671.87 Party/Research – 90,814.35 – 81,181.38 171,995.73 Signs – – – 1,165.01 1,165.01 Transportation, Accommodation, Meals – 42,817.67 54,212.00 23,769.10 120,798.77 Communications – 4,574.05 – 229,101.43 233,675.48 Subtotal 9,158.79 973,110.37 1,106,795.00 716,075.91 2,805,140.07 Less: Amounts invoiced to candidates – 510,739.20 805,425.00 537,000.84 1,853,165.04 Net Election Expenses $9,158.79 $462,371.17 $301,370.00 $179,075.07 $951,975.03
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2.1.3 Registered Party Public to receive is based on the aggregate of Funding the valid votes cast for all candidates A registered party is not entitled to endorsed by the registered party in the receive reimbursement of election most recent general election multiplied expenses under the Elections Act. by $1.622. Table 2-3 shows the annual However, the result of the vote does public funding registered parties impact the amount of public funding received in 2012 based on the June 9, that each registered party receives on 2009 Provincial General Election and an annual basis under Section 191 of the revised public funding based on the the Elections Act. The annual public results of the October 8, 2013 Provincial funding a registered party is entitled General Election.
Table 2-3: Registered Party Public Funding (Comparative: 2009 and 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Elections)
Valid Votes Received Annual Public Funding ($) Registered Party 9-Jun-09 8-Oct-13 9-Jun-09 8-Oct-13 Green Party of Nova Scotia 9,636 3,528 15,155.90 5,722.42 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party 186,556 111,622 293,422.74 181,050.88 Nova Scotia Liberal Party 112,160 190,112 176,409.73 308,361.66 The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 101,203 109,452 159,178.13 177,531.14 Totals 409,555 414,714 $644,166.50 $672,666.10
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ection 167 of the Elections Act an extension of up to 30 days could be Srequires each candidate to appoint requested and approved by the CEO. an official agent and provide the name There are no financial consequences and address of their official agent in for late filing or failure to file statutory their nomination papers. Table 3-1 lists reports specified in the Elections Act. It is each candidate and their official agent important to note that candidates who as well as the date on which the official are elected are disqualified from sitting agent initially filed their candidate’s or voting in the House of Assembly reports relating to the election with the under Section 263 of the Elections Act Chief Electoral Officer. Section 229 of the until required reports are filed. Elections Act outlines the filing deadlines. All but the report dealing with disposal of excess contributions were due on or before January 6, 2014. For the first time,
Table 3-1: Candidates, Official Agents and Report Filing Date October 8, 013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Report due date January 6, 2014 Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 01 - Annapolis PC Hurlock, Ginny Hannam, Darrell 12-Dec-13 09-Jan-14 NSLP McNeil, Stephen Cranton, Charles 30-Dec-13 30-Dec-13 GPNS Neufeld, Ron Milan, Kathaleen 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 NSNDP Spurr, Henry A. Guy, Matthew 31-Dec-13 06-Jan-14 02 - Antigonish NSLP Delorey, Randy Delorey, Betsy 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 NSNDP Smith, Maurice Perry, Carmen 08-Jan-14 19-Mar-14 (Moe) PC Thompson, Darren Sharpe, Ryan 31-Dec-13 20-Jan-14 03 - Argyle-Barrington NSNDP Baynton, Kenn Symonds, Linda 09-Jan-14 21-Jan-14 NSLP Blades, Kent Blades, Cathy 20-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 02-Apr-14 PC d’Entremont, Chris Boudreau, Delbert 15-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 04 - Bedford GPNS Charles, Ian Hiltz, Shari 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 PC Christie, Joan Williams, Glenn 18-Dec-13 18-Dec-13 NSNDP Poworoznyk, Mike Mosher, Brian 07-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 NSLP Regan, Kelly Duffy, Bryan 13-Dec-13 13-Dec-13 05 - Cape Breton Centre NSNDP Corbett, Frank Blanchard, Jennifer 13-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 PC Lee, Edna Reynolds, Lindsay 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 25-Mar-14 NSLP Wilton, Dave Miles, John 06-Feb-14 10-Feb-14 11-Feb-14 continued
1. Refer to Table 3-2 for a summary of reports required to be filed with the CEO following an election and the related filing deadlines
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Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 06 - Cape Breton-Richmond PC Janega, Joe Samson, J. 24-Dec-13 07-Jan-14 NSNDP Lewis, Bert Forbrigger, Joan 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 NSLP Samson, Michel P. Bowen, Joel 24-Dec-13 06-Jan-14 07 - Chester-St. Margaret’s NSLP Harris, Tim W. Armstrong, Blair 10-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 06-Mar-14 PC Irwin, Janet E. MacInnis, Mary 24-Jan-14 27-Jan-14 18-Mar-14 NSNDP Peterson-Rafuse, Chandler, Wallace 20-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 15-Jan-14 Denise 08 - Clare-Digby NSNDP Kenley, Dean Thibaudeau, Kim 08-Jan-14 21-Jan-14 PC LeBlanc, Paul Emile Jeddry, Steven 24-Dec-13 24-Dec-13 Ind Thurber, Ian Trask, Bronwen 21-Jan-14 21-Jan-14 NSLP Wilson, Gordon L. Potts, Patricia 30-Dec-13 06-Jan-14 09 - Clayton Park West PC Allen, Jaime Allen, Nel 02-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 NSLP Whalen, Diana Hawkes, Michael 07-Jan-14 07-Mar-14 NSNDP Wright, Blake Campbell, K 05-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 10 - Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley NSNDP Burrill, Gary Bell, Barbara 17-Dec-13 17-Dec-13 PC Harrison, Larry Gilbert, Penny 06-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 NSLP Martin, Tom MacKinnon, Lindsay 06-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 11 - Colchester North NSLP Casey, Karen Coffin, Garth 06-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 PC MacDonald, John K. Johnson, Myles 06-Feb-14 04-Feb-14 04-Feb-14 NSNDP Wyatt, Jim Phillips, Anthony 02-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 12 - Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage PC Jackson, Lloyd Hingley, Robert 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 19-Mar-14 NSNDP Kent, Becky Woodall, Mona 23-Dec-13 23-Dec-13 NSLP Treen, Joyce Henman-Poirier, 06-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 Louise 13 - Cole Harbour-Portland Valley NSNDP Dexter, Darrell E. Smith, James 23-Dec-13 23-Dec-13 PC Frampton, Gregory E. Josey, Hanson 20-Dec-13 07-Jan-14 NSLP Ince, Tony Njeim, Albert 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 14 - Cumberland North GPNS Blanch, Jason M. Hiltz, Shari 23-Jan-14 20-Feb-14 NSLP Farrell, Terry MacLaren, Thomas 07-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 PC Giroux, Judi Redmond, Kathy 17-Jan-14 06-Feb-14 27-Feb-14 NSNDP Skabar, Brian Nicholls, Bill 06-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 15 - Cumberland South PC Baillie, Jamie Boss, Allan 06-Jan-14 20-Mar-14 NSNDP Duchesne, Larry M. Harrison, Jeff 28-Jan-14 06-Mar-14 NSLP Jackson, Kenny John* Alick, John 30-Jan-14 23-Jan-14 GPNS McCulloch, Bruce W. Gilbert, Barbara 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 continued
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Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 16 - Dartmouth East PC MacDonell, Mike E. Pothier, Mark 17-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 NSNDP Stover, Deborah M. MacEwen, Lisa 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 NSLP Younger, Andrew Fraser, Alexander 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 17 - Dartmouth North NSLP Bernard, Joanne Kelly, Michelle 06-Jan-14 06-Mar-14 PC Brownlow, Séan G. MacKinnon, Blair 06-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 NSNDP Estey, Steve Rigby, Douglas 19-Dec-13 06-Mar-14 18 - Preston-Dartmouth NSNDP Cain, André Cain, Elmer 06-Jan-14 07-Mar-14 NSLP Colwell, Keith O’Hearn, Kerry 24-Dec-13 28-Mar-14 PC Mecke, Andrew J. Reinhardt, Scott 06-Jan-14 15-Jan-14 19 - Dartmouth South PC Gamble, Gord W. Strange, Greg 06-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 Ind Murray, James Dean, Lynn DID NOT FILE Anthony (Jim) NSLP Rowe, Allan Livingstone, Doug 04-Feb-14 10-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 NSNDP Vingoe, Mary Starr, Richard 17-Jan-14 07-Jan-14 15-Jan-14 20 - Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie NSNDP Boudreau, Jim MacDonald, Ken 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 PC DeCoff, Neil F. Chisholm, Archie 03-Feb-14 27-Jan-14 27-Jan-14 NSLP Hines, Lloyd Gillis, Dan 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 21 - Eastern Shore PC Brine, Steve Renouf, Debra 31-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 31-Mar-14 NSLP Murphy, Kevin McKenna, Jean 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 02-Apr-14 NSNDP Prest, Sid Worth, Gary 06-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 22 - Fairview-Clayton Park NSLP Arab, Patricia Metlege, Diana 24-Dec-13 05-Mar-14 Ind Campbell, Katie Roache, Amber 20-Jan-14 21-Jan-14 24-Feb-14 NSNDP Khan, Abad Long, Janis 20-Jan-14 20-Jan-14 20-Jan-14 GPNS Kinley, Raland Hiltz, Shari 23-Jan-14 20-Feb-14 PC Price, Travis Croucher, Keith 06-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 23 - Glace Bay PC Bethell, Thomas J. W. Reynolds, Lindsay 06-Feb-14 07-Feb-14 07-Feb-14 NSNDP MacDonald, Smith, Garry 05-Feb-14 24-Jan-14 18-Mar-14 Mary Beth NSLP MacLellan, Geoff Hayes, James 06-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 24 - Halifax Armdale PC Carvery, Irvine T. Howatt, Tony 02-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 NSLP Diab, Lena M. Francis, Mouna 23-Dec-13 23-Dec-13 NSNDP Moore, Drew Larson, Nelson 24-Dec-13 08-Jan-14 25 - Halifax Atlantic PC Brennan, Ryan Caines, Eric 16-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 05-Mar-14 NSNDP Crosby, Tanis Covert, Tim 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 NSLP Maguire, Brendan O. Moir, Matthew 06-Feb-14 04-Feb-14 04-Feb-14 continued
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Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 26 - Halifax Chebucto NSNDP Ash, Gregor Mealiea, Barbara 06-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 PC Dewell, Christine Orser, Peter 02-Jan-14 02-Jan-14 Ind Marshall, Michael Mosher, Rebecca 09-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 NSLP Stroink, Joachim Piercey, Colin 06-Jan-14 21-Feb-14 27 - Halifax Citadel-Sable Island PC Black, Andrew D. Reid, Douglas 24-Dec-13 10-Jan-14 Ind Boileau-Cadieux, Dean, Lynn DID NOT FILE Frederic GPNS Horley, Brynn M. Hiltz, Shari 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 NSLP Kousoulis, Labi Flewwelling, David 13-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 28-Jan-14 NSNDP Preyra, Leonard Glenister, Peter 23-Dec-13 23-Dec-13 28 - Halifax Needham PC Hamblin, Mary D. S. Grice, John 09-Dec-13 17-Dec-13 NSNDP MacDonald, Reardon, Mary 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 Maureen GPNS MacLellan, Kris Hiltz, Shari 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 NSLP Poole, Christopher Poole, Angela 19-Dec-13 19-Dec-13 (Chris) 29 - Hammonds Plains-Lucasville PC Byrne, Gina DeLong, Richard 30-Dec-13 30-Dec-13 Ind Dean, Jonathan G. Dean, Lynn DID NOT FILE NSLP Jessome, Ben Jessome, Darrell 20-Dec-13 20-Dec-13 NSNDP Lund, Peter Boutilier, Lydia 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 30 - Hants East NSNDP MacDonell, John Leighton, Randall 06-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 NSLP Miller, Margaret Slade, Geraldine 30-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 25-Feb-14 PC Williams, Kim Allan Taylor, Douglas 02-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 31 - Hants West GPNS Buzek, Torin MacMillan, Donna DID NOT FILE NSLP O’Hara, Claude* Alexander, Barry 30-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 PC Porter, Chuck Demont, Jonathan 06-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 NSNDP Stephens, Brian D. Bradley, Carol 16-Jan-14 06-Mar-14 32 - Inverness PC MacMaster, Allan MacIsaac, Bonny 05-Feb-14 31-Mar-14 NSLP Rankin, Jackie Godin, Robert 20-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 NSNDP Smith, Michelle A. Peters, Stephen 06-Feb-14 18-Feb-14 04-Apr-14 33 - Kings North GPNS Harley, Mary Lou Smith, Allan 08-Jan-14 24-Feb-14 PC Lohr, John A. Chute, Brian 10-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 NSNDP Morton, Jim Llewellyn, Donald 30-Dec-13 17-Mar-14 NSLP Pearl, Stephen W. Coombs, Kelly 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 34 - Kings South PC Buchan, Shane McKeand, Sheila 13-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 13-Mar-14 NSLP Irving, Keith Mroz, John 30-Dec-13 17-Mar-14 NSNDP Jennex, Ramona Kiefl, Peter 06-Jan-14 05-Mar-14 GPNS Richardson, Sheila G. Hiltz, Shari-Lynn 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 35 - Kings West PC Frowley, Jody A. Perry, Dave 30-Dec-13 10-Jan-14 NSLP Glavine, Leo King, Graeme 17-Jan-14 20-Jan-14 31-Mar-14 GPNS Lake, Barbara G. Hiltz, Shari-Lynn 23-Jan-14 20-Feb-14 NSNDP Landry, Robert K. (Bob) Landry, Barbara 30-Dec-13 08-Jan-14 continued
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Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 36 - Lunenburg NSNDP Birdsall, Pam Fields, Angus 30-Dec-13 30-Dec-13 NSLP Lohnes-Croft, Trites, Gerald 31-Dec-13 20-Feb-14 Suzanne PC Pickings, Brian Vogel, Audrey 30-Dec-13 30-Dec-13 37 - Lunenburg West NSLP Furey, Mark Crouse, Michelle 06-Jan-14 03-Mar-14 PC Mitchell, David Tanner, Jerome 30-Dec-13 10-Jan-14 GPNS Pierce, Rob Hiltz, Shari 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 NSNDP Ramey, Gary Dickinson, Bruce 06-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 38 - Northside-Westmount NSLP Higgins, John H. DiPersio, Hector 06-Jan-14 28-Jan-14 PC Orrell, Eddie MacDougall, Valerie 07-Jan-14 07-Mar-14 NSNDP Snow, Cecil Douglas, Nick DID NOT FILE 39 - Pictou Centre PC Dunn, Pat Buckles, Brian 06-Jan-14 15-Jan-14 NSNDP Landry, Ross Dean, Rosanne 08-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 NSLP Muirhead, Bill Williams, F. Kent 06-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 40 - Pictou East PC Houston, Tim Feehan, Rick 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 NSNDP MacKinnon, Clarrie McRae, Cecilia 31-Dec-13 21-Jan-14 NSLP Rochon, Francois Robinson, Susan 13-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 (Frank) M.* 41 - Pictou West NSLP Langille, Glennie Langille, Kay 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 PC MacFarlane, Karla Barnes, Gordon 06-Jan-14 13-Jan-14 NSNDP Parker, C. L. (Charlie) MacLellan, Virginia 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 42 - Queens-Shelburne NSNDP Belliveau, Sterling Rhuland, Elizabeth 09-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 NSLP Frail, Benson King, Kim 06-Feb-14 31-Jan-14 28-Feb-14 PC Inglis, Bruce Metcalfe Michael 20-Jan-14 20-Jan-14 20-Jan-14 GPNS Taylor, Madeline Hiltz, Shari 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 43 - Sackville-Beaver Bank NSLP Gough, Stephen Oliver, Perley 04-Feb-14 04-Feb-14 PC Reeves, Sarah Martingell, Lisa 31-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 06-Mar-14 NSNDP Whynott, Mat Cormier, Michael 02-Jan-14 02-Jan-14 44 - Sackville-Cobequid NSLP Cameron, Graham Cameron, Barbara 30-Dec-13 08-Jan-14 PC Mac Isaac, Peter Russell, Paul 24-Jan-14 24-Jan-14 05-Feb-14 GPNS Percy, John H. Charles, Ian 08-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 NSNDP Wilson, Dave Wilson, Penney 06-Feb-14 06-Feb-14 25-Mar-14 45 - Sydney-Whitney Pier NSNDP Gosse, Gordie* MacDonald, Harold 03-Jan-14 PC MacPhee, Leslie Steele, Lois 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 NSLP Mombourquette, MacKenzie, Gerry 06-Jan-14 Derek* 46 - Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg NSLP Kennedy, Josephine Farrell, Allan 06-Jan-14 14-Jan-14 PC MacLeod, Alfie Nicholson, Stephen 23-Dec-13 08-Jan-14 NSNDP McDonald, Delton Dockrill, Paul 25-Jan-14 24-Jan-14 03-Apr-14 continued
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Extension Date Date deemed Electoral Name Official Agent granted received complete District Party as on ballot Name due date at ENS at ENS 47 - Timberlea-Prospect NSNDP Moxsom-Skinner, Power, Colleen 05-Feb-14 20-Feb-14 20-Feb-14 Linda PC Pretty, Bruce R. Pretty, Robert 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 NSLP Rankin, Iain Rolle, Brandon 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14 GPNS Trappenberg, Trappenberg Kanayo 16-Jan-14 19-Feb-14 Thomas 48 - Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River PC Cox, Charles Joudrey, Scott 16-Jan-14 09-Jan-14 24-Mar-14 NSLP Mellish, Barry J. Mahoney, David 06-Feb-14 06-Jan-14 19-Mar-14 NSNDP Zann, Lenore McKillop, David 06-Jan-14 15-Jan-14 49 - Victoria-The Lakes PC Bain, Keith MacKillop, John 25-Jan-14 24-Jan-14 25-Mar-14 NSLP Eyking, Pam Daisley, Jennifer 21-Jan-14 08-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 Ind MacLeod, Stewart MacLeod, Gregory 20-Dec-13 20-Dec-13 M. (Stemer) NSNDP Toney, John Frank Sampson, Allan 13-Jan-14 10-Jan-14 11-Mar-14 50 - Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank NSLP Horne, Bill Snow, Randy 05-Dec-13 05-Dec-13 NSNDP Paris, Percy Macdonald, Iain 17-Dec-13 17-Dec-13 PC Wong, Brian Leyte, Marlene 05-Feb-14 05-Feb-14 05-Feb-14 51 - Yarmouth NSLP Churchill, Zach Sollows, David 31-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 17-Jan-14 PC Cunningham, John Fudge, Roy 20-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 16-Jan-14 GPNS Goodwin-Clairmont, Clairmont, Jeffrey 13-Nov-13 19-Feb-14 Vanessa NSNDP Webster, Charles Fraser, Milton 06-Jan-14 06-Jan-14
*Final candidate election expenses not completed.
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3.1 Responsibilities of the facility, Bridgewater, Yarmouth, Wolfville, Official Agent Truro, Amherst, and Sydney. After the writ was issued on September 7th, The official agent of a candidate is two additional training sessions took responsible for all financial aspects of place in Halifax. An offer was made the campaign and is required to file to provide training in Antigonish and reports with the Chief Electoral Officer Shelburne, however, these were not held detailing election expenses, political as there were not enough registrants contributions and tax receipts. Certain to warrant the training outside HRM. A reports must include an opinion total of 97 official agents attended the provided by the auditor appointed by the training sessions. The individuals who candidate. Section 173 of the Elections attended the training provided positive Act requires the auditor appointed by feedback, and were appreciative of the the candidate to be a public accountant efforts of the ENS team. In addition to licensed under the Public Accountants the in-person training that was offered, Act. Table 3-2 provides a listing of a video that covered the highlights of reports that must be filed by the the Official Agent duties was posted on official agent of a candidate including the Elections Nova Scotia website. The the statutory reference, the audit video was well received by those who requirement and the filing deadline. took advantage of this resource. The In late August 2013, a series of eleven quality of the financial reports submitted training sessions, each taking 2 hours by those who participated in the training was offered at locations across the were superior to those who did not province. These took place in Halifax attend. at the Elections Nova Scotia training
Table 3-2: Reporting Requirements of the Official Agent of a Candidate October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election
Legislative Audit Report Name Reference Requirement Filing Deadline Summary of Election Expenses Elections Act Audit opinion 80 days after return of the writ (Form 2-3F) ss. 229(1) respecting report (January 6, 2014) Statement of Monetary Contributions Elections Act Audit opinion 80 days after return of the writ and Fundraising Events (Form 2-3A) ss. 240(3) respecting report (January 6, 2014) Notification of Disposal of Elections Act Audit opinion Within 30 days of receiving final reimbursement of election Excess Contributions S. 268 not required expense or in the case where the candidate is not eligible (Form 2-6) for reimbursement within 60 days of filing reports
3.2 Candidate Election may incur for election expenses by an Expenses Spending Limits electoral district. The final limit is based on the greater of either the preliminary Section 260 of the Elections Act or final number of electors on the list. provides the formula for calculating This was also a change in the legislation. the maximum amount that a candidate In the 2009 general election, the limit may incur for election expenses as was based solely on the final number of defined in Section 166(i) of the Elections electors on the list. Act. Table 3-3 shows the calculation of the maximum amount a candidate
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Table 3-3: Candidate Election Expenses Spending Limit, October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election $5.986/elector $5.086/elector times $4.490/elector Number Number times the number of the number of electors times the number of Total Candidate of Electors of Electors electors for the first exceeding 5,000, not electors exceeding Spending Limit Electoral District Sept 7, 2013 Dec 13, 2013 5,000 electors ($) exceeding 10,000 ($) 10,000 ($) Final ($) 01 - Annapolis 15,909 15,919 29,930.01 25,430.05 26,573.36 81,933.42 02 - Antigonish 13,422 14,041 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,142.08 73,502.14 03 - Argyle-Barrington 12,390 12,223 29,930.01 25,430.05 10,729.91 66,089.97 04 - Bedford 17,764 18,008 29,930.01 25,430.05 35,951.93 91,311.99 05 - Cape Breton Centre 13,191 13,062 29,930.01 25,430.05 14,326.00 69,686.06 06 - Cape Breton-Richmond 11,061 10,980 29,930.01 25,430.05 4,763.36 60,123.42 07 - Chester-St. Margaret’s 14,786 14,876 29,930.01 25,430.05 21,890.81 77,250.87 08 - Clare-Digby 14,093 14,148 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,622.46 73,982.52 09 - Clayton Park West 17,008 16,835 29,930.01 25,430.05 31,462.43 86,822.49 10 - Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 13,708 13,658 29,930.01 25,430.05 16,647.08 72,007.14 11 - Colchester North 14,059 13,961 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,222.89 73,582.95 12 - Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 14,035 14,139 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,582.05 73,942.11 13 - Cole Harbour-Portland Valley 17,225 17,337 29,930.01 25,430.05 32,939.48 88,299.54 14 - Cumberland North 12,777 12,737 29,930.01 25,430.05 12,467.35 67,827.41 15 - Cumberland South 10,997 10,987 29,930.01 25,430.05 4,476.04 59,836.10 16 - Dartmouth East 14,344 14,507 29,930.01 25,430.05 20,234.19 75,594.25 17 - Dartmouth North 15,056 15,040 29,930.01 25,430.05 22,698.92 78,058.98 18 - Preston-Dartmouth 10,832 10,918 29,930.01 25,430.05 4,121.36 59,481.42 19 - Dartmouth South 15,962 15,940 29,930.01 25,430.05 26,766.41 82,126.47 20 - Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie 10,386 10,355 29,930.01 25,430.05 1,732.95 57,093.01 21 - Eastern Shore 11,897 11,988 29,930.01 25,430.05 8,925.13 64,285.19 22 - Fairview-Clayton Park 16,100 16,023 29,930.01 25,430.05 27,385.96 82,746.02 23 - Glace Bay 12,535 12,537 29,930.01 25,430.05 11,389.87 66,749.93 24 - Halifax Armdale 11,797 11,638 29,930.01 25,430.05 8,067.64 63,427.70 25 - Halifax Atlantic 14,089 14,338 29,930.01 25,430.05 19,475.46 74,835.52 26 - Halifax Chebucto 15,620 16,121 29,930.01 25,430.05 27,480.24 82,840.30 27 - Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 12,719 13,357 29,930.01 25,430.05 15,071.26 70,431.32 28 - Halifax Needham 15,436 15,432 29,930.01 25,430.05 24,404.94 79,765.00 29 - Hammonds Plains-Lucasville 11,348 11,459 29,930.01 25,430.05 6,550.19 61,910.25 30 - Hants East 18,162 18,086 29,930.01 25,430.05 36,643.32 92,003.38 31 - Hants West 14,884 14,996 29,930.01 25,430.05 22,429.55 77,789.61 32 - Inverness 10,972 11,159 29,930.01 25,430.05 5,203.33 60,563.39 33 - Kings North 15,354 15,368 29,930.01 25,430.05 24,099.65 79,459.71 34 - Kings South 16,969 17,118 29,930.01 25,430.05 31,956.28 87,316.34 35 - Kings West 14,694 14,674 29,930.01 25,430.05 21,073.72 76,433.78 36 - Lunenburg 13,588 13,658 29,930.01 25,430.05 16,422.60 71,782.66 37 - Lunenburg West 15,761 15,736 29,930.01 25,430.05 25,864.02 81,224.08 38 - Northside-Westmount 16,661 16,261 29,930.01 25,430.05 29,904.58 85,264.64 39 - Pictou Centre 13,032 13,040 29,930.01 25,430.05 13,648.09 69,008.15 40 - Pictou East 11,578 11,768 29,930.01 25,430.05 7,937.44 63,297.50 41 - Pictou West 10,795 10,971 29,930.01 25,430.05 4,359.31 59,719.37 42 - Queens-Shelburne 14,011 13,868 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,007.39 73,367.45 43 - Sackville-Beaver Bank 12,541 12,640 29,930.01 25,430.05 11,852.29 67,212.35 44 - Sackville-Cobequid 15,067 14,853 29,930.01 25,430.05 22,748.31 78,108.37 45 - Sydney-Whitney Pier 17,986 17,906 29,930.01 25,430.05 35,853.17 91,213.23 46 - Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg 15,171 15,190 29,930.01 25,430.05 23,300.52 78,660.58 47 - Timberlea-Prospect 15,005 15,014 29,930.01 25,430.05 22,510.37 77,870.43 48 - Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River 15,749 15,557 29,930.01 25,430.05 25,810.15 81,170.21 49 - Victoria-The Lakes 11,751 12,082 29,930.01 25,430.05 9,347.15 64,707.21 50 - Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank 14,014 14,133 29,930.01 25,430.05 18,555.11 73,915.17 51 - Yarmouth 13,316 13,435 29,930.01 25,430.05 15,421.44 70,781.50 Totals 717,607 720,077 $1,526,430.51 $1,296,932.55 $953,049.54 $3,776,412.60
Candidate and Party Spending Limits and Reimbursement for Election to take place October 8, 2013 Updated list of electors at December 12, 2013 and Nova Scotia Elections Act Jan 2012, 2010 Index updated for 2011(2.8%) and 2012 (1.8%) The spending limits and reimbursable amounts are based on the greater of either the number of electors on the preliminary list or the final list
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3.3 Candidate The CEO also recommended a Reimbursement change in the Elections Act to introduce fines for late filing. This is a practice in 3.3.1 Candidate Nomination many jurisdictions in Canada. The CEO Deposit will ask the members of the Election At the time a candidate files their Commission for their views on a daily nomination papers with the returning fee to a maximum amount to discourage officer, he or she is required to provide late filing. a deposit of $200. If the candidate 3.3.2 Candidate Audit Fee receives not less than 10% of the valid Under Section 19 of the Tariff, the official votes cast in their electoral district, the agent of a candidate is reimbursed for nomination deposit is returned to the all or a portion of their costs for audit candidate’s official agent. In the October fees. The eligibility of a candidate to 8, 2013 Provincial General Election 176 be reimbursed for audit costs is not candidates were officially nominated. conditional on receiving a minimum Of the 176 candidates that stood for threshold of the valid votes cast in their election, 143 achieved 10% or more of electoral district. In an election year, the the valid votes cast in their electoral amount of reimbursement a candidate district and had their nomination may receive for their audit costs is the deposit returned. lessor of the actual cost of an audit or Several complaints were received 2% of the candidate’s election expenses about this deposit, particularly the to a maximum of $766.50. increase from $100 to $200. In order Where a candidate’s election to remove the financial barrier for expenses are less than $150 the candidates, the CEO recommended in maximum audit fee reimbursement is the Volume ll, Report on the Conduct $204.40. Of the 176 candidates officially of the Election and Recommendations nominated 170 received reimbursement for Legislative Change report submitted of their audit costs. Five candidates did to the Speaker on April 23, 2014, a not file including three independent, change to the Elections Act to refund one GPNS and one NSNDP. Total audit the deposit to all candidates, upon the fee reimbursements for the October 8, submission of their financial report. 2013 Provincial General Election were The financial impact of this would be $86,024. The number of votes received less than $10,000 for an election. Other by each candidate, determining eligibility than removing a potential barrier for the for reimbursement of nomination fees candidates, there is also a qualitative and election expense is shown in benefit that candidates may be more Table 3-4. prompt in submitting their reports. At the time of this publication, the submission from Cecil Snow, NSNDP, Torin Buzek, GPNS, and James Anthony Murray, Frederick Boileau-Cadieux and Jonathan G. Dean, Independent have not been received. Elections Nova Scotia staff has been diligent following up with the official agents for these candidates and the parties to prompt submission of the file with no success to date.
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Table 3-4 Summary of Official Results by District, October 8, 2014 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Electoral District Party Candidate Votes Received % of Vote 01 – Annapolis NSLP Stephen McNeil 7,710 75.9% NDP Henry A. Spurr 834 8.2% PC Ginny Hurlock 1,390 13.7% GPNS Ron Neufeld 227 2.2% Total 10,161 100.0% 02 – Antigonish NSLP Randy Delorey 3,882 42.8% NDP Maurice (Moe) Smith 2,324 25.6% PC Darren Thompson 2,868 31.6% Total 9,074 100.0% 03 – Argyle-Barrington NSLP Kent Blades 2,905 40.4% NDP Kenn Baynton 355 4.9% PC Chris d’Entremont 3,935 54.7% Total 7,195 100.0% 04 – Bedford NSLP Kelly Regan 6,081 60.7% NDP Mike Poworoznyk 1,701 17.0% PC Joan Christie 2,026 20.2% GPNS Ian Charles 217 2.1% Total 10,025 100.0% 05 – Cape Breton Centre NSLP Dave Wilton 3,282 43.2% NDP Frank Corbett 3,440 45.3% PC Edna Lee 873 11.5% Total 7,595 100.0% 06 – Cape Breton-Richmond NSLP Michel P. Samson 4,369 56.5% NDP Bert Lewis 1,667 21.6% PC Joe Janega 1,696 21.9% Total 7,732 100.0% 07 – Chester-St. Margaret’s NSLP Tim W. Harris 2,943 31.0% NDP Denise Peterson-Rafuse 3,341 35.3% PC Janet E. Irwin 3,193 33.7% Total 9,477 100.0% 08 – Clare-Digby NSLP Gordon L. Wilson 5,122 54.7% NDP Dean Kenley 842 9.0% PC Paul Emile LeBlanc 2,911 31.1% Ind Ian Thurber 492 5.2% Total 9,367 100.0% 09 – Clayton Park West NSLP Diana Whalen 5,929 67.8% NDP Blake Wright 1,515 17.3% PC Jaime Allen 1,299 14.9% Total 8,743 100.0% 10 – Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley NSLP Tom Martin 2,220 28.4% NDP Gary Burrill 2,293 29.3% PC Larry Harrison 3,304 42.3% Total 7,817 100.0% continued
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Electoral District Party Candidate Votes Received % of Vote 11 – Colchester North NSLP Karen Casey 5,003 61.0% NDP Jim Wyatt 1,037 12.6% PC John K. MacDonald 2,162 26.4% Total 8,202 100.0% 12 – Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage NSLP Joyce Treen 3,057 40.6% NDP Becky Kent 2,914 38.7% PC Lloyd Jackson 1,555 20.7% Total 7,526 100.0% 13 – Cole Harbour-Portland Valley NSLP Tony Ince 4,002 41.0% NDP Darrell E. Dexter 3,981 40.8% PC Gregory E. Frampton 1,769 18.2% Total 9,752 100.0% 14 – Cumberland North NSLP Terry Farrell 2,944 39.7% NDP Brian Skabar 1,974 26.6% PC Judi Giroux 2,212 29.9% GPNS Jason M. Blanch 279 3.8% Total 7,409 100.0% 15 – Cumberland South NSLP Kenny John Jackson 2,884 40.2% NDP Larry M. Duchesne 486 6.8% PC Jamie Baillie 3,655 51.0% GPNS Bruce W. McCulloch 147 2.0% Total 7,172 100.0% 16 – Dartmouth East NSLP Andrew Younger 5,469 63.9% NDP Deborah M. Stover 1,929 22.5% PC Mike E. MacDonell 1,167 13.6% Total 8,565 100.0% 17 – Dartmouth North NSLP Joanne Bernard 2,953 44.1% NDP Steve Estey 2,020 30.1% PC Séan G. Brownlow 1,729 25.8% Total 6,702 100.0% 18 – Preston-Dartmouth NSLP Keith Colwell 3,326 58.4% NDP André Cain 1,816 31.9% PC Andrew J. Mecke 554 9.7% Total 5,696 100.0% 19 – Dartmouth South NSLP Allan Rowe 4,049 46.3% NDP Mary Vingoe 2,918 33.3% PC Gord W. Gamble 1,612 18.4% Ind James Anthony (Jim) Murray 178 2.0% Total 8,757 100.0% 20 – Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie NSLP Lloyd Hines 2,876 40.0% NDP Jim Boudreau 2,367 32.9% PC Neil F. DeCoff 1,947 27.1% Total 7,190 100.0% 21 – Eastern Shore NSLP Kevin Murphy 3,770 53.0% NDP Sid Prest 1,922 27.0% PC Steve Brine 1,423 20.0% Total 7,115 100.0% continued
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Electoral District Party Candidate Votes Received % of Vote 22 – Fairview-Clayton Park NSLP Patricia Arab 3,364 46.4% NDP Abad Khan 2,274 31.4% PC Travis Price 1,294 17.9% GPNS Raland Kinley 177 2.4% Ind Katie Campbell 136 1.9% Total 7,245 100.0% 23 – Glace Bay NSLP Geoff MacLellan 5,547 80.4% NDP Mary Beth MacDonald 1,001 14.5% PC Thomas J. W. Bethell 355 5.1% Total 6,903 100.0% 24 – Halifax Armdale NSLP Lena M. Diab 3,208 49.6% NDP Drew Moore 2,203 34.0% PC Irvine T. Carvery 1,061 16.4% Total 6,472 100.0% 25 – Halifax Atlantic NSLP Brendan O. Maguire 3,244 42.4% NDP Tanis Crosby 2,579 33.8% PC Ryan Brennan 1,817 23.8% Total 7,640 100.0% 26 – Halifax Chebucto NSLP Joachim Stroink 4,352 49.9% NDP Gregor Ash 3,376 38.7% PC Christine Dewell 874 10.0% Ind Michael Marshall 125 1.4% Total 8,727 100.0% 27 – Halifax Citadel-Sable Island NSLP Labi Kousoulis 2,966 47.6% NDP Leonard Preyra 1,934 31.1% PC Andrew D. Black 1,094 17.6% GPNS Brynn M. Horley 198 3.2% Ind Frederic Boileau-Cadieux 31 0.5% Total 6,223 100.0% 28 – Halifax Needham NSLP Christopher (Chris) Poole 3,115 40.4% NDP Maureen MacDonald 3,392 44.0% PC Mary D. S. Hamblin 834 10.8% GPNS Kris MacLellan 369 4.8% Total 7,710 100.0% 29 – Hammonds Plains-Lucasville NSLP Ben Jessome 3,402 52.2% NDP Peter Lund 1,584 24.3% PC Gina Byrne 1,423 21.9% Ind Jonathan G. Dean 104 1.6% Total 6,513 100.0% 30 – Hants East NSLP Margaret Miller 4,512 47.4% NDP John MacDonell 3,412 35.8% PC Kim Allan Williams 1,597 16.8% Total 9,521 100.0% continued
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Electoral District Party Candidate Votes Received % of Vote 31 – Hants West NSLP Claude O’Hara 3,279 37.2% NDP Brian D. Stephens 888 10.1% PC Chuck Porter 4,468 50.8% GPNS Torin Buzek 169 1.9% Total 8,804 100.0% 32 – Inverness NSLP Jackie Rankin 3,248 42.0% NDP Michelle A. Smith 678 8.7% PC Allan MacMaster 3,816 49.3% Total 7,742 100.0% 33 – Kings North NSLP Stephen W. Pearl 2,787 31.2% NDP Jim Morton 2,882 32.3% PC John A. Lohr 2,903 32.5% GPNS Mary Lou Harley 362 4.0% Total 8,934 100.0% 34 – Kings South NSLP Keith Irving 3,878 39.2% NDP Ramona Jennex 3,511 35.5% PC Shane Buchan 2,263 22.8% GPNS Sheila G. Richardson 252 2.5% Total 9,904 100.0% 35 – Kings West NSLP Leo Glavine 5,885 74.3% NDP Robert K. (Bob) Landry 603 7.6% PC Jody A. Frowley 1,275 16.1% GPNS Barbara G. Lake 157 2.0% Total 7,920 100.0% 36 – Lunenburg NSLP Suzanne Lohnes-Croft 3,182 37.8% NDP Pam Birdsall 2,768 32.9% PC Brian Pickings 2,465 29.3% Total 8,415 100.0% 37 – Lunenburg West NSLP Mark Furey 3,931 43.1% NDP Gary Ramey 2,885 31.6% PC David Mitchell 2,143 23.5% GPNS Rob Pierce 160 1.8% Total 9,119 100.0% 38 – Northside-Westmount NSLP John H. Higgins 3,716 39.2% NDP Cecil Snow 1,597 16.8% PC Eddie Orrell 4,179 44.0% Total 9,492 100.0% 39 – Pictou Centre NSLP Bill Muirhead 1,415 17.8% NDP Ross Landry 2,373 29.9% PC Pat Dunn 4,147 52.3% Total 7,935 100.0% 40 – Pictou East NSLP Francois (Frank) M. Rochon 1,228 15.9% NDP Clarrie MacKinnon 2,788 36.1% PC Tim Houston 3,714 48.0% Total 7,730 100.0% continued
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Electoral District Party Candidate Votes Received % of Vote 41 – Pictou West NSLP Glennie Langille 1,933 25.6% NDP C. L. (Charlie) Parker 2,588 34.3% PC Karla MacFarlane 3,026 40.1% Total 7,547 100.0% 42 – Queens-Shelburne NSLP Benson Frail 2,302 27.9% NDP Sterling Belliveau 3,066 37.1% PC Bruce Inglis 2,685 32.5% GPNS Madeline Taylor 211 2.5% Total 8,264 100.0% 43 – Sackville-Beaver Bank NSLP Stephen Gough 2,570 40.2% NDP Mat Whynott 2,369 37.1% PC Sarah Reeves 1,452 22.7% Total 6,391 100.0% 44 – Sackville-Cobequid NSLP Graham Cameron 2,898 37.4% NDP Dave Wilson 2,983 38.4% PC Peter Mac Isaac 1,651 21.3% GPNS John H. Percy 227 2.9% Total 7,759 100.0% 45 – Sydney-Whitney Pier NSLP Derek Mombourquette 4,534 44.0% NDP Gordie Gosse 5,084 49.4% PC Leslie MacPhee 680 6.6% Total 10,298 100.0% 46 – Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg NSLP Josephine Kennedy 3,798 39.8% NDP Delton McDonald 1,573 16.5% PC Alfie MacLeod 4,178 43.7% Total 9,549 100.0% 47 – Timberlea-Prospect NSLP Iain Rankin 4,492 52.6% NDP Linda Moxsom-Skinner 2,168 25.4% PC Bruce R. Pretty 1,588 18.6% GPNS Thomas Trappenberg 293 3.4% Total 8,541 100.0% 48 – Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River NSLP Barry J. Mellish 2,682 32.2% NDP Lenore Zann 3,165 38.1% PC Charles Cox 2,470 29.7% Total 8,317 100.0% 49 – Victoria-The Lakes NSLP Pam Eyking 3,150 39.0% NDP John Frank Toney 1,907 23.6% PC Keith Bain 2,847 35.3% Ind Stewart M. (Stemer) MacLeod 172 2.1% Total 8,076 100.0% 50 – Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank NSLP Bill Horne 3,588 43.1% NDP Percy Paris 2,098 25.2% PC Brian Wong 2,640 31.7% Total 8,326 100.0% 51 – Yarmouth NSLP Zach Churchill 7,130 82.3% NDP Charles Webster 217 2.5% PC John Cunningham 1,233 14.2% GPNS Vanessa Goodwin-Clairmont 83 1.0% Total 8,663 100.0% Grand Total 415,952
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3.3.3 Candidate Election Expenses Table 3-5. In Volume ll, Report on A candidate who receives not less than the Conduct of the Election and 10% of the valid votes cast in their Recommendations for Legislative electoral district is eligible to receive Change submitted to the Speaker on reimbursement of election expenses. April 23, 2014, the CEO recommended The amount of reimbursement is the a change in the Elections Act to remove lesser of the maximum reimbursement the 10% threshold. The cost of this amount, as prescribed in Section 267 change, based on costs incurred by of the Elections Act, or the candidate’s the candidates who did not meet the actual election expenses. The maximum threshold in the 2013 Provincial General amount of reimbursement which a Election would have been $165,000 candidate may receive is shown in
Table 3-5: Candidate Election Expenses Reimbursement Limit October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Electoral District $1.50/elector Candidate Final 01 - Annapolis 23,822.79 02 - Antigonish 21,012.37 03 - Argyle-Barrington 18,541.64 04 - Bedford 26,948.98 05 - Cape Breton Centre 19,740.34 06 - Cape Breton-Richmond 16,552.79 07 - Chester-St. Margaret’s 22,261.94 08 - Clare-Digby 21,172.49 09 - Clayton Park West 25,452.48 10 - Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 20,514.03 11 - Colchester North 21,039.30 12 - Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 21,159.02 13 - Cole Harbour-Portland Valley 25,944.83 14 - Cumberland North 19,120.79 15 - Cumberland South 16,457.02 16 - Dartmouth East 21,709.74 17 - Dartmouth North 22,531.31 18 - Preston-Dartmouth 16,338.79 19 - Dartmouth South 23,887.14 20 - Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie 15,542.66 21 - Eastern Shore 17,940.05 22 - Fairview-Clayton Park 24,093.66 23 - Glace Bay 18,761.63 24 - Halifax Armdale 17,654.22 25 - Halifax Atlantic 21,456.83 26 - Halifax Chebucto 24,125.09 27 - Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 19,988.76 28 - Halifax Needham 23,099.99 29 - Hammonds Plains-Lucasville 17,148.40 30 - Hants East 27,179.45 31 - Hants West 22,441.52 continued
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Electoral District $1.50/elector Candidate Final 32 - Inverness 16,699.45 33 - Kings North 22,998.22 34 - Kings South 25,617.10 35 - Kings West 21,989.58 36 - Lunenburg 20,439.21 37 - Lunenburg West 23,586.35 38 - Northside-Westmount 24,933.20 39 - Pictou Centre 19,514.37 40 - Pictou East 17,610.82 41 - Pictou West 16,418.11 42 - Queens-Shelburne 20,967.47 43 - Sackville-Beaver Bank 18,915.77 44 - Sackville-Cobequid 22,547.78 45 - Sydney-Whitney Pier 26,916.06 46 - Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg 22,731.85 47 - Timberlea-Prospect 22,468.46 48 - Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River 23,568.39 49 - Victoria-The Lakes 18,080.72 50 - Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank 21,150.04 51 - Yarmouth 20,105.49
3.3.4 Summary of Candidate by a receipt. Table 3-6 on the following Election Expenses and page shows each candidate’s expenses Reimbursements as categorized in the election expenses The election expenses report filed by report (Form 2-3E and 2-3F) as amended the official agent of a candidate receives by the detailed compliance review and a detailed compliance review by the audit fee reimbursements. Chief Electoral Officer’s financial staff. All expenses reported must meet the definition of election expenses in Section 166(i) of the Elections Act. Pursuant to Subsection 262(1) of the Elections Act any payment of $25 or more for election expenses must be evidenced
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Table 3-6: Categorized Candidate Election Expenses October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election
Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 01 – Annapolis PC Hurlock, Ginny 676.38 1,700.00 18,168.01 1,311.00 30.00 1,336.83 361.02 23,583.24 23,583.24 448.43 NSLP McNeil, Stephen 4,014.01 1,285.48 20,954.30 543.74 648.32 1,348.10 – 28,793.95 23,822.79 460.00 GPNS Neufeld, Ron – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSNDP Spurr, Henry A. 626.64 4,908.00 18,479.32 807.69 – 128.21 24,949.86 – 512.11 Total 5,317.03 7,893.48 57,601.63 2,662.43 678.32 2,813.14 361.02 77,327.05 47,406.03 1,470.54 02 – Antigonish NSLP Delorey, Randy 3,039.78 570.45 31,405.07 2,292.99 548.97 3,601.53 792.51 42,251.30 21,012.37 766.50 NSNDP Smith, Maurice 3,116.31 15,520.30 21,668.69 699.34 209.72 1,188.10 288.82 42,691.28 21,012.37 766.50 (Moe) PC Thompson, Darren 3,523.21 3,532.89 27,497.28 – 682.81 480.94 34.50 35,751.63 21,012.37 706.16 Total 9,679.30 19,623.64 80,571.04 2,992.33 1,441.50 5,270.57 1,115.83 120,694.21 63,037.11 2,239.16 03 – Argyle-Barrington NSNDP Baynton, Kenn 604.38 4,422.00 9,207.63 571.00 – 29.50 – 14,834.51 – 296.69 NSLP Blades, Kent 1,890.69 3,264.37 15,405.40 1,932.02 438.89 1,288.01 – 24,219.38 18,541.64 471.39 PC d’Entremont, Chris 6,488.39 5,954.03 20,583.69 2,483.93 132.20 – – 35,642.24 18,541.64 459.50 Total 8,983.46 13,640.40 45,196.72 4,986.95 571.09 1,317.51 – 74,696.13 37,083.28 1,227.58 04 – Bedford GPNS Charles, Ian – – – – – – – – – 50.00 PC Christie, Joan 5,517.18 1,875.09 24,896.56 180.04 – 14.85 – 32,483.72 26,948.98 615.25 NSNDP Poworoznyk, Mike 4,416.22 5,591.08 19,968.63 1,332.54 – 523.83 – 31,832.30 26,948.98 626.17 NSLP Regan, Kelly 10,371.98 4,605.37 26,894.94 885.95 435.63 3,031.36 – 46,225.23 26,948.98 766.50 Total 20,305.38 12,071.54 71,760.13 2,398.53 435.63 3,570.04 – 110,541.25 80,846.94 2,057.92 05 – Cape Breton Centre NSNDP Corbett, Frank 3,724.04 9,586.34 16,013.81 1,144.35 – 13.25 – 30,481.79 19,740.34 609.64 PC Lee, Edna 1,643.53 744.41 14,351.61 520.00 – 40.75 87.73 17,388.03 17,388.03 347.76 NSLP Wilton, Dave 483.48 1,874.16 17,098.64 647.00 436.87 1,196.82 – 21,736.97 19,740.34 441.17 Total 5,851.05 12,204.91 47,464.06 2,311.35 436.87 1,250.82 87.73 69,606.79 56,868.71 1,398.57 06 – Cape Breton-Richmond PC Janega, Joe 2,141.01 5,388.20 26,728.96 – – – 58.42 34,316.59 16,552.79 686.33 NSNDP Lewis, Bert 4,270.21 12,757.13 12,540.26 954.09 – 38.00 97.76 30,657.45 16,552.79 613.15 NSLP Samson, Michel P. 5,887.90 6,831.00 30,685.13 601.40 2,709.09 3,168.27 43.36 49,926.15 16,552.79 632.50 Total 12,299.12 24,976.33 69,954.35 1,555.49 2,709.09 3,206.27 199.54 114,900.19 49,658.37 1,931.98 07 – Chester-St. Margaret’s NSLP Harris, Tim W. 2,030.90 163.60 27,112.59 730.65 – 1,477.30 171.42 31,686.46 22,261.94 633.73 PC Irwin, Janet E. 1,287.13 193.36 23,036.53 – 208.45 403.70 – 25,129.17 22,261.94 502.58 NSNDP Peterson–Rafuse, 8,343.28 17,578.26 26,599.73 1,450.20 – 153.50 – 54,124.97 22,261.94 766.50 Denise Total 11,661.31 17,935.22 76,748.85 2,180.85 208.45 2,034.50 171.42 110,940.60 66,785.82 1,902.81 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 08 – Clare-Digby NSNDP Kenley, Dean 2,861.63 4,347.00 22,420.08 886.54 – 81.38 – 30,596.63 – 611.93 PC LeBlanc, Paul 3,226.06 – 30,256.67 2,114.44 – 3.31 – 35,600.48 21,172.49 712.01 Emile Ind Thurber, Ian – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSLP Wilson, Gordon L. 2,626.57 826.03 23,912.73 2,800.95 1,085.24 2,471.10 – 33,722.62 21,172.49 650.67 Total 8,714.26 5,173.03 76,589.48 5,801.93 1,085.24 2,555.79 – 99,919.73 42,344.98 2,024.61 09 – Clayton Park West PC Allen, Jaime – 1,600.00 19,486.41 – 101.46 463.15 14.83 21,665.85 21,665.85 424.56 NSLP Whalen, Diana 4,151.11 783.78 15,789.40 2,113.13 313.06 1,527.10 – 24,677.58 24,677.58 493.55 NSNDP Wright, Blake 1,475.15 11,020.22 16,641.58 1,048.60 251.75 104.45 110.23 30,651.98 25,452.48 613.04 Total 5,626.26 13,404.00 51,917.39 3,161.73 666.27 2,094.70 125.06 76,995.41 71,795.91 1,531.15 10 – Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley NSNDP Burrill, Gary 4,698.62 11,060.55 28,028.49 2,058.37 54.48 74.00 – 45,974.51 20,514.03 766.50 PC Harrison, Larry 4,743.10 588.29 30,862.30 2,042.74 391.65 109.82 – 38,737.90 20,514.03 766.50 NSLP Martin, Tom 2,380.53 – 18,493.59 744.93 444.99 1,231.21 – 23,295.25 20,514.03 465.91 Total 11,822.25 11,648.84 77,384.38 4,846.04 891.12 1,415.03 – 108,007.66 61,542.09 1,998.91 11 – Colchester North NSLP Casey, Karen 6,053.59 4,971.47 45,731.28 1,632.88 1,389.72 1,421.96 – 61,200.90 21,039.30 766.50 PC MacDonald, 6,550.07 3,662.80 39,716.16 2,355.09 231.70 876.55 – 53,392.37 21,039.30 766.50 John K. NSNDP Wyatt, Jim 1,766.72 4,337.00 13,379.02 648.00 – 387.06 – 20,517.80 20,517.80 402.79 Total 14,370.38 12,971.27 98,826.46 4,635.97 1,621.42 2,685.57 – 135,111.07 62,596.40 1,935.79 12 – Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage PC Jackson, Lloyd 1,637.19 596.65 19,966.08 115.00 – 198.10 – 22,513.02 21,159.02 450.26 NSNDP Kent, Becky 5,416.62 15,562.85 18,451.90 647.00 171.08 145.89 – 40,395.34 21,159.02 766.50 NSLP Treen, Joyce 3,126.92 157.69 17,378.44 910.92 85.28 2,135.46 – 23,794.71 21,159.02 462.14 Total 10,180.73 16,317.19 55,796.42 1,672.92 256.36 2,479.45 – 86,703.07 63,477.06 1,678.90 13 – Cole Harbour–Portland Valley NSNDP Dexter, Darrell E. 6,785.18 26,751.74 18,746.71 2,471.50 – 271.29 – 55,026.42 25,944.83 766.50 PC Frampton, 181.32 430.00 25,656.46 195.66 – 433.80 99.92 26,997.16 25,944.83 532.19 Gregory E. NSLP Ince, Tony – – 15,437.91 944.10 – 1,542.50 119.03 18,043.54 18,043.54 360.87 Total 6,966.50 27,181.74 59,841.08 3,611.26 – 2,247.59 218.95 100,067.12 69,933.20 1,659.56 14 – Cumberland North GPNS Blanch, Jason M. – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSLP Farrell, Terry 2,583.95 628.62 21,065.52 629.25 484.45 3,510.87 – 28,902.66 19,120.79 564.03 PC Giroux, Judi 3,000.00 1,376.58 25,171.74 – – 3,046.36 – 32,594.68 19,120.79 628.89 NSNDP Skabar, Brian 3,857.55 4,902.52 18,839.13 589.00 126.36 – – 28,314.56 19,120.79 566.29 Total 9,441.50 6,907.72 65,076.39 1,218.25 610.81 6,557.23 – 89,811.90 57,362.37 1,809.21 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 15 – Cumberland South PC Baillie, Jamie 2,689.13 1,984.04 17,100.52 950.81 115.37 937.60 – 23,777.47 16,457.02 475.55 NSNDP Duchesne, Larry M. 431.00 3,392.00 10,697.34 507.00 – – – 15,027.34 – 300.55 NSLP Jackson, Kenny John* 12,342.77 GPNS McCulloch, Bruce W. – – – – – – – – – 50.00 Total 3,120.13 5,376.04 27,797.86 1,457.81 115.37 937.60 – 38,804.81 28,799.79 826.10 16 – Dartmouth East PC MacDonell, Mike E. 2,318.55 1,900.00 14,228.15 – – – – 18,446.70 18,446.70 345.00 NSNDP Stover, Deborah M. 1,937.58 4,425.00 18,097.19 1,938.04 – 640.74 – 27,038.55 21,709.74 529.59 NSLP Younger, Andrew 4,550.96 3,348.29 19,177.88 1,381.11 52.25 1,331.49 – 29,841.98 21,709.74 596.84 Total 8,807.09 9,673.29 51,503.22 3,319.15 52.25 1,972.23 – 75,327.23 61,866.18 1,471.43 17 – Dartmouth North NSLP Bernard, Joanne 5,790.05 3,681.55 23,337.84 912.59 60.94 1,680.15 – 35,463.12 22,531.31 715.09 PC Brownlow, Séan G. 3,862.44 213.52 14,238.89 – – 793.50 – 19,108.35 19,108.35 366.50 NSNDP Estey, Steve 5,048.23 7,386.00 20,758.86 817.99 – 508.27 30.53 34,549.88 22,531.31 698.12 Total 14,700.72 11,281.07 58,335.59 1,730.58 60.94 2,981.92 30.53 89,121.35 64,170.97 1,779.71 18 – Preston-Dartmouth NSNDP Cain, André 4,420.44 6,294.40 13,145.35 1,384.44 – – – 25,244.63 16,338.79 345.00 NSLP Colwell, Keith 1,895.33 2,928.43 24,748.40 1,374.23 – 994.03 – 31,940.42 16,338.79 638.81 PC Mecke, Andrew J. – – 8,758.85 115.00 – 8.77 – 8,882.62 – 177.65 Total 6,315.77 9,222.83 46,652.60 2,873.67 – 1,002.80 – 66,067.67 32,677.58 1,161.46 19 – Dartmouth South PC Gamble, Gord W. 7,008.81 4,050.58 26,874.41 67.75 – 24.50 – 38,026.05 23,887.14 760.52 Ind Murray, James Anthony (Jim)* NSLP Rowe, Allan 5,009.06 802.20 17,564.45 1,097.25 259.32 2,803.25 – 27,535.53 23,887.14 345.00 NSNDP Vingoe, Mary 6,363.59 14,828.21 20,215.55 736.00 248.44 787.25 – 43,179.04 23,887.14 766.50 Total 18,381.46 19,680.99 64,654.41 1,901.00 507.76 3,615.00 – 108,740.62 71,661.42 1,872.02 20 – Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie NSNDP Boudreau, Jim 3,375.43 13,526.44 15,252.75 3,187.20 – 2,089.30 – 37,431.12 15,542.66 766.50 PC DeCoff, Neil F. 2,287.56 – 14,643.33 3,334.90 – 180.87 – 20,446.66 15,542.66 423.13 NSLP Hines, Lloyd 2,665.28 – 19,170.41 589.10 201.88 1,024.32 621.98 24,272.97 15,542.66 485.48 Total 8,328.27 13,526.44 49,066.49 7,111.20 201.88 3,294.49 621.98 82,150.75 46,627.98 1,675.11 21 – Eastern Shore PC Brine, Steve 732.72 – 16,164.70 – – 123.84 – 17,021.26 17,021.26 340.43 NSLP Murphy, Kevin 1,693.50 111.57 20,558.90 – 67.44 – – 22,431.41 17,940.05 448.63 NSNDP Prest, Sid 4,572.77 9,215.10 14,711.74 3,029.48 – 617.25 – 32,146.34 17,940.05 632.58 Total 6,998.99 9,326.67 51,435.34 3,029.48 67.44 741.09 – 71,599.01 52,901.36 1,421.64 22 – Fairview-Clayton Park NSLP Arab, Patricia 9,874.92 4,748.79 23,743.60 1,584.53 470.00 1,501.95 – 41,923.79 24,093.66 766.50 Ind Campbell, Katie – – – – – 15.58 – 15.58 – 204.40 NSNDP Khan, Abad 3,888.71 14,305.95 23,763.39 742.00 60.22 242.76 – 43,003.03 24,093.66 766.50 GPNS Kinley, Raland – – – – – – – – – 50.00 PC Price, Travis 2,829.99 3,100.00 17,580.91 – – 698.88 – 24,209.78 24,093.66 470.61 Total 16,593.62 22,154.74 65,087.90 2,326.53 530.22 2,459.17 – 109,152.18 72,280.98 2,258.01 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 23 – Glace Bay PC Bethell, 27.05 593.14 9,955.85 120.00 – 18.00 91.99 10,806.03 – 459.50 Thomas J. W. NSNDP MacDonald, 1,828.60 3,867.00 12,023.94 578.00 – 6.00 – 18,303.54 18,303.54 366.07 Mary Beth NSLP MacLellan, Geoff 3,162.57 594.89 18,150.57 1,285.25 612.30 2,815.10 – 26,620.68 18,761.33 532.41 Total 5,018.22 5,055.03 40,130.36 1,983.25 612.30 2,839.10 91.99 55,730.25 37,064.87 1,357.98 24 – Halifax Armdale PC Carvery, Irvine T. 2,330.28 61.92 19,919.49 176.30 91.07 498.51 – 23,077.57 17,654.22 452.20 NSLP Diab, Lena M. 3,537.45 4,554.59 29,308.59 574.35 276.00 1,123.90 – 39,374.88 17,654.22 766.50 NSNDP Moore, Drew 9,817.66 10,150.28 18,008.55 591.00 – 469.73 – 39,037.22 17,654.22 766.50 Total 15,685.39 14,766.79 67,236.63 1,341.65 367.07 2,092.14 – 101,489.67 52,962.66 1,985.20 25 – Halifax Atlantic PC Brennan, Ryan 3,260.93 860.22 24,588.37 260.00 – 402.50 – 29,372.02 21,456.83 587.44 NSNDP Crosby, Tanis 6,265.02 9,613.08 21,188.30 1,577.04 – 109.24 – 38,752.68 21,456.83 766.50 NSLP Maguire, 3,432.51 464.53 19,968.28 705.20 213.13 2,751.16 – 27,534.81 21,456.83 550.70 Brendan O. Total 12,958.46 10,937.83 65,744.95 2,542.24 213.13 3,262.90 – 95,659.51 64,370.49 1,904.64 26 – Halifax Chebucto NSNDP Ash, Gregor 4,801.00 14,277.57 22,593.42 720.00 155.46 151.57 – 42,699.02 24,125.09 766.50 PC Dewell, Christine 1,841.14 94.48 16,940.41 – 50.35 956.38 – 19,882.76 19,882.76 382.30 Ind Marshall, Michael – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSLP Stroink, Joachim 16,407.58 6,649.25 26,925.41 2,501.06 47.15 3,529.75 – 56,060.20 24,125.09 766.50 Total 23,049.72 21,021.30 66,459.24 3,221.06 252.96 4,637.70 – 118,641.98 68,132.94 1,965.30 27 – Halifax Citadel-Sable Island PC Black, Andrew D. 4,181.45 7,287.05 30,580.93 – – – – 42,049.43 19,988.76 766.50 Ind Boileau-Cadieux, Frederic* GPNS Horley, Brynn M. – – 822.25 – – 31.80 – 854.05 – 204.40 NSLP Kousoulis, Labi 6,648.21 843.42 28,117.18 829.77 658.19 2,339.59 – 39,436.36 19,988.76 766.50 NSNDP Preyra, Leonard 6,706.99 12,734.32 21,466.63 910.88 – 489.47 – 42,308.29 19,988.76 766.50 Total 17,536.65 20,864.79 80,986.99 1,740.65 658.19 2,860.86 – 124,648.13 59,966.28 2,503.90 28 – Halifax Needham PC Hamblin, 3,383.14 – 16,836.67 – – 44.77 – 20,264.58 20,264.58 405.29 Mary D. S. NSNDP MacDonald, 6,955.02 19,058.27 18,094.23 712.00 105.42 913.33 – 45,838.27 23,099.99 747.50 Maureen GPNS MacLellan, Kris – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSLP Poole, 2,645.00 537.74 16,718.90 775.95 171.19 2,421.71 – 23,270.49 23,099.99 465.41 Christopher (Chris) Total 12,983.16 19,596.01 51,649.80 1,487.95 276.61 3,379.81 – 89,373.34 66,464.56 1,668.20 29 – Hammonds Plains-Lucasville PC Byrne, Gina 1,294.76 – 17,604.33 – 168.77 – – 19,067.86 17,148.40 381.36 Ind Dean, Jonathan G.* NSLP Jessome, Ben 4,340.00 2,009.86 15,491.94 1,773.06 – 2,380.58 – 25,995.44 17,148.40 519.91 NSNDP Lund, Peter 1,392.71 5,567.97 14,653.22 523.00 – 165.70 – 22,302.60 17,148.40 446.05 Total 7,027.47 7,577.83 47,749.49 2,296.06 168.77 2,546.28 – 67,365.90 51,445.20 1,347.32 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 30 – Hants East NSNDP MacDonell, John 4,315.32 16,035.28 18,494.74 2,610.27 171.43 731.60 – 42,358.64 27,179.45 690.00 NSLP Miller, Margaret 5,763.88 – 20,195.15 1,398.25 167.00 3,538.53 70.01 31,132.82 27,179.45 622.66 PC Williams, Kim Allan 1,460.07 2,000.00 18,180.96 100.00 – 759.63 – 22,500.66 22,500.66 435.73 Total 11,539.27 18,035.28 56,870.85 4,108.52 338.43 5,029.76 70.01 95,992.12 76,859.56 1,748.39 31 – Hants West GPNS Buzek, Torin* NSLP O’Hara, Claude* 16,831.14 PC Porter, Chuck 1,331.56 440.71 24,063.44 2,496.30 495.75 86.28 – 28,914.04 22,441.52 578.28 NSNDP Stephens, Brian D. 2,084.51 4,743.93 18,817.05 686.00 – – – 26,331.49 22,441.52 526.63 Total 3,416.07 5,184.64 42,880.49 3,182.30 495.75 86.28 – 55,245.53 61,714.18 1,104.91 32 – Inverness PC MacMaster, Allan 553.56 3,175.00 17,875.72 1,050.00 – 13.40 308.41 22,976.09 16,699.45 459.53 NSLP Rankin, Jackie 3,539.65 – 19,454.15 539.80 79.17 1,000.02 – 24,612.79 16,699.45 492.26 NSNDP Smith, Michelle A. 430.00 3,385.00 7,994.00 631.00 – 12.90 – 12,452.90 – 249.06 Total 4,523.21 6,560.00 45,323.87 2,220.80 79.17 1,026.32 308.41 60,041.78 33,398.90 1,200.85 33 – Kings North GPNS Harley, Mary Lou – – 1,074.36 – – 35.66 – 1,110.02 – 204.40 PC Lohr, John A. 4,464.00 200.00 36,019.14 815.80 – 26.40 – 41,525.34 22,998.22 766.50 NSNDP Morton, Jim 3,350.80 13,743.46 26,687.10 1,627.65 40.57 383.50 – 45,833.08 22,998.22 766.50 NSLP Pearl, Stephen W. 2,234.00 – 15,343.20 757.10 83.31 4,358.90 53.27 22,829.78 22,829.78 442.44 Total 10,048.80 13,943.46 79,123.80 3,200.55 123.88 4,804.46 53.27 111,298.22 68,826.22 2,179.84 34 – Kings South PC Buchan, Shane 7,042.64 258.02 23,925.12 1,012.64 255.14 685.02 – 33,178.58 25,617.10 663.57 NSLP Irving, Keith 4,359.29 162.52 21,650.45 1,279.42 – 3,341.06 79.51 30,872.25 25,617.10 617.45 NSNDP Jennex, Ramona 4,448.66 19,629.58 27,130.08 1,302.47 166.50 243.75 – 52,921.04 25,617.10 766.50 GPNS Richardson, – – – – – – – – – 50.00 Sheila G. Total 15,850.59 20,050.12 72,705.65 3,594.53 421.64 4,269.83 79.51 116,971.87 76,851.30 2,097.52 35 – Kings West PC Frowley, Jody A. 2,707.58 165.00 27,326.75 – – 163.99 155.27 30,518.59 21,989.58 517.50 NSLP Glavine, Leo 4,183.04 266.66 10,614.53 – 7,073.60 31.40 – 22,169.23 21,989.58 443.38 GPNS Lake, Barbara G. – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSNDP Landry, Robert K. 713.35 4,592.47 13,816.36 1,314.31 – 953.09 29.98 21,419.56 – 400.79 (Bob) Total 7,603.97 5,024.13 51,757.64 1,314.31 7,073.60 1,148.48 185.25 74,107.38 43,979.16 1,411.67 36 – Lunenburg NSNDP Birdsall, Pam 6,211.25 16,963.32 28,037.47 2,211.21 – 333.14 – 53,756.39 20,439.21 766.50 NSLP Lohnes–Croft, 765.04 66.70 20,467.85 701.30 – 1,240.03 – 23,240.92 20,439.21 464.82 Suzanne PC Pickings, Brian 2,490.30 – 25,343.76 1,235.05 343.96 810.88 115.96 30,339.91 20,439.21 591.02 Total 9,466.59 17,030.02 73,849.08 4,147.56 343.96 2,384.05 115.96 107,337.22 61,317.63 1,822.34 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 37 – Lunenburg West NSLP Furey, Mark 4,554.45 328.99 24,849.80 4,925.54 263.04 2,934.02 238.22 38,094.06 23,586.35 761.88 PC Mitchell, David 1,632.57 700.00 23,065.40 – 290.08 1,368.08 – 27,056.13 23,586.35 514.62 GPNS Pierce, Rob – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSNDP Ramey, Gary 4,084.98 8,746.42 26,345.78 3,191.73 301.14 33.40 – 42,703.45 23,586.35 766.50 Total 10,272.00 9,775.41 74,260.98 8,117.27 854.26 4,335.50 238.22 107,853.64 70,759.05 2,093.00 38 – Northside-Westmount NSLP Higgins, John H. 7,331.33 4,493.11 18,354.80 1,080.51 221.60 2,288.75 239.80 34,009.90 24,933.20 680.19 PC Orrell, Eddie 2,823.10 7,376.19 26,638.80 2,622.21 – 156.00 – 39,616.30 24,933.20 766.50 NSNDP Snow, Cecil* Total 10,154.43 11,869.30 44,993.60 3,702.72 221.60 2,444.75 239.80 73,626.20 49,866.40 1,446.69 39 – Pictou Centre PC Dunn, Pat 2,994.50 275.04 27,299.66 193.14 185.10 476.03 – 31,423.47 19,514.37 628.47 NSNDP Landry, Ross 3,583.07 9,522.50 28,772.05 3,538.09 – 44.60 – 45,460.31 19,514.37 766.50 NSLP Muirhead, Bill 2,317.85 – 19,324.49 644.80 – 1,160.64 – 23,447.78 19,514.37 468.96 Total 8,895.42 9,797.54 75,396.20 4,376.03 185.10 1,681.27 – 100,331.56 58,543.11 1,863.93 40 – Pictou East PC Houston, Tim 3,165.44 587.57 37,381.70 2,150.74 – 67.90 – 43,353.35 17,610.82 766.50 NSNDP MacKinnon, Clarrie 2,830.60 10,612.01 18,211.07 1,400.65 – 235.40 – 33,289.73 17,610.82 665.79 NSLP Rochon, Francois 9,902.44 (Frank) M.* Total 5,996.04 11,199.58 55,592.77 3,551.39 – 303.30 – 76,643.08 45,124.08 1,432.29 41 – Pictou West NSLP Langille, Glennie 1,033.16 1,873.27 25,228.06 1,751.60 312.94 1,113.78 – 31,312.81 16,418.11 626.26 PC MacFarlane, Karla 1,334.95 600.00 25,394.57 – – 98.00 – 27,427.52 16,418.11 548.55 NSNDP Parker, C. L. 2,688.49 3,414.99 21,253.82 1,657.79 – 17.40 – 29,032.49 16,418.11 580.65 (Charlie) Total 5,056.60 5,888.26 71,876.45 3,409.39 312.94 1,229.18 – 87,772.82 49,254.33 1,755.46 42 – Queens-Shelburne NSNDP Belliveau, Sterling 3,333.78 9,176.76 17,601.65 1,095.24 – 1,933.18 – 33,140.61 20,967.47 624.71 NSLP Frail, Benson 725.00 – 13,405.29 853.58 – 2,990.59 18.65 17,993.11 17,993.11 359.86 PC Inglis, Bruce 1,948.37 136.08 26,846.17 2,042.12 314.74 1,164.55 – 32,452.03 20,967.47 629.04 GPNS Taylor, Madeline – – – – – – – – – 50.00 Total 6,007.15 9,312.84 57,853.11 3,990.94 314.74 6,088.32 18.65 83,585.75 59,928.05 1,663.61 43 – Sackville-Beaver Bank NSLP Gough, Stephen 1,771.29 52.64 10,851.84 621.85 – 1,693.49 – 14,991.11 14,991.11 288.34 PC Reeves, Sarah 1,000.00 2,424.54 14,889.04 – – 476.30 – 18,789.88 18,789.88 384.99 NSNDP Whynott, Mat 4,809.71 15,799.81 18,283.14 578.00 – 322.95 – 39,793.61 18,915.77 766.50 Total 7,581.00 18,276.99 44,024.02 1,199.85 – 2,492.74 – 73,574.60 52,696.76 1,439.83 44 – Sackville–Cobequid NSLP Cameron, Graham 1,747.07 – 11,441.13 736.60 14.86 1,888.28 – 15,827.94 15,827.94 305.42 PC Mac Isaac, Peter 2,702.22 2,320.50 15,983.09 – 147.85 1,431.70 – 22,585.36 22,547.78 421.84 GPNS Percy, John H. – – – – – – – – – 50.00 NSNDP Wilson, Dave 4,143.95 13,450.35 16,703.99 797.60 102.58 273.51 – 35,471.98 22,547.78 707.49 Total 8,593.24 15,770.85 44,128.21 1,534.20 265.29 3,593.49 – 73,885.28 60,923.50 1,484.75 continued
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Total Election Worker Personal Amended Expense Electoral Remun- Publicity Campaign Expenses of Election Reim- Audit District Party Candidate Headquarters eration Advertising Travel Functions Other Candidate Expenses bursement Fee 45 – Sydney-Whitney Pier NSNDP Gosse, Gordie* 20,187.05 PC MacPhee, Leslie 1,166.67 – 19,575.69 – – 32.59 – 20,774.95 – 415.50 NSLP Mombourquette, 20,187.05 Derek* Total 1,166.67 – 19,575.69 – – 32.59 – 20,774.95 40,374.10 415.50 46 – Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg NSLP Kennedy, Josephine 4,692.33 469.66 21,221.38 1,008.78 110.11 4,111.84 – 31,614.10 22,731.85 632.28 PC MacLeod, Alfie 3,750.15 2,723.36 38,786.62 2,199.54 81.69 173.84 – 47,715.20 22,731.85 766.50 NSNDP McDonald, Delton 952.77 4,680.00 16,125.20 819.60 – 15.42 – 22,592.99 22,592.99 451.86 Total 9,395.25 7,873.02 76,133.20 4,027.92 191.80 4,301.10 – 101,922.29 68,056.69 1,850.64 47 – Timberlea-Prospect NSNDP Moxsom-Skinner, 3,776.20 6,085.37 17,867.93 691.00 – – – 28,420.50 22,468.46 568.41 Linda PC Pretty, Bruce R. 2,337.93 3,845.55 19,966.13 437.32 307.32 147.04 – 27,041.29 22,468.46 540.83 NSLP Rankin, Iain 2,966.68 100.00 14,178.58 740.55 – 1,332.99 22.25 19,341.05 19,341.05 386.82 GPNS Trappenberg, – – – – – – – – – 50.00 Thomas Total 9,080.81 10,030.92 52,012.64 1,868.87 307.32 1,480.03 22.25 74,802.84 64,277.97 1,546.06 48 – Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River PC Cox, Charles 4,279.34 2,850.00 26,364.87 – 393.89 472.24 – 34,360.34 23,568.39 677.76 NSLP Mellish, Barry J. 2,667.68 306.58 24,318.70 1,239.40 534.00 2,927.88 – 31,994.24 23,568.39 639.88 NSNDP Zann, Lenore 7,933.68 15,948.45 38,198.94 726.00 – 59.00 – 62,866.07 23,568.39 766.50 Total 14,880.70 19,105.03 88,882.51 1,965.40 927.89 3,459.12 – 129,220.65 70,705.17 2,084.14 49 – Victoria-The Lakes PC Bain, Keith 3,329.18 1,420.20 18,971.98 4,450.72 143.74 30.89 – 28,346.71 18,080.72 566.93 NSLP Eyking, Pam 1,548.65 500.00 19,307.46 708.51 500.78 2,512.11 340.46 25,417.97 18,080.72 508.36 Ind MacLeod, – – – – – – – – – – Stewart M. (Stemer) NSNDP Toney, John Frank 2,351.65 23,607.64 30,939.48 1,388.01 2,480.09 59.00 – 60,825.87 18,080.72 766.50 Total 7,229.48 25,527.84 69,218.92 6,547.24 3,124.61 2,602.00 340.46 114,590.55 54,242.16 1,841.79 50 – Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank NSLP Horne, Bill 1,668.48 – 14,822.99 696.80 – 2,814.84 – 20,003.11 20,003.11 400.06 NSNDP Paris, Percy 4,698.48 9,307.59 18,685.36 1,835.03 – 460.44 49.29 35,036.19 21,150.04 691.56 PC Wong, Brian 2,181.56 495.65 25,471.59 424.74 252.65 1,530.86 209.89 30,566.94 21,150.04 588.34 Total 8,548.52 9,803.24 58,979.94 2,956.57 252.65 4,806.14 259.18 85,606.24 62,303.19 1,679.96 51 – Yarmouth NSLP Churchill, Zach 3,995.45 3,800.00 35,981.23 982.77 331.36 3,399.19 – 48,490.00 20,105.49 766.50 PC Cunningham, John 2,508.59 34.49 29,791.22 866.75 – 597.01 – 33,798.06 20,105.49 675.96 GPNS Goodwin-Clairmont, – – – – – – – – – 50.00 Vanessa NSNDP Webster, Charles 522.00 4,108.00 9,932.96 614.00 – 39.77 – 15,216.73 – 304.33 Total 7,026.04 7,942.49 75,705.41 2,463.52 331.36 4,035.97 – 97,504.79 40,210.98 1,796.79 Totals $501,055.50 $660,011.92 $3,100,364.28 $153,878.19 $31,863.05 $139,755.98 $4,955.02 $4,591,883.94 $2,932,344.02 $86,024.67
*Final candidate election expenses not completed.
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3.4 Third Party Advertising General Election was the first time that this requirement came into effect. The Changes to the Elections Act introduced requirement for registration is triggered requirements for Third Parties to register when $500 is spent by a third-party. A and report activity, as well as limiting limit of $10,465.04 for each Third Party the amount a Third Party could spend. was set for the 2013 PGE. There were no These limits are $10,000 for a general contributions reported by Third Parties election and $2,000 for a by-election, in this reporting period. The following based on 2011 dollars and subject to Third Parties registered and reported CPI adjustment. The new requirements expenditures as summarized in are covered in Sections 275-284 of the Table 3-7. Act. The October 8, 2013 Provincial
Table 3-7: Third Party Election Expenses October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Registration date Amount spent Nova Scotia Citizens Healthcare Network September 17, 2013 $3,638.49 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia September 20, 2013 $3,343.05 Doctors Nova Scotia September 20, 2013 $5,974.26 Atlantic Salmon Federation September 27, 2013 $7,264.21 Pharmacy Association of NS October 1, 2013 $10,465.00 Chester Area Quarry Community Group October 3, 2013 nil Stop the Quarry in Fall River Group October 4, 2013 $4,089.40 Nova Scotia Teachers Union December 6, 2013 $19,482.19
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4.1 Establishing Returning 4.3 Returning Office Costs Offices Elections Nova Scotia makes every effort Elections Nova Scotia does not to record and report all costs associated maintain permanent locations for with the delivery of an election. Costs returning offices. Each returning officer associated with election service delivery is responsible for identifying potential can be categorized as direct costs and returning office locations when directed indirect costs (Elections Nova Scotia to do so by the Chief Electoral Officer. overhead). Leases for returning offices are executed 4.3.1 Returning Office following the issuance of the writs of Direct Costs election. Direct costs are those that can be During the October 8, 2013 Provincial specifically identified with a returning General Election a returning office was office. For reporting purposes, costs are established in each of the 51 electoral consolidated into various categories. districts. In consideration of their large Table 5-1 shows these categories geographic areas, satellite returning and the type of expenditures that are offices were established in the electoral consolidated within each category. districts of Cape Breton-Richmond, The budgeted number of hours for the Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie, election workers was established prior to Inverness, Queens-Shelburne, and the election, and actual aggregate costs Victoria-The Lakes. total was within 1% of the budget. 4.2 Returning Office Staffing Each returning officer is responsible for hiring election workers in their electoral district. The Elections Act requires the returning officer to appoint individuals to certain positions as defined by the Elections Act. The rates of pay for election workers are prescribed in the Tariff made under the Elections Act. A returning officer may hire additional election workers upon approval of the Chief Electoral Officer. A total of 6,539 individuals were employed in the 51 electoral districts during the October 8, 2013 Provincial General Election.
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Table 4-1: Returning Office Direct Costs October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Category Description Poll Workers • Ballot Box Messenger • Constable • Supervising Deputy Returning Officer • Deputy Returning Officer • Election Officer to Count Ballot • Information Officer • Poll Clerk • Standby Election Worker • Supervising Deputy Returning Officer • Witness Enumerators • Enumerator fees Polling Stations • Advance polling station fees • Mobile poll polling station fees • Election day polling station fees Postage, Courier and Shipping • Postage costs incurred by returning offices • Postage for voter information cards allocated based on final list of electors • Courier fees for write-in ballots • Shipping fees to ship election supplies to returning office from ENS Ballot and Voter Information • Fees for printing and binding of Card Printing ballot papers • Fees for printing voter information cards Office and Equipment Leases • Furniture and equipment rental • Office rental Office Expenses • Travel and meal expenses • Miscellaneous office expenses Salaries • Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer • Election Clerk and Assistant Election Clerk • Revision Assistant/Deputy Presiding Officer • Presiding Officer • Deputy Presiding Officer • Write-in Ballot Coordinator • Assistant Write-in Ballot Coordinator • Returning Office clerical support Telephone and Internet • Telephone, cell phone and internet services
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4.3.2 Returning Office 4.3.3 Categorized Returning Indirect Costs Office Costs Indirect costs are those overhead costs Table 4-3 summarizes all direct and associated with election administration indirect costs by electoral district using and election operations that are incurred the categories detailed in Tables 4-1 by Elections Nova Scotia as part of and 4-2. election service delivery. These costs are prorated based on the list of electors and allocated to each electoral district returning office. Table 4-2 shows the type of expense categories which are reported as Elections Nova Scotia overhead in Table 4-3.
Table 4-2: Returning Office Indirect Costs October 8, 2013 Nova Scotia Provincial General Election Category Description Overhead (indirect costs) • ENS temporary support staff • ENS staff overtime • IT consulting • Public call centre • Returning office support call centre • Advertising • Election debrief • Travel • Campus poll • Payroll processing fees • Official agent support call centre • Printing (other than ballot and voter information card printing) • Freight and postage • Communication initiatives
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Table 4-3: Table Categorized Returning Office Cost October 8, 2013 Provincial General Election Ballot Postage, and Voter Total Cost Per Courier, Information Office and Telephone Subtotal Electoral District Electoral Poll Enum- Polling and Card Equipment Office and RO HQ ENS (RO HQ Cost + District Workers erators Stations Shipping Printing Leases Expenses Salaries Internet Cost Overhead ENS Overhead)
01 – Annapolis 39,234.46 624.71 7,930.00 10,494.17 3,984.75 7,800.00 3,055.70 37,580.86 2,012.54 112,717.19 26,464.88 139,182.07 02 – Antigonish 25,901.19 3,651.65 4,045.00 8,398.14 4,124.42 3,597.20 2,464.61 38,499.85 1,660.65 92,342.71 23,342.76 115,685.47 03 – Argyle-Barrington 28,718.52 - 5,355.00 7,870.51 3,113.84 3,850.00 2,774.99 32,121.30 1,275.53 85,079.69 20,320.39 105,400.08 04 – Bedford 35,339.02 7,664.11 4,130.00 11,209.10 4,533.23 10,190.00 1,366.30 36,817.90 2,346.02 113,595.68 29,937.79 143,533.47 05 – Cape Breton Centre 37,642.29 - 5,475.00 8,576.75 3,318.09 9,414.00 1,846.58 34,605.23 1,670.16 102,548.10 21,715.20 124,263.30 06 – Cape Breton-Richmond* 31,189.00 3,357.03 7,480.00 7,995.60 2,843.97 13,442.19 6,829.47 61,283.92 3,244.22 137,665.40 18,253.94 155,919.34 07 – Chester-St. Margaret’s 28,914.84 89.24 4,035.00 10,707.32 3,959.10 10,758.00 4,014.95 31,860.32 2,971.63 97,310.40 24,730.93 122,041.33 08 – Clare-Digby 29,721.43 1,671.31 6,400.00 8,919.11 3,517.03 6,571.15 5,373.73 33,451.51 1,567.24 97,192.51 23,520.65 120,713.16 09 – Clayton Park West 36,967.74 2,109.39 4,210.00 11,711.39 4,524.85 15,425.00 563.54 31,511.86 2,409.02 109,432.79 27,987.71 137,420.50 10 – Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 29,473.52 1,030.37 6,255.00 8,733.90 3,500.96 5,340.00 3,388.18 29,700.00 1,362.22 88,784.15 22,706.04 111,490.19 11 – Colchester North 31,936.62 2,344.71 5,445.00 9,673.65 3,691.76 5,880.00 2,981.13 28,543.90 1,220.44 91,717.21 23,209.76 114,926.97 12 – Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 27,699.35 1,127.73 3,985.00 8,969.02 3,552.07 7,197.83 521.66 30,150.51 2,214.29 85,417.46 23,505.68 108,923.14 13 – Cole Harbour- Portland Valley 36,524.42 1,598.30 4,235.00 10,713.48 4,335.98 12,750.00 1,254.00 38,927.77 1,279.62 111,618.57 28,822.27 140,440.84 14 – Cumberland North 30,097.17 527.36 4,390.00 8,251.19 3,286.80 4,400.00 2,859.76 36,761.53 1,731.56 92,305.37 21,174.90 113,480.27 15 – Cumberland South 22,586.91 1,837.63 5,460.00 8,039.81 3,014.35 5,600.00 2,519.12 28,107.13 1,877.82 79,042.77 18,265.57 97,308.34 16 – Dartmouth East 32,476.67 5,269.51 3,870.00 9,290.34 3,719.35 7,050.27 1,420.59 31,114.67 1,419.42 95,630.82 24,117.47 119,748.29 17 – Dartmouth North 24,763.82 2,920.72 3,625.00 11,590.54 4,268.48 8,300.00 1,103.85 31,392.87 2,685.40 90,650.68 25,003.57 115,654.25 18 – Preston-Dartmouth 26,841.74 3,010.01 3,575.00 6,998.39 2,712.46 5,963.75 1,874.28 28,852.97 2,117.46 81,946.06 18,150.86 100,096.92 19 – Dartmouth South 33,914.54 3,362.82 4,625.00 10,136.18 4,180.82 15,772.68 1,432.06 38,464.99 1,249.14 113,138.23 26,499.80 139,638.03 20 – Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie* 25,704.37 227.17 7,865.00 7,528.56 2,647.57 8,635.00 4,902.30 55,381.34 2,479.94 115,371.25 17,214.89 132,586.14 21 – Eastern Shore 25,019.47 1,127.73 4,150.00 7,735.44 3,065.14 4,988.00 2,226.61 31,637.79 1,547.03 81,497.21 19,929.71 101,426.92 22 – Fairview-Clayton Park 41,800.10 1,914.71 5,790.00 12,312.17 4,497.14 14,636.07 526.44 30,811.82 2,400.25 114,688.70 26,637.78 141,326.48 continued
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Ballot Postage, and Voter Total Cost Per Courier, Information Office and Telephone Subtotal Electoral District Electoral Poll Enum- Polling and Card Equipment Office and RO HQ ENS (RO HQ Cost + District Workers erators Stations Shipping Printing Leases Expenses Salaries Internet Cost Overhead ENS Overhead)
23 – Glace Bay 29,359.16 - 3,250.00 8,989.42 3,304.28 4,559.00 936.46 32,255.26 1,255.78 83,909.36 20,842.41 104,751.77 24 – Halifax Armdale 29,256.10 5,099.13 2,640.00 7,389.32 2,936.41 12,055.00 1,098.82 33,522.64 3,373.27 97,370.69 19,347.84 116,718.53 25 – Halifax Atlantic 29,784.50 3,926.76 3,995.00 8,997.28 3,551.83 7,177.15 989.90 35,437.87 2,249.43 96,109.72 23,836.52 119,946.24 26 – Halifax Chebucto 27,512.80 3,837.24 3,070.00 10,921.07 4,146.07 7,346.89 1,366.35 33,909.44 2,235.63 94,345.49 26,800.70 121,146.19 27 – Halifax Citadel-Sable Island 30,667.85 4,283.51 4,700.00 12,274.71 4,088.32 10,894.30 3,270.87 40,646.71 1,777.25 112,603.52 22,205.63 134,809.15 28 – Halifax Needham 32,350.86 8,307.88 5,070.00 12,441.50 4,432.09 11,141.80 1,321.71 40,030.23 1,290.82 116,386.89 25,655.26 142,042.15 29 – Hammonds Plains- Lucasville 22,835.16 1,691.64 2,960.00 7,190.15 2,854.24 6,312.50 1,768.42 30,063.71 3,057.55 78,733.37 19,050.26 97,783.63 30 – Hants East 33,799.80 8,522.78 6,610.00 11,395.83 4,586.52 4,205.00 5,812.09 32,046.70 1,429.08 108,407.80 30,067.46 138,475.26 31 – Hants West 32,056.46 1,168.30 6,465.00 9,566.50 3,760.68 7,768.00 1,645.94 34,212.17 1,699.94 98,342.99 24,930.42 123,273.41 32 – Inverness* 33,769.12 2,661.13 8,215.00 7,742.29 2,729.50 12,000.00 6,874.96 65,128.65 2,901.58 142,022.23 18,551.52 160,573.75 33 – Kings North 35,397.63 1,266.72 5,555.00 9,804.04 3,909.23 11,820.00 4,261.79 35,916.93 1,455.91 109,387.25 25,548.86 134,936.11 34 – Kings South 32,057.54 5,241.11 5,235.87 10,635.73 4,314.11 9,820.00 2,249.94 29,864.55 1,705.29 101,124.14 28,458.19 129,582.33 35 – Kings West 27,997.88 1,159.17 4,125.00 9,297.44 3,717.66 10,195.00 1,595.14 28,476.06 1,202.26 87,765.61 24,395.11 112,160.72 36 – Lunenburg 29,764.35 2,644.90 5,650.00 8,624.66 4,609.08 7,390.00 2,521.47 28,031.78 1,646.68 90,882.92 22,706.04 113,588.96 37 – Lunenburg West 31,288.38 1,062.83 6,555.00 10,891.81 4,148.00 7,835.34 1,020.63 32,643.70 1,298.20 96,743.89 26,160.65 122,904.54 38 – Northside-Westmount 41,287.01 1,314.33 5,160.00 10,790.20 4,188.04 5,942.00 1,538.84 36,783.23 1,484.90 108,488.55 27,033.45 135,522.00 39 – Pictou Centre 36,228.27 2,214.90 5,065.00 8,141.97 3,276.77 7,450.00 1,662.61 35,796.72 1,971.14 101,807.38 21,678.63 123,486.01 40 – Pictou East 30,292.19 - 4,895.00 7,474.92 2,921.31 7,430.00 1,708.68 35,182.69 1,929.33 91,834.12 19,563.96 111,398.08 41 – Pictou West 20,490.53 - 4,460.00 6,863.43 2,700.50 7,350.00 1,338.61 29,463.25 1,398.94 74,065.26 18,238.97 92,304.23 42 – Queens-Shelburne* 41,027.28 921.10 9,940.00 9,316.26 3,544.46 7,944.00 6,032.87 60,983.93 2,751.47 142,461.37 23,055.15 165,516.52 43 – Sackville-Beaver Bank 27,778.57 632.96 3,000.00 7,923.40 3,147.92 17,117.60 1,626.86 31,212.22 2,347.05 94,786.58 21,013.64 115,800.22 44 – Sackville-Cobequid 26,946.86 2,296.03 3,520.00 9,485.89 3,762.49 8,221.00 629.24 25,122.60 1,252.04 81,236.15 24,692.69 105,928.84 45 – Sydney-Whitney Pier 31,170.31 - 4,205.00 11,515.03 4,554.13 5,746.67 1,104.52 36,273.03 1,175.38 95,744.07 29,768.21 125,512.28 continued
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Ballot Postage, and Voter Total Cost Per Courier, Information Office and Telephone Subtotal Electoral District Electoral Poll Enum- Polling and Card Equipment Office and RO HQ ENS (RO HQ Cost + District Workers erators Stations Shipping Printing Leases Expenses Salaries Internet Cost Overhead ENS Overhead)
46 – Sydney River-Mira-Louisburg 41,187.81 705.85 6,395.00 9,845.50 3,898.59 9,045.00 1,946.07 44,172.67 1,861.68 119,058.17 25,252.94 144,311.11 47 – Timberlea-Prospect 24,350.88 - 3,385.00 10,112.13 3,873.66 7,210.00 893.86 29,224.81 2,408.44 81,458.78 24,960.35 106,419.13 48 – Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River 28,081.48 1,728.11 5,145.00 9,960.95 3,965.30 6,915.00 1,380.79 34,719.29 1,189.88 93,085.80 25,863.07 118,948.87 49 – Victoria-The Lakes* 28,118.54 - 7,245.00 8,223.76 3,050.52 9,920.00 7,133.58 52,118.74 3,872.32 119,682.46 20,085.98 139,768.44 50 – Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank 28,772.32 843.77 3,270.00 9,145.20 3,582.53 8,360.00 1,280.92 30,731.70 1,279.05 87,265.49 23,495.71 110,761.20 51 – Yarmouth 21,694.09 389.43 6,565.00 8,419.01 3,331.75 7,663.70 558.84 32,220.82 1,652.75 82,495.39 22,335.30 104,830.69 Total $1,567,790.92 $107,385.79 $258,675.87 $479,234.16 $187,278.15 $434,396.09 $120,870.63 $1,823,772.14 $97,894.64 $5,077,298.39 $1,197,107.50 $6,274,405.89 Avg. $30,741.00 $2,105.60 $5,072.08 $9,396.75 $3,672.12 $8,517.57 $2,370.01 $35,760.24 $1,919.50 $99,554.87 $23,472.70 $123,027.57
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he cost per elector is a calculation • Nomination deposit reimbursements Tthat allows comparison of the total • Returning office costs election costs to the total costs of the Table 5-1 provides a summary of previous general elections. The total election costs by electoral district for election costs are composed of four the October 8, 2013 Provincial General components: Election. The cost per elector was • Candidate election expenses $13.02. reimbursements • Candidate audit reimbursements
Table 5-1: Summary of Total Election Costs October 8, 2013 Provincial General Election Candidate Nomination Election Expenses Candidate Audit Deposit Returning Electoral District Reimbursement Reimbursement Reimbursement Office Costs Total 01 – Annapolis 47,406.03 1,470.54 400.00 139,182.07 188,458.64 02 – Antigonish 63,037.11 2,239.16 600.00 115,685.47 181,561.74 03 – Argyle-Barrington 37,083.28 1,227.58 400.00 105,400.08 144,110.94 04 – Bedford 80,846.94 2,057.92 600.00 143,533.47 227,038.33 05 – Cape Breton Centre 56,868.71 1,398.57 600.00 124,263.30 183,130.58 06 – Cape Breton-Richmond 49,658.37 1,931.98 600.00 155,919.34 208,109.69 07 – Chester-St. Margaret’s 66,785.82 1,902.81 600.00 122,041.33 191,329.96 08 – Clare-Digby 42,344.98 2,024.61 400.00 120,713.16 165,482.75 09 – Clayton Park West 71,795.91 1,531.15 600.00 137,420.50 211,347.56 10 – Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley 61,542.09 1,998.91 600.00 111,490.19 175,631.19 11 – Colchester North 62,596.40 1,935.79 600.00 114,926.97 180,059.16 12 – Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage 63,477.06 1,678.90 600.00 108,923.14 174,679.10 13 – Cole Harbour- Portland Valley 69,933.20 1,659.56 600.00 140,440.84 212,633.60 14 – Cumberland North 57,362.37 1,809.21 600.00 113,480.27 173,251.85 15 – Cumberland South* 28,799.79 826.10 400.00 97,308.34 127,334.23 16 – Dartmouth East 61,866.18 1,471.43 600.00 119,748.29 183,685.90 17 – Dartmouth North 64,170.97 1,779.71 600.00 115,654.25 182,204.93 18 – Preston-Dartmouth 32,677.58 1,161.46 400.00 100,096.92 134,335.96 19 – Dartmouth South 71,661.42 1,872.02 600.00 139,638.03 213,771.47 20 – Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie 46,627.98 1,675.11 600.00 132,586.14 181,489.23 21 – Eastern Shore 52,901.36 1,421.64 600.00 101,426.92 156,349.92 22 – Fairview-Clayton Park 72,280.98 2,258.01 600.00 141,326.48 216,465.47 23 – Glace Bay 37,064.87 1,357.98 400.00 104,751.77 143,574.62 24 – Halifax Armdale 52,962.66 1,985.20 600.00 116,718.53 172,266.39 25 – Halifax Atlantic 64,370.49 1,904.64 600.00 119,946.24 186,821.37 26 – Halifax Chebucto 68,132.94 1,965.30 600.00 121,146.19 191,844.43 27 – Halifax Citadel-Sable Island* 59,966.28 2,503.90 600.00 134,809.15 197,879.33 28 – Halifax Needham 66,464.56 1,668.20 600.00 142,042.15 210,774.91 continued
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Candidate Nomination Election Expenses Candidate Audit Deposit Returning Electoral District Reimbursement Reimbursement Reimbursement Office Costs Total 29 – Hammonds Plains-Lucasville* 51,445.20 1,347.32 600.00 97,783.63 151,176.15 30 – Hants East 76,859.56 1,748.39 600.00 138,475.26 217,683.21 31 – Hants West* 61,714.18 1,104.91 600.00 123,273.41 186,692.50 32 – Inverness 33,398.90 1,200.85 400.00 160,573.75 195,573.50 33 – Kings North 68,826.22 2,179.84 600.00 134,936.11 206,542.17 34 – Kings South 76,851.30 2,097.52 600.00 129,582.33 209,131.15 35 – Kings West 43,979.16 1,411.67 400.00 112,160.72 157,951.55 36 – Lunenburg 61,317.63 1,822.34 600.00 113,588.96 177,328.93 37 – Lunenburg West 70,759.05 2,093.00 600.00 122,904.54 196,356.59 38 – Northside-Westmount* 49,866.40 1,446.69 600.00 135,522.00 187,435.09 39 – Pictou Centre 58,543.11 1,863.93 600.00 123,486.01 184,493.05 40 – Pictou East* 45,124.08 1,432.29 600.00 111,398.08 158,554.45 41 – Pictou West 49,254.33 1,755.46 600.00 92,304.23 143,914.02 42 – Queens-Shelburne* 59,928.05 1,663.61 600.00 165,516.52 227,708.18 43 – Sackville-Beaver Bank 52,696.76 1,439.83 600.00 115,800.22 170,536.81 44 – Sackville-Cobequid 60,923.50 1,484.75 600.00 105,928.84 168,937.09 45 – Sydney-Whitney Pier* 40,374.10 415.50 400.00 125,512.28 166,701.88 46 – Sydney River-Mira-Louisburg 68,056.69 1,850.64 600.00 144,311.11 214,818.44 47 – Timberlea-Prospect 64,277.97 1,546.06 600.00 106,419.13 172,843.16 48 – Truro- Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River 70,705.17 2,084.14 600.00 118,948.87 192,338.18 49 – Victoria-The Lakes 54,242.16 1,841.79 600.00 139,768.44 196,452.39 50 – Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank 62,303.19 1,679.96 600.00 110,761.20 175,344.35 51 – Yarmouth 40,210.98 1,796.79 400.00 104,830.69 147,238.46 Total $2,932,344.02 $ 86,024.67 $28,600.00 $6,274,405.89 $9,321,374.58
*Final candidate election expenses not completed
38 Volume III, Financial Information & Statistics 6. Recommendations of the Chief Electoral Officer
ollowing the 2009 general election, recruit election workers as the rate of Fthe process began to update the compensation was low for the level Elections Act, incorporating the Members of responsibility the workers were and Public Employees Disclosure Act expected to assume. (MPEDA) and the Political Contributions • Additional voting opportunities were Disclosure Regulations (Regulations). The offered, resulting in an additional new Elections Act was proclaimed with worker in the returning office to an effective date of January 1, 2012. The process electors voting in the new major changes to the electoral finance continuous polls. This increased the provisions of the Elections Act (including cost of the election by approximately the Tariff of Fees and Expenses made $350,000. under the Elections Act) were: • The disclosure report threshold Consultations with the for donations increased from $50 Election Commission to $200, and the name of each Most readers of this report would contributor and their community be unaware of the important role will be published, compared to the Election Commission plays in the contributor’s name and full electoral reform in this province. residential address in the former Many of the innovative changes that version of the Act. were introduced in this past general • A new requirement for Third Party election benefited directly from the advertisers was introduced, calling cooperative and collaborative input for registration during the writ period, of the commission members. The and defining expenditure limits. consultation between the Chief Electoral Limits of $10,000 during a general Officer and the Commission to review election and $2,000 for a by-election and modernize the provisions of the were set based on 2011 dollars and Act is ongoing. While many of the subject to CPI adjustment. recommendations advanced in this • The requirement for a candidate to report have been discussed with the register with Elections Nova Scotia Election Commission, some before and when they received a contribution, others since the most recent election, incurred an expense or received a each recommendation will be discussed transfer from the party or EDA was in detail with the members. The more introduced. complex issues with less obvious paths • The Tariff of Fees and Expenses was to resolution will be subject to broad revamped converting the fees paid consultation and deliberation with the to election workers to an hourly fee, Commission and others before being and tied to the minimum wage rate brought forward for the legislators’ over time. The reason for this change consideration. was that the hourly rates paid varied While the advice we receive from the immensely for the workers due to the Election Commission is valued, it should fixed fee paid, and this was not fair to be clearly understood that deliberations the workers. It was also recognized with the members are intended to that it was becoming more difficult to provide guidance to the Chief Electoral
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Officer. The recommendations Removal of the requirement contained in this or any report should for audit if election expenses not be taken as having the endorsement are less than $500. of all members of the Commission unless specifically mentioned that During the 2013 Provincial General consensus has been reached. Election, it was compulsory that each of the financial submissions from Consultations with the candidate Official Agents be audited Caucuses of the Registered by an independent auditor. The costs Parties for these audits often exceeded the amount spent, and added little value to It is the members of the Election improve the quality of the submission. Commission’s responsibility to brief Reimbursement for a portion of the their respective caucuses on the costs of each audit performed was paid discussions of electoral process reform by Elections Nova Scotia. held in meetings with Elections Nova Scotia. It is our understanding that The Chief Electoral Officer Elections Nova Scotia has not directly recommends that the requirement interacted with the members of the for an independent audit be removed, registered parties’ caucuses in recent if the candidate’s campaign costs years. Because this report contains incurred are $500.00 or less. a large number of administrative changes that would have a significant Introduce a materiality impact on how provincial elections are threshold if the interest administered in Nova Scotia, the Chief benefit relating to loans is Electoral Officer is prepared to have less than $50. Elections Nova Scotia senior staff meet with and respond to questions raised A calculation for the amount of interest by caucus members at the request that would have been otherwise payable of and accompanied by an Election on a loan made by an individual to a Commission member. candidate’s campaign is difficult. During In addition to the recommendations the 2013 Provincial General Election, in Volume II, Report on the Conduct of several Official Agents provided the the Election and Recommendations for calculation, resulting in a contribution in Legislative Change, the Chief Electoral kind of less than $50. Officer offers the members of the The Chief Electoral Officer Legislative Assembly the following recommends the removal of recommended changes to Elections Act.: requirement for the interest calculation, if the resulting amount to be reported is less than $50.
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Requirement of electronic Extend the period for review filing of financial report by by the public to 12 months candidates after election day In 2013, financial submissions could be A review period of six months is filed using forms in three formats: PDF identified in the Elections Act for fillable, Excel, or manual hard copy. The individuals to have access to the majority of the Official Agents used the financial files for election expenses excel or PDF versions, printed the forms incurred by candidates, registered and submitted them for audit, then parties and third parties. There is no subsequently to Elections Nova Scotia defined period for this to begin, either for review. the writ day, election day, or the filing The Chief Electoral Officer deadline. recommends that the requirement The Chief Electoral Officer for electronic filing by all candidates recommends that the language be be introduced. This will improve the amended to provide access to the quality of submissions, reduce the financial files for election expenses effort for the external audit, and speed incurred by candidates, registered up the review of the files at Elections parties and third parties for a period Nova Scotia. of 12 months after election day.
Amend language for Publication of Third Party contribution disclosure to be expenses deadline be equal to or more than $200. changed to six months after The contribution disclosure requires an election day annual report by the registered parties, The current deadline for publication electoral district associations and of the third party is 12 months after candidates. The current language in the election day. This timeframe is too long Elections Act is to disclose the names for it to be effective. and community name for individuals The Chief Electoral Officer whose contribution exceeds $200.00. recommends that the deadline for the The previous version of the Elections Act Third Party Election Expense Report set this limit at $50.00, and reports were publication be set at six months after published for contributions of $50.00 or election day. more. The Chief Electoral Officer recommends that the language for the contribution disclosure limit be amended to clarify the amount to $200 or more.
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