Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of By-Elections in 2019: Sackville-Cobequid / June 18 Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg / September 3 Statement of Votes, Financial Information & Statistics
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Proceedings of By-Elections in 2019: Sackville-Cobequid / June 18 Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg / September 3 Statement of Votes, Financial Information & Statistics
Published by the Chief Electoral Officer July 10, 2020
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The Honourable Kevin Murphy Speaker of the House of Assembly Province of Nova Scotia 1726 Hollis Street, Province House Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3
Dear Mr. Speaker,
I have the honour to present the report of the Chief Electoral Officer on four by-elections held in 2019: • Sackville-Cobequid, held on June 18, 2019 • Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg, held on September 3, 2019
I respectfully request that you table this report to the House of Assembly at the next sitting.
This report is submitted to the House of Assembly in accordance with Section 163 of the Elections Act.
Respectfully submitted,
Original signed by Richard Temporale, Chief Electoral Officer
ii ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Table of Contents
Introduction...... 1
Voting Opportunities...... 2
By-election Results ...... 3
Analysis...... 4 Voter Participation ...... 4 Voter Turnout over 10 years ...... 5 Early Voter Turnout over 10 years ...... 5 Rejected Ballots...... 6 Number of Seats in the House of Assembly...... 7
Electoral Finance ...... 8 Registered Parties’ Expense Limits...... 8 Candidate Expense Limits...... 10 Candidates, Official Agents, and Report Filing ...... 10 Candidate Nomination Deposit...... 13 Candidate Audit Fee...... 13 Summary of Candidate Election Expenses and Reimbursements ...... 13
Election-related Costs...... 16 Third Party Advertising...... 17 Total Advertising Costs...... 17 Total Cost ...... 17 Cost Per Elector...... 18
Compliance...... 19 Sackville-Cobequid...... 19 Northside-Westmount...... 20
Chief Electoral Officer Recommendations...... 21 Sackville-Cobequid Recommendations ...... 21
Readability Measure ...... 22
APPENDIX A • By-election Calendars...... 23 APPENDIX B • Electoral District Maps ...... 28 APPENDIX C • Poll-by-Poll Results ...... 34
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 iii Tables Table 1 • Number of Votes Cast by Voting Opportunity ...... 2 Table 2 • Votes Received by Candidate ...... 3 Table 3 • Number of Electors and Votes by Age ...... 4 Table 4 • Voter Turnout in By-elections over 10 years...... 5 Table 5 • Early Voter Turnout in By-elections over 10 Years...... 6 Table 6 • Rejected Ballot by Voting Opportunity...... 7 Table 7 • Registered Party Spending Limits, Filing Dates, and Election Expenses. . . .9 Table 8 • Candidate Election Expense and Reimbursement Limits...... 10 Table 9 • Reporting Requirements of Official Agent of a Candidate...... 11 Table 10 • Registered Candidates, Official Agents, and Report Filing Dates. . . . . 12 Table 11 • Candidate Election Expenses and Reimbursements...... 14-15 Table 12 • By-election Costs by Electoral District ...... 16 Table 13 • Summary of By-election Advertising Costs...... 17 Table 14 • Summary of Total By-election Costs ...... 17 Table 15 • Cost Per Elector...... 18
Abbreviations Atlantica Atlantica Party Association of Nova Scotia GREEN Green Party of Nova Scotia NDP Nova Scotia New Democratic Party NSLP The Nova Scotia Liberal Party PC Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
ACEO Assistant Chief Electoral Officer the Act Elections Act CEO Chief Electoral Officer ENS Elections Nova Scotia OA Official Agent PGE Provincial General Election RO Returning Officer Tariff Tariff of Fees and Expenses VIC Voter Information Card
iv ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Introduction
Four by-elections were held in the year 2019. The first was in the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid on June 18, 2019. The remaining three by-elections were held on September 3, 2019, in the electoral districts of Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg.
The Sackville-Cobequid by-election was called because of the resignation of Dave Wilson (NDP) as a Member of the Legislative Assembly on November 16, 2018. On May 15, 2019, pursuant to an Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, a writ of election was issued under the Elections Act (the Act) by Richard Temporale, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), to the acting returning officer (RO) for the electoral district of Sackville-Cobequid, ordering that an election be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. On June 20, at the Official Addition, Steve Craig (PC) was determined to have the most votes. On Friday, June 28, 2019 he was declared elected with the return of the completed writ of election.
On July 31, 2019, three Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly, Chris d’Entremont (PC), Eddie Orrell (PC), and Alfie MacLeod (PC), resigned from their seats to run in the October 2019 Federal election. This left vacancies in the electoral districts of Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg. On August 2, 2019, pursuant to an Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, writs of election were issued under the Act by the CEO, to the ROs for these electoral districts ordering that elections be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. On September 5, at the Official Addition, the following candidates were determined to have the most votes and were declared elected with the return of the completed writs of election on Friday, September 13, 2019: • Argyle-Barrington – Colton LeBlanc (PC) • Northside-Westmount – Murray Ryan (PC) • Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg – Brian Comer (PC)
The CEO published an election calendar for each event, copies of which are shown in Appendix A. The calendars identify important dates such as date of writ, voting opportunities, close of nominations, election day and return of writ of election.
This report contains the statement of votes, financial information, and statistics for all four by-elections.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 1 Voting Opportunities
Electors in all four by-elections had several voting opportunities available to cast their ballot. Voting was available prior to election day through write-in ballots, continuous polls at each returning office, and at advance polls. On election day voters could cast their ballot at their designated poll location or at their district’s returning office. Mobile polls were also held on election day to allow voters in residential centers better access and voting assistance if needed.
In each by-election, applications for a write-in ballot were available to all electors upon the opening of the returning offices. Write-in ballot teams visited the homes of voters who could not make it to a poll location during the election period.
A continuous poll was held at the returning office in each district during these by- elections. The continuous polls were available every day (except Sundays) from the opening of the returning offices through to election day.
Advance polls were held for seven days as indicated in the election calendars in Appendix A. Advance poll locations were set up in each district except Sydney River-Mira- Louisbourg.
For the by-elections in Argyle-Barrington, Northside-Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira- Louisbourg, electors could vote in any of the three districts prior to election day just like in a provincial general election (PGE).
Table 1 provides a summary of the number of votes cast by each voting opportunity in each electoral district that held a by-election.
Table 1 • Number of Votes Cast by Voting Opportunity
Write-in- Continuous Advanced Election Mobile By-election Ballot Poll Poll Poll Day Poll Poll Total
Sackville-Cobequid 37 1,519 1,161 3,601 17 6,335
Argyle-Barrington 29 1,084 471 4,527 56 6,167
Northside- 131 2,358 N/A 5,268 38 7,795 Westmount
Sydney River- 96 415 1,362 5,395 109 7,377 Mira-Louisbourg
2 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA By-election Results
Table 2 provides a summary of valid votes received by candidate in each electoral district. The candidate that was declared elected in each district is highlighted. Poll-by-poll results are shown in Appendix C.
Table 2 • Votes Received by Candidate
By-election Candidates Registered Party Votes Received
Sackville-Cobequid David F. Boyd Atlantica 43
Anthony Edmonds Green 488
Lara Fawthrop NDP 2,472
Michel Hindlet NSLP 658
Steve Craig PC 2,655
Argyle-Barrington Adam Randall Green 202
Robin C. Smith NDP 213
Charlene I. LeBlanc NSLP 1,880
Colton F. LeBlanc PC 3,850
Northside- Thomas Bethell Atlantica 28 Westmount Ron G. Parker Green 203
Ronald Crowther NDP 1,316
Paul Ratchford NSLP 1,655
Murray Ryan PC 2,243
Andrew Doyle Independent 834
Danny Laffin Independent 1,465
Sydney River- Bill Matheson Green 284 Mira-Louisbourg Mary Beth MacDonald NDP 565
Marc Botte NSLP 2,306
Brian Comer PC 3,215
Russ Green Independent 982
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 3 Analysis
Voter Participation
During each by-election, voters could register and be added to the list of electors. Revisions were made to the list throughout the by-elections.
There are three versions of the list of electors certified by the returning officer. The preliminary list of electors must be certified by Day 22 of the election calendar (Appendix A) and may be distributed to nominated candidates. The revised list of electors is certified by Day 11, the first day of advance polls. The official list of electors is certified by Day 2 and is used at the election day polls. After the writ of election is returned, the final list of electors is completed and made available to the political parties that ran candidates and the newly elected members for each district.
A personalized Voter Information Card (VIC) was mailed to each voter on the preliminary list. The VIC package included information about all available voting opportunities and the choices of candidates by name and party.
Table 3 shows the participation of eligible electors in each by-election, by age group.
Table 3 • Number of Electors and Votes by Age
Sackville-Cobequid Argyle-Barrington Age Range Electors voted % voted Electors voted % voted 18-24 Years 1,119 286 26% 737 220 30% 25-34 Years 2,456 533 22% 1,451 440 30% 35-44 Years 2,382 709 30% 1,666 605 36% 45-54 Years 2,670 998 37% 2,220 1,013 46% 55-64 Years 2,975 1,484 50% 2,684 1,436 54% 65-74 Years 2,287 1,487 65% 2,209 1,432 65% 75+ Years 1,371 771 56% 1,526 918 60%
Northside-Westmount Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Age Range Electors voted % voted Electors voted % voted 18-24 Years 999 323 32% 856 257 30% 25-34 Years 1,933 562 29% 1,699 452 27% 35-44 Years 2,063 718 35% 1,951 690 35% 45-54 Years 2,613 1,182 45% 2,417 1,070 44% 55-64 Years 3,500 1,894 54% 3,209 1,735 54% 65-74 Years 2,782 1,756 63% 3,039 1,877 62% 75+ Years 2,224 1,250 56% 2,089 1,040 50%
4 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Voter Turnout over 10 years
Table 4 shows the voter turnout for by-elections over the past 10 years.
Table 4 • Voter Turnout in By-elections over 10 years
Electors Voted % Voted
2009 Inverness 14,310 8,866 62.0%
2009 Antigonish 15,294 8,107 53.0%
2010 Yarmouth 13,361 7,917 59.3%
2010 Glace Bay 12,947 7,234 55.9%
2010 Cumberland South 9,874 5,738 58.1%
2011 Cape Breton North 14,114 7,299 51.7%
2015 Sydney-Whitney Pier 18,310 7,768 42.4%
2015 Dartmouth South 17,100 6,486 37.9%
2015 Cape Breton Centre 13,389 6,341 47.4%
2016 Halifax Needham 15,372 4,967 32.3%
2018 Cumberland South 10,927 5,790 53.0%
2019 Sackville-Cobequid 15,260 6,335 41.5%
2019 Argyle-Barrington 12,473 6,167 49.4%
2019 Northside-Westmount 16,075 7,795 48.5%
2019 Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg 15,098 7,377 48.9%
Early Voter Turnout over 10 years
The trend of voting before election day continues to grow. In general elections early voting has increased from 15% in 2009 to 25% in 2013 and 30% in 2017. By-elections have followed a similar trend. Increased opportunities to vote have been a factor that have contributed to the rise in early voting. In 2016, legislation was amended to increase the number of days for advance polls from 2 to 7 days. Table 5 shows early voter turnout in by-elections over the last 10 years.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 5 Table 5 • Early Voter Turnout in By-elections over 10 Years
Voted Early Votes % Early Votes
2009 Inverness 8,866 1,069 12.0%
2009 Antigonish 8,107 1,202 14.8%
2010 Yarmouth 7,917 1,219 15.4%
2010 Glace Bay 7,234 1,850 25.6%
2010 Cumberland South 5,738 1,292 22.5%
2011 Cape Breton North 7,299 2,003 27.4%
2015 Sydney-Whitney Pier 7,768 2,427 31.2%
2015 Dartmouth South 6,486 1,560 24.0%
2015 Cape Breton Centre 6,341 1,567 24.7%
2016 Halifax Needham 4,967 1,605 32.3%
2018 Cumberland South 5,790 1,924 33.3%
2019 Sackville-Cobequid 6,335 2,717 42.9%
2019 Argyle-Barrington 6,167 1,584 25.7%
2019 Northside-Westmount 7,795 2,489 31.9%
2019 Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg 7,377 1,458 19.8%
Rejected Ballots
During the count after the close of polls on election day, ballots that are not clearly marked for one of the registered candidates are reported as ‘rejected’.
We acknowledge that this accounting is not relevant to determining who won the election. In the context of why we encounter rejected ballots in the electoral process, their scrutiny after the fact is informative, and therefore, worth reporting. ENS reviews the rejected ballots after each election to understand the reasons ballots are rejected and to improve the ballot and voting processes.
Table 6 provides the number of rejected ballots by voting opportunity for each electoral district.
6 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Table 6 • Rejected Ballot by Voting Opportunity
Total rejected ballots
Advance Mobile Continuous Write-in- Election Day Total By-election Polls Polls Poll Ballot Polls
Sackville- 4 15 19 Cobequid
Argyle- 1 1 4 1 15 22 Barrington
Northside- 2 13 1 35 51 Westmount
Sydney River- 2 4 1 18 25 Mira-Louisbourg
Number of Seats in the House of Assembly
Prior to the by-elections in 2019 the distribution of 51 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was: 27 NSLP, 17 PC, and 7 NDP. The vacancy in Sackville-Cobequid made the seat count in the House: 27 NSLP, 17 PC, 6 NDP, 1 vacancy.
During the writ prior for the Sackville-Cobequid by-election, the Member for Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River (Lenore Zann) declared herself independent on June 7, 2019. This made the distribution of seats as follows: 27 NSLP, 17 PC, 5 NDP, 1 independent, and 1 vacancy (Sackville-Cobequid).
At the conclusion of the June 18, 2019 Sackville-Cobequid by-election, the distribution was: 27 NSLP, 18 PC, 5 NDP, and 1 independent.
Following that by-election, on June 24, 2019 the Member for Cape Breton-Richmond (Alana Paon) was removed from the PC Caucus and became independent. This left the seat distribution as follows: 27 NSLP, 17 PC, 5 NDP, and 2 independent.
On July 31, 2019, the Members for Argyle-Barrington (Chris d’Entremont), Northside- Westmount (Eddie Orrell), and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg (Alfie MacLeod) resigned their seats. This left the seat distribution as follows: 27 NSLP, 14 PC, 5 NDP, 2 independent, 3 vacancies.
At the conclusion of the September 3rd by-elections in Argyle-Barrington, Northside- Westmount, and Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg the distribution of 51 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was: 27 NSLP; 17 PC, 5 NDP, and 2 independent.
On September 12, 2019, Lenore Zann vacated her seat in Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook- Salmon River. This left the seat distribution at follows: 27 NSLP, 17 PC, 5 NDP, 1 independent, and 1 vacancy.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 7 Electoral Finance
The reporting of election expenses is important to ensure that all election spending stays within the legislated limits as defined by theAct as they are key components of the electoral finance regime in Nova Scotia.
Registered Parties’ Expense Limits
The Act sets out formulas by which registered party spending limits are established. Within 120 days of the date of the return of the writ of election, the official agent of each registered party that fielded a candidate is required to file a report of election expenses with supporting receipts and an independent auditor’s opinion respecting the report. The Act does not provide for the reimbursement of registered party election expenses. The CEO waived the requirement for registered parties to have an audit of their expenses if costs incurred were less than $500 for these by-elections.
The votes cast per party candidate in a by-election do not alter the amount of public funding each registered party receives annually through ENS. This amount is based on the votes cast for all party candidates throughout the province in the last PGE.
Table 7 shows the expenses for the registered parties that endorsed candidates in these four by-elections. The table includes the spending limits set for registered parties in each by-election and the date each party filed their report.
8 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Table 7 • Registered Party Spending Limits, Filing Dates, and Election Expenses
Registered Spending Election By-election Party Limit ($) Filing Date Expense ($) Notes
Atlantica 6,742 Oct. 24, 2019 - Sackville-Cobequid (Due October 16, Green 6,742 Aug. 21, 2019 160 2019) NDP* 6,742 Oct. 16, 2019* 890
NSLP 6,742 Oct. 23, 2019 3,497 Late
PC 6,742 Sept. 26, 2019 -
Atlantica 6,742 Jan. 29, 2020 - Late Argyle-Barrington (Due January 13, Green 6,742 Nov. 8, 2020 - 2020) NDP 6,742 Jan. 28, 2020 - Late
NSLP 6,742 Jan. 10, 2020 4,665
PC 6,742 Dec. 9, 2019 4,380
Atlantica 6,742 Jan. 29, 2020 - Late Northside- Westmount Green 6,742 Nov. 8, 2019 - (Due January 13, NDP 6,742 Jan. 9, 2020 - 2020) NSLP 6,742 Jan. 10, 2020 4,001
PC 6,742 Dec. 9, 2019 4,332
Atlantica 6,742 Jan. 29, 2020 - Late Sydney River- Mira-Louisbourg Green 6,742 Nov. 8, 2019 - (Due January 13, NDP 6,742 Jan. 28, 2020 - Late 2020) NSLP 6,742 Jan. 10, 2020 3,639
PC 6,742 Dec. 9, 2019 2,725
* The first submission was received from the NDP Party in October 2019 and following the in-depth review, further information and supporting documentation was requested, particularly for the invoices charged to the candidate by the NDP party. An amended report was received on January 24, 2020 that met the requirements for supporting documentation and included an audit report. Based on the issues encountered with this file, ENS has provided additional training to the party’s team on the requirements of the Act.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 9 Candidate Expense Limits
The Act provides the formula for calculating the maximum amount that a candidate may incur for election expenses. The final limit is based on the greater of the number of electors on either the preliminary or final lists of electors.
A candidate who receives at least 10% of the valid votes cast in their electoral district is eligible to receive reimbursement of election expenses. The amount of reimbursement is the lesser of the maximum reimbursement amount or the candidate’s actual election expenses. Table 8 provides the candidate expense and reimbursement limits for the four by-elections based on the final list of electors for each district.
Table 8 • Candidate Election Expense and Reimbursement Limits
Sackville- Argyle- Northside- Sydney River- Cobequid Barrington Westmount Mira-Louisbourg
Date of final list July 4, 2019 Oct. 22, 2019 Oct. 22, 2019 Oct. 22, 2019
Number of Electors 15,260 12,613 16,075 15,193
Total Candidate Spending Limit (s.260 of the Act) ($) 85,335.42 72,494.60 89,289.05 85,010.40
Candidate Reimbursement Amount Maximum $1.62 per elector (s.267 of the Act) ($) 24,675.84 20,395.57 25,993.72 24,567.50
Candidates, Official Agents, and Report Filing
The Act requires each candidate to appoint an Official Agent (OA) and provide their name and address on their nomination papers. The OA of a candidate is responsible for all financial aspects of the campaign and is required to file reports detailing election expenses, political contributions, and tax receipts. If candidate expenses exceed $500, an audit must be conducted for certain reports. The Act requires the auditor appointed by the candidate be an accountant licensed to audit with Chartered Professional Accountants of Nova Scotia (CPANS).
Table 9 provides a listing of reports that must be filed by the OA of a candidate including the statutory reference, the audit requirement, and the filing deadlines. In addition to the listed filing deadlines, unused tax receipts must be returned to ENS within 30 days of election day.
ENS staff offered local training sessions in advance of each by-election to assist the OAs in understanding their duties and the preparations of the required reports.
10 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Table 9 • Reporting Requirements of Official Agent of a Candidate
Legislative Report Name Reference Audit Required Filing Deadline
Report of Elections Act Audit opinion 80 days after return Candidate’s ss. 229(1) respecting report of the writ: Election Expenses June 18 by-election – Sept. 16, (Form 2 series) 2019 September 3rd By-elections – Dec. 17, 2019
Candidate’s Elections Act Audit opinion 80 days after return Statement of ss. 240(3) respecting report of the writ: Contributions for June 18 by-election – Sept. 16, which Official Tax 2019 Receipts issued September 3rd By-elections – (Form 2-5) Dec. 17, 2019
Notification by Elections Act Audit opinion Within 30 days of receiving Official Agent of S. 268 not required final reimbursement of election Disposal of Excess expenses or in the case where Contributions the candidate is not eligible for (Form 2-6) reimbursement within 60 days of filing reports.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 11 Table 10 lists each candidate and their OA as well as the date on which the OA initially filed their candidate’s by-election report. Under the Act, the elected candidate is disqualified from sitting or voting in the House of Assembly until their OA has filed their required reports.
Table 10 • Registered Candidates, Official Agents, and Report Filing Dates
Registered By-election Candidate Party Official Agent Filing date
David F. Boyd Atlantica Graham Brownlie Sept. 16, 2019 Sackville-Cobequid (Due Sept. 16, 2019) Anthony Edmonds Green Jillian Edmonds Sept. 16, 2019
Lara Fawthrop NDP* Michael Cormier Sept. 12, 2019
Michel Hindlet NSLP Calvin Pearce Sept. 12, 2019
Steve Craig PC Lucille Reid Sept. 12, 2019
Adam Randall Green Brenton Laprade Dec. 12, 2019 Argyle-Barrington (Due Dec. 17, 2019) Robin C. Smith NDP Peter Glenister Dec. 3, 2019
Charlene I. LeBlanc NSLP David Sollows Dec. 2, 2019
Colton F. LeBlanc PC George White Nov. 8, 2019
Thomas Bethell Atlantica* Ryan LeDrew Dec. 12, 2019 Northside- Westmount Ron G. Parker Green Jessica Alexander Nov. 14, 2019 (Due Dec. 17, 2019) Ronald Crowther NDP Rhonda Jerrett Nov. 29, 2019
Paul Ratchford NSLP John Higgins Dec. 2, 2019
Murray Ryan PC Evan Perry Nov. 29, 2019
Andrew Doyle Independent Kimberley Rideout Dec. 30, 2019
Danny Laffin Independent* Nicholas Beaton Jan. 15, 2020
Bill Matheson Green Jessica Alexander Nov. 14, 2019 Sydney River- Mary Beth Mira-Louisbourg NDP Peter Glenister Dec. 3, 2019 (Due Dec. 17, 2019) MacDonald Marc Botte NSLP* Allan Farrell Jan. 3, 2020
Brian Comer PC Lucille Mackie Nov. 27, 2019
Russ Green Independent Albert Maroun Oct. 25, 2019
* Request for extension granted
12 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Candidate Nomination Deposit
When a candidate files their nomination papers with the RO, theAct requires the candidate provide a deposit of $200. Following the 2017 PGE and based on the Court of Queen’s Bench decision in Alberta ruling that the nomination deposit requirement for federal elections infringe on section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the CEO recommended removing the requirement for the nomination deposit. Based on this recommendation, the CEO waived the nomination deposit requirement for by- elections held since 2017 including all four of these by-elections.
In the Spring 2020 session of the House of Assembly, the Legislature passed amendments to the Act based on the CEO’s recommendations from the 2017 PGE. The elimination of the nomination deposit was not included in these amendments and remains in the Act.
Candidate Audit Fee
Under Section 18 of the Tariff of Fees and Expenses (Tariff), the OA of a candidate can be reimbursed for all or a portion of their costs for audit fees. Where a candidate’s election expenses amount to less than $500, an audit report is not required. A candidate’s eligibility to be reimbursed for audit costs is not conditional on receiving a minimum threshold of the valid votes cast. The amount of reimbursement a candidate may receive is the lesser of $828.22 or the auditor’s fee. The audit fee reimbursed to each candidate is shown in Table 11.
Summary of Candidate Election Expenses and Reimbursements
The election expenses report filed by the OA of a candidate receives a detailed compliance review by the financial staff of the CEO. All expenses reported must meet the definition of election expenses in the Act. Pursuant to the Act any payment of $25 or more for election expenses must be evidenced by a receipt. Table 11 shows each candidate’s expenses as categorized in their election expenses report (Form 2-3E and 2-3F) as amended by the detailed compliance review.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 13 Table 11 • Candidate Election Expenses and Reimbursements
Expense Category ($) Expense Category ($)
Election Ex- Total Registered Worker Publicity Campaign Personal Total Amended pense Penalty for Reimburse- By-Election Candidate Party Head-quarters Renumeration Advertising Travel Functions Other Expenses Election Expenses* Reimbursement Audit Fees Late filings ment
David F. Boyd Atlantica 87 74 1,134 - - 23 - 1,318 - 497 - 497 Sackville- Cobequid Anthony Edmonds Green - - 1,861 - - - - 1,861 - 460 - 460
Lara Fawthrop NDP 7,489 31,439 17,273 2,569 - - - 58,770 24,676 828 - 25,504
Michel Hindlet NSLP 3,535 555 11,959 198 - 14 47 16,309 16,309 828 - 17,137
Steve Craig PC 3,328 5,843 23,904 1,716 580 - - 35,370 24,676 828 - 25,504
Adam Randall Green ------Argyle- Barrington Robin C. Smith NDP - - 1,613 - - - - 1,613 - 569 - 569
Charlene I. LeBlanc NSLP 3,487 1,021 18,047 191 - 858 - 23,604 20,396 828 - 21,224
Colton F. LeBlanc PC 3,165 963 16,461 1,635 - 2 - 22,225 20,396 828 - 21,224
Thomas Bethell Atlantica 6 - - - - 7 - 13 - - - - Northside- Westmount Ron G. Parker Green ------
Ronald Crowther NDP 2,865 11,331 14,473 36 - 3 - 28,708 25,994 828 - 26,822
Paul Ratchford NSLP 2,711 1,360 34,882 961 517 599 - 41,030 25,994 828 - 26,822
Murray Ryan PC 1,515 2,374 26,234 1,089 288 137 - 31,637 25,994 828 - 26,822
Andrew Doyle Independent ------
Danny Laffin Independent 6,465 1,786 13,345 125 - 324 58 22,104 22,104 828 250 22,682
Bill Matheson Green ------Sydney River -Mira- Mary Beth MacDonald NDP - - 1,456 - - - - 1,465 - 569 - 569 Louisbourg Marc Botte NSLP 1,890 1,172 30,929 589 - - 183 34,763 24,568 828 - 25,396
Brian Comer PC 6,458 701 22,581 3,104 - 244 - 33,088 24,568 828 - 25,396
Russ Green Independent 1,839 344 556 - - - - 2,739 2,739 100 - 2,839
* Total amended election expense totals have been rounded
14 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Table 11 • Candidate Election Expenses and Reimbursements
Expense Category ($) Expense Category ($)
Election Ex- Total Registered Worker Publicity Campaign Personal Total Amended pense Penalty for Reimburse- By-Election Candidate Party Head-quarters Renumeration Advertising Travel Functions Other Expenses Election Expenses* Reimbursement Audit Fees Late filings ment
David F. Boyd Atlantica 87 74 1,134 - - 23 - 1,318 - 497 - 497 Sackville- Cobequid Anthony Edmonds Green - - 1,861 - - - - 1,861 - 460 - 460
Lara Fawthrop NDP 7,489 31,439 17,273 2,569 - - - 58,770 24,676 828 - 25,504
Michel Hindlet NSLP 3,535 555 11,959 198 - 14 47 16,309 16,309 828 - 17,137
Steve Craig PC 3,328 5,843 23,904 1,716 580 - - 35,370 24,676 828 - 25,504
Adam Randall Green ------Argyle- Barrington Robin C. Smith NDP - - 1,613 - - - - 1,613 - 569 - 569
Charlene I. LeBlanc NSLP 3,487 1,021 18,047 191 - 858 - 23,604 20,396 828 - 21,224
Colton F. LeBlanc PC 3,165 963 16,461 1,635 - 2 - 22,225 20,396 828 - 21,224
Thomas Bethell Atlantica 6 - - - - 7 - 13 - - - - Northside- Westmount Ron G. Parker Green ------
Ronald Crowther NDP 2,865 11,331 14,473 36 - 3 - 28,708 25,994 828 - 26,822
Paul Ratchford NSLP 2,711 1,360 34,882 961 517 599 - 41,030 25,994 828 - 26,822
Murray Ryan PC 1,515 2,374 26,234 1,089 288 137 - 31,637 25,994 828 - 26,822
Andrew Doyle Independent ------
Danny Laffin Independent 6,465 1,786 13,345 125 - 324 58 22,104 22,104 828 250 22,682
Bill Matheson Green ------Sydney River -Mira- Mary Beth MacDonald NDP - - 1,456 - - - - 1,465 - 569 - 569 Louisbourg Marc Botte NSLP 1,890 1,172 30,929 589 - - 183 34,763 24,568 828 - 25,396
Brian Comer PC 6,458 701 22,581 3,104 - 244 - 33,088 24,568 828 - 25,396
Russ Green Independent 1,839 344 556 - - - - 2,739 2,739 100 - 2,839
* Total amended election expense totals have been rounded
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 15 Election-related Costs
ENS makes every effort to record and report all costs associated with the delivery of each election. Costs associated with election service delivery can be categorized as either direct costs or indirect costs.
Direct costs are costs that can be specifically identified with a returning office. For reporting purposes, direct costs are consolidated into various categories.
Indirect costs are those overhead costs associated with the by-election’s administration and election operations incurred by ENS as part of election service delivery.
Table 12 summarizes all direct and indirect by-election costs for the four by-elections in 2019.
Table 12 • By-election Costs by Electoral District
Electoral District
Sydney River- Sackville- Argyle- Northside- Mira- Cost Category ($) Cobequid Barrington Westmount Louisbourg
Election Workers ($) 33,084 30,429 31,158 37,926
Enumerators ($) 1,872 - - -
Polling Locations ($) 4,722 5,678 2,723 7,147
Postage, Courier, and 7,179 7,898 7,470 7,376 Shipping ($)
Ballot and VIC Printing ($) 6,730 10,175 12,917 12,230
Office and Equipment 13,018 3,930 10,443 2,250 Leases ($)
Office Expenses ($) 2,106 4,466 3,000 5,637
Salaries ($) 42,788 37,730 39,958 40,703
Telephone and Internet ($) 1,403 2,365 1,520 2,089
Total RO HQ Cost ($) 112,902 102,670 109,187 115,358
ENS Overhead ($) 14,737 19,949 25,425 24,030
Total Cost Per ED ($) (RO HQ Cost + ENS 127,638 122,619 134,612 139,388 Overhead)*
* Total Cost Per ED has been rounded
16 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Third Party Advertising
A third party is an individual or group that is not a candidate, registered party or electoral district association that has chosen to publicly voice an opinion that could affect the outcome of the election. The Act requires third parties to register and report their spending if they have spent $500 or more on election advertising. Election advertising is a message that promotes or opposes a registered party or candidate or takes a position on an issue associated with a registered party or candidate. According to the Act, the limit for third party advertising in these by-elections was set as follows: • June 18, 2020 Sackville- Cobequid - $2,261.58 • September 3, 2019 Three By-elections - $6,784.73
No third party advertisers registered for the by-elections in 2019.
Total Advertising Costs
ENS reports advertising expenses in its Annual Report, and in the Financial Information & Statistics following each election or by-election.
Table 13 • Summary of By-election Advertising Costs
Out-of- By-Election Television Radio Print Social Online Home TOTAL
Sackville-Cobequid ($) Nil Nil 3,152 Nil Nil Nil 3,152
September 3, 2019 Nil 594 10,145 Nil Nil Nil 10,739 By-elections ($)
Total Cost
Table 14 • Summary of Total By-election Costs Sackville- Argyle- Northside- Sydney River- By-election Cost Cobequid Barrington Westmount Mira-Louisbourg
Total RO HQ Cost ($) 112,902 102,670 109,187 115,358
EHS Overhead ($) 14,737 19,949 25,425 24,030
Candidate Reimbursement ($) 69,102 43,017 103,148 54,200
Total Cost* ($) 196,740 165,636 237,760 193,588
* Total Cost has been rounded
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 17 Cost Per Elector
Table 15 compares the cost per elector for the 2019 By-elections to previous by-elections, and the average cost of the PGEs held in 2017 and 2013.
Table 15 • Cost Per Elector
Sydney River- Sackville- Argyle- Northside- Mira- Description Cobequid Barrington Westmount Louisbourg
Candidate 65,661 40,791 99,835 51,874 Election Expenses ($)
Candidate Audit 3,441 2,226 3,313 2,326 Fee Subsidy ($)
Returning Office Costs ($) 127,638 122,619 134,612 139,388
Total Election Cost ($) 196,740 165,636 237,760 193,588
Number of Electors on List 15,260 12,613 16,075 15,193
Total Cost per elector ($) 12.89 13.13 14.79 12.74
Operation Cost 8.36 9.72 8.37 9.17 per elector ($)
Cumberland Halifax South Needham By-election By-election PGE PGE Description June 19, 2018 August 30, 2016 May 30, 2017* October 8, 2013
Candidate 34,782 70,095 3,286,014 2,932,344 Election Expenses ($)
Candidate Audit 3,020 2,346 118,835.00 86,025 Fee Subsidy ($)
Returning Office Costs ($) 108,728 183,883 6,477,969 6,261,608
Total Election Cost ($) 146,530 256,325 9,882,818 9,279,976
Number of Electors on List 10,927 15,372 756,113 720,077
Total Cost per elector ($) 13.41 16.67 13.07 12.89
Operation Cost 9.95 11.96 8.57 8.70 per elector ($)
18 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Compliance
The CEO is responsible for enforcing fairness, impartiality and compliance with the Act, and may investigate matters during an election period that might constitute an offence under the Act. During the by-elections in 2019 there were two incidents that arose requiring the CEO to investigate and respond.
Sackville-Cobequid
On May 16, 2019, Elections Nova Scotia (ENS) received a complaint that Steve Craig, the PC candidate in the Sackville-Cobequid by-election and the Municipal Councillor for District 15 (Lower Sackville) in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), may have breached the Act by taking advantage of municipal resources to promote himself as a candidate in a provincial by-election. The complaint contained two allegations.
The first allegation was that Mr. Craig distributed a newsletter in the election period using municipal funds which was election advertising and did not include an indication that the advertising was authorized by the official agent of the candidate.
The second allegation was that Mr. Craig attended an event on May 15, 2019 where he gave a $20,000 cheque from the municipal district capital fund to a local community group and that the cheque was made in exchange for receiving votes of one or more persons.
On May 17, 2019, the CEO launched an investigation under the authority of subsections 4(a), 5(p) and 287 of the Act.
Based on the investigation, the CEO came to the following conclusions: • For the first allegation regarding the newsletter distribution it was determined that the newsletter was distributed before the election period began (prior to the issuance of the writ on May 15, 2019), therefore the allegation was dismissed. • For the second allegation, the CEO concluded that the funds provided by Mr. Craig from the municipal District Capital Fund to the local community group was done as part of his responsibilities as an HRM councillor and was not intended to promote Mr. Craig as a candidate in the Sackville-Cobequid by-election.
Although it was determined that Mr. Craig had not breached the Act, the CEO felt that the provision of funds by an elected official in one level of government should not be permitted while that official is running for election at another level of government. The CEO made recommendations to this regard in a report published on May 29, 2019. Those recommendations are also included in this report.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 19 Northside-Westmount
On August 7, 2019, voting began for the September 3rd by-elections as the Act requires voting to be established on the 27th day prior to election day. When voting began, Danny Laffin was registered as the PC candidate for Northside-Westmount.
As specified by the Act, nominations close at 2pm on the 20th day before the election. Nominations for the September 3rd by-elections closed at 2 pm on August 14, 2019. However, before the close of nominations, the PC party withdrew their endorsement of Mr. Laffin and endorsed a new candidate, Murray Ryan whose nomination papers were accepted by the RO on August 14. Mr. Laffin continued to contest the by-election in Northside-Westmount as an independent candidate.
There were 135 ballots cast at Northside-Westmount returning office prior to the close of nominations. There was also one out-of-district vote cast prior to the close of nominations in the Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg district by a voter from Northside-Westmount. In total, 136 ballots were cast prior to the close of nominations in the Northside-Westmount by-election.
These early votes were all cast using the write-in ballot format which included the registered party names and provided a space for voters to write a candidate’s name if they so choose.
The CEO determined the process for counting the votes and shared that process with the registered parties, candidates, and the public on August 21, 2019. The ballots were subsequently counted as follows: • A ballot marked only for the PC party name was counted towards the PC candidate, Murray Ryan. • A ballot that included only Danny Laffin’s name as a candidate was counted towards Mr. Laffin. • A ballot that included both Danny Laffin’s name as a candidate and was marked for the PC party was counted towards Mr. Laffin.
Following the 2017 PGE, the CEO, in his report to the Legislature made the following recommendations for legislative change regarding voting before the close of nominations: • Voting commence at 4:00 pm, two hours after nominations close on Day 20 so that voters may be made fully aware of all nominated candidates contesting the election in their home electoral district; and • Any elector who cannot attend a poll after nominations close on Day 20, apply and be pre-approved to be sent a write-in ballot kit on Day 19 along with a list of the candidates contesting the election in their district.
These recommendations were not included in the amendments to the Act approved by the House of Assembly in the spring 2020 Legislative session.
In addition to these recommendations, the CEO made modifications to the write-in-ballot to emphasize writing the candidate’s name if known over the party name in order to improve the clarity of the intention of the voter.
20 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Chief Electoral Officer Recommendations
Sackville-Cobequid Recommendations
Based on the investigation into the alleged breaches of the Act by Steve Craig in the Sackville-Cobequid by-election, The CEO made the following recommendations:
Recommendation 1: The CEO recommends that the Elections Act be modified to require elected local officials and members of other legislative assemblies to, at minimum, take a leave of absence from their other elected position during the election period.
Recommendation 2: The CEO recommends that HRM consider updating their guidelines to reflect updates to theElections Act.
These recommendations were published on May 29, 2019, on the ENS website and that report was shared with Member of the Legislative Assembly.
In response to these recommendations both HRM and the Provincial Department of Municipal Affairs introduced policy changes and legislative amendments to protect against potential conflicts of interest. In June 2019, HRM made a resolution to require Councillors to take a leave of absence if they register as a candidate in an election at another level of government. During the fall 2019 session of the House of Assembly, amendments were made to the House of Assembly Act to require members of the Legislative Assembly to resign if they are running for office for another level of government, and amendments to the Municipal Elections Act were made to require municipalities to establish policies that address councilors running for other levels of government.
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 21 Readability Measure
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22 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA APPENDIX A By-election Calendars
Sackville-Cobequid By-election 27 / Wednesday, May 22 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 33 / Thursday, May 16 - Issuing write-in ballots must begin - Writ issued s.30 (by mail or by agent) s.101-108 - Notice of Election issued s.30 - Returning Office continuous poll must begin - Returning Office established s.27 s.140-143 - Returning Office hours: no public hours 26 / Thursday, May 23 - Request list of election officers from registered - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm parties s.81(1) 25 / Friday, May 24 32 / Friday, May 17 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Final day to secure election day polling locations - Post Notice of Election s.31 (b) - s. 90 and assign polling divisions to polling - Appoint enumerators s.47 (3) locations in EMS - Train enumerators 24 / Saturday, May 25 - Requests for write-in ballot applications may begin - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (by mail, fax, email or by agent) s.101-108 - Target enumeration ends - Returning Office continuous poll may begin s.140-143 23 / Sunday, May 26 - Target enumeration begins - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Nominations accepted s.65 - Target enumeration data entry to be completed by - Revision to the list of electors begins s.55 end of day - Begin to secure polling locations s.90 22 / Monday, May 27 31 / Saturday, May 18 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Final day to certify preliminary list of electors - Final day to post Notice of Election s.31 (b) - Write-in ballot continues (by mail, agent or write- - Final day to confirm early voting community poll in ballot team) s.101-108 and advance poll locations and define them in - Returning Office continuous poll continues EMS s.140(2) - Final day for establishment of mobile polls - Revision to the list of electors continues s.55 - Data entry from target enumeration - Before generating VICs, exclude addresses - Final day to request registered parties provide of residential centres where mobile polls are names of election officers s.81(1) scheduled - Confirm election officers at community polls and - VICs to be generated in EMS by close of the office advance polls s.53 30 / Sunday, May 19 21 / Tuesday, May 28 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 29 / Monday, May 20 20 / Wednesday, May 29 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Write-in ballot continues (by mail or agent) s.101- - Nominations close: 2:00 pm s.66(2) deadline for 108 candidate to withdraw nomination: 2:00 pm s.72 - Voting by write-in ballot coordinator team begins 19 / Thursday, May 30 s.101(6)(b) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office continuous poll continues - Lists of polling locations must be provided to s.140(2) officially nominated candidates s.90(2) - Revision to the list of electors continues s.55 - Final day to provide certified preliminary list of - Acceptance of nominations continues s.65 electors to officially nominated candidates s.52(3) 28 / Tuesday, May 21 - Print a list of candidates from EMS for all - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm community poll and advance poll locations. - Provide certified preliminary list of electors to each 18 / Friday, May 31 officially nominated candidate s.52(3) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Revision to the list continues after preliminary list 17 / Saturday, June 1 is certified s.54 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Registered parties must provide names of election officers no later than 5:00 pm s.81(2) 16 / Sunday, June 2 - Returning Office hours: no public hours
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 23 15 / Monday, June 3 6 / Wednesday, June 12 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Write-in ballot voting continues (by agent or s.134(1)(a) write- in ballot coordinator team) s.101-108 - Voting in hospitals by write-in ballot coordinator - Returning Office continuous poll continues team(s) ends s.101(15)(b) s.140(2) - Begin training election day election officers - Revision to the list of electors continues 5 / Thursday, June 13 14 / Tuesday, June 4 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 8:00 pm 13 / Wednesday, June 5 s.134(1)(b) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office continuous poll continues s.140(2) 12 / Thursday, June 6 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 4 / Friday, June 14 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm 11 / Friday, June 7 - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 8:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm s.134(1)(b) - Election day ballots received from printer by - Applications for transfer certificates available 12:00 pm s.99(1) - Revised list of electors certified after 6:00 pm - (3) for a candidate, scrutineer or elector physically s.57(1) impeded from voting at their assigned polling - Revised list provided to each officially nominated station. candidate s.57(1)(c) - Community Poll starts in multiple locations - Print the revised list of electors for your district for advance poll locations where voting begins on 3 / Saturday, June 15 day 10 and community poll locations where voting - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm begins on day 4 - Advance and Community Polls end at 6:00 pm - Final day to receive objections to names on list of s.134(1)(a) electors s.61(1) - Applications for transfer certificates end at 6:00 pm s.99(1)(3) for a candidate, scrutineer or 10 / Saturday, June 8 elector physically impeded from voting at their - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm assigned polling station. - Deadline to receive an application for write-in - If ready, supply list of election day officers to ballot by mail, fax, e-mail, if the ballot is to be candidates s.85 mailed 6:00 pm s.101(3)(e) - Ask candidates for names of witnesses for election - Advance poll begins at 9:00 am to 6:00 pm night verification and counts for the write-in ballot s.132-139 and continuous polls - Returning Office continuous poll continues - Revision to the list of electors for electors who are s.140(2) not voting ends at 6:00 pm 9 / Sunday, June 9 2 / Sunday, June 16 - - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Returning Office hours: no public hours 8 / Monday, June 10 - Certify official list of electors. - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - After 1:00 pm s.57(3) and 97(1) provide official s.134(1)(a) list of electors to candidates s.57(3)(c) - Returning Office continuous poll continues - Transfer certificates available for an election officer s.140(2) who has been appointed after the last day of - Voting in hospitals by write-in ballot coordinator advanced poll s.99(2) team(s) begins s.101(15)(b) 1 / Monday, June 17 7 / Tuesday, June 11 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Final day to train election day officers s.134(1)(a) - Final day to supply list of election day officers to candidates s.85 - Returning Office continuous poll continues s.140(2)(a) - Revision to the list of electors continues (only if the elector is voting) - Write-in ballot voting continues (by agent or write-in ballot coordinator team) s.101(3)(b)(d) - Provide ballots and official list of electors to election day officers - Transfer certificates available for an election day officer who has been appointed after the last day of advance poll s.99(2)
24 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA 0 / Tuesday, June 18 - Returning Office hours: 8:00 am until all poll results are received - Election day poll 8:00 am to 8:00 pm s.80 - Returning Office continuous poll continues 8:00am to 8:00 pm s.140(2)(a) - Write-in ballot voting (by agent or write-in ballot coordinator team) applications cease 3:00 pm s.101(3)(b)(d) - Revision to the list of electors (only if the elector is voting) ends at 8:00 pm - All write-in ballots are to be returned to the returning office by 8:00 pm - Transfer certificates available for an election day officer who has been appointed after the last day of advance poll s.99(2) - Receive all unofficial results from polling station counts +1 / Wednesday, June 19 - Returning Office hours: no public hours +2 / Thursday, June 20 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Official addition commences 10:00 am s.145(1) - Destruction of lists of electors letter to candidates and official agents sent out by CEO +6 / Monday, June 24 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Earliest date for application for judicial recount s.149(1) +10 / Friday, June 28 - Date for return of the Writ, in person or by courier, if official count not delayed and no recount under s.159
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 25 September 3, 2019 19 / Thursday, August 15 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm By-elections - Final day for RO to provide certified preliminary list of electors to officially nominated candidates 32 / Friday, August 2 s.52(3) - Writ issued s.30 - RO must provide “List of Polling Locations” to - Notice of Election issued s.30 officially nominated candidates s.90(2) - Returning Office established s.27 - Request list of election officers from registered 18 / Friday, August 16 parties s.81(1) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 31 / Saturday, August 3 17 / Saturday, August 17 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 30 / Sunday, August 4 16 / Sunday, August 18 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Final day to request registered parties provide names 15 / Monday, August 19 of election officers s.81(1) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 29 / Monday, August 5 14 / Tuesday, August 20 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Request for write-in ballot applications may begin (by 13 / Wednesday, August 21 mail, fax, email or by agent) s. 101-108 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Registered parties must provide names of election officers no later than 5:00 pm s. 81(2) 12 / Thursday, August 22 - Returning Office continuous poll may begin s. 140- - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 143 (in-district and out-of-district) 11 / Friday, August 23 - Target enumeration begins - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Nominations accepted s. 65 - After 6:00 pm – RO to provide Revised List of - Post Notice of Elections in returning office s. 31 (b) Electors to each officially nominated candidate 28 / Tuesday, August 6 s.57(1)(c) - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 10 / Saturday, August 24 27 / Wednesday, August 7 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Advance poll begins at 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office continuous poll must begin s.132-139 s.140-143 (in-district and out-of-district) 9 / Sunday, August 25 26 / Thursday, August 8 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 8 / Monday, August 26 25 / Friday, August 9 - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 7 / Tuesday, August 27 24 / Saturday, August 10 - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 6 / Wednesday, August 28 23 / Sunday, August 11 - Advance poll continues 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Returning Office hours: no public hours 5 / Thursday, August 29 22 / Monday, August 12 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 4 / Friday, August 30 - Voting by write-in ballot coordinator team begins - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm s.101(6)(b) - Applications for transfer certificates available - Acceptance of nominations continues s. 65 s.99(1) 21 / Tuesday, August 13 - (3) for a candidate, scrutineer or elector physically - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm impeded from voting at their assigned polling station. 20 / Wednesday, August 14 - Community Poll starts in multiple locations - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Nominations close: 2:00 pm s.66(2) 3 / Saturday, August 31 - Deadline for candidate to withdraw nomination: 2:00 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm pm s.72 - Advance and Community Polls end at 6:00 pm s.134(1)(a) - Returning Office continuous poll out-of-district voting ends at 6:00 pm s. 140(2)(b) - RO requests candidates to provide names of witnesses for election night verification and counts for the write-in-ballot and continuous polls
26 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA 2 / Sunday, September 1 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - After 1:00 pm – RO to provide official list of electors to candidates s.57(3)(c) 1 / Monday, September 2 - Returning Office hours: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm - Final day for RO to supply list of election day officers to candidates s.85 - Returning Office continuous poll voting continues s.140(2)(a) (in-district) 0 / Tuesday, September 3 - Returning Office hours: 8:00 am until all poll results are received - Election day poll 8:00 am to 8:00 pm s.80 - Returning Office continuous poll continues 8:00am to 8:00 pm s.140(2)(a) - Write-in ballot voting (by agent or write-in ballot coordinator team) applications cease 3:00 pm s.101(3)(b)(d) +1 / Wednesday, September 4 - Returning Office hours: no public hours +2 / Thursday, September 5 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Official addition commences 10:00 am s.145(1) +6 / Monday, September 9 - Returning Office hours: no public hours - Earliest date for application for judicial recount s.149(1) +10 / Friday, September 13 - Date for return of the Writ, in person or by courier, if official count not delayed and no recount under s.159
PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 27 APPENDIX B Electoral District Maps
Map for Sackville-Cobequid Electoral District By-election - June 18, 2019
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28 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA Map for Argyle-Barrington Electoral District By-election – Sept. 3, 2019
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PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 29 Map for Northside-Westmount Electoral District By-election – Sept. 3, 2019
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PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 31 Map for Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg Electoral District By-election – Sept. 3, 2019
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Sackville-Cobequid By-election
David F. Anthony Lara Michel Electors on Total Boyd Steve Edmonds Fawthrop Hindlet Rejected Poll Polling Location Official List Votes* Atlantica Craig PC GPNS NSNDP NSLP Ballots**
001 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 507 90 0 41 7 30 11 1
002 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 604 97 0 34 8 45 10 0
003 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 385 132 0 67 4 40 21 0
004 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 436 68 1 27 13 22 5 0
005 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 369 100 2 45 12 32 9 0
006 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 419 83 0 23 10 45 5 0
007 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 503 69 0 27 6 29 7 0
008 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 408 59 0 17 3 33 6 0
009 Sackville Legion, Lower Sackville 497 52 0 16 6 25 5 0
010 Sackville Lions Club, Lower Sackville 479 137 3 51 14 55 14 0
011 Sackville Lions Club, Lower Sackville 373 77 0 23 10 39 5 0
012 Sackville Lions Club, Lower Sackville 409 78 0 37 6 34 1 0
013 Knox United Church, Lower Sackville 441 99 1 40 10 37 9 2
014 Knox United Church, Lower Sackville 422 111 1 55 7 42 6 0
015 Knox United Church, Lower Sackville 394 78 2 37 6 27 6 0
016 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 397 103 0 35 15 35 17 1
017 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 370 92 1 37 8 33 12 1
018 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 393 104 2 36 13 33 18 2
019 A.J. Smeltzer Junior High School, Lower Sackville 357 108 0 35 18 43 12 0
020 Columbus Club, Lower Sackville 422 80 0 32 6 35 7 0
021 Columbus Club, Lower Sackville 404 71 0 28 2 28 12 1
022 Columbus Club, Lower Sackville 382 87 2 30 7 39 9 0
023 Columbus Club, Lower Sackville 405 102 0 45 10 31 15 1
024 St. Francis By the Lake, Lower Sackville 395 137 0 54 14 51 18 0
025 St. Francis By the Lake, Lower Sackville 391 121 0 52 19 42 8 0
026 St. Francis By the Lake, Lower Sackville 487 151 0 65 16 55 14 1
027 St. Elizabeth Seaton, Lower Sackville 417 111 0 50 7 42 12 0
028 St. Elizabeth Seaton, Lower Sackville 506 120 2 46 4 54 14 0
029 St. Elizabeth Seaton, Lower Sackville 438 140 1 46 13 57 23 0
030 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 394 124 0 37 3 74 10 0
031 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 371 84 0 33 7 28 15 1
032 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 406 79 0 30 9 32 8 0
033 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 392 123 1 43 9 51 19 0
034 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 389 130 0 47 12 62 5 4
035 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 359 113 1 25 9 61 17 0
036 Faith Baptist Church, Lower Sackville 374 91 1 22 9 45 14 0
037,038 Mobile1 Quest, Lower Sackville/The Sagewood, Lower Sackville 82 17 0 15 0 0 2 0
ADV1 Columbus Club, Lower Sackville 1161 9 516 84 411 141 0
WI 585 Sackville Dr, Lower Sackville 37 0 22 0 11 4 0
RO-CP 585 Sackville Dr, Lower Sackville 1519 13 734 72 584 112 4
Total 6,335 43 2,655 488 2,472 658 19
* Total Votes including rejected ballots ** Rejected Ballots are only those cast but not counted
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Argyle-Barrington By-election
List Charlene I. Colton F. Adam Robin C. Electors Total LeBlanc LeBlanc Randall Smith Rejected Poll Polling Location on Official Votes* NSLP PC GPNS NSNDP Ballots**
001 Royal Canadian Legion Branch Branch 148, Clark’s Harbour 491 108 25 61 5 16 1
002 Royal Canadian Legion Branch Branch 148, Clark’s Harbour 340 75 15 49 1 9 1
003 Royal Canadian Legion Branch Branch 148, Clark’s Harbour 256 49 18 24 0 7 0
004 Island & Barrington Passage Fire Hall, Centreville 529 105 26 71 2 6 0
005 Island & Barrington Passage Fire Hall, Centreville 400 81 15 47 1 18 0
006 Island & Barrington Passage Fire Hall, Centreville 447 113 25 62 6 20 0
007 Clyde Area Community Centre , Port Clyde 396 100 19 60 8 13 0
008 Clyde Area Community Centre , Port Clyde 321 83 29 40 7 7 0
009 Barrington Court House, Barrington West 487 124 36 65 11 12 0
010 Barrington Court House, Barrington West 467 98 33 55 5 4 1
011 Ground Search and Rescue, Barrington Passage 373 124 35 73 4 12 0
012 Ground Search and Rescue, Barrington Passage 418 110 26 68 6 8 2
013 Woods Harbour Community Centre, Lower Woods Harbour 315 90 30 57 0 3 0
014 Woods Harbour Community Centre, Lower Woods Harbour 347 115 20 81 2 11 1
015 Woods Harbour Community Centre, Lower Woods Harbour 443 135 23 101 6 5 0
016 East Pubnico Community Hall, Middle East Pubnico 431 226 65 155 4 1 1
017 West Pubnico Fire Hall, West Pubnico 429 279 132 144 3 0 0
018 West Pubnico Fire Hall, West Pubnico 359 224 106 115 2 1 0
019 West Pubnico Fire Hall, West Pubnico 431 269 119 150 0 0 0
020 West Pubnico Fire Hall, West Pubnico 439 234 89 137 5 2 1
021 Glenwood Community Hall, Glenwood 511 267 67 186 9 3 2
022 Le Club Acadien, Ste. Anne du Ruisseau 398 172 51 106 13 2 0
023 Former Tusket Toyota Building, Tusket 388 32 9 21 2 0 0
024 Club Social des Iles, Surettes Island 386 117 32 77 5 0 3
025 Former Tusket Toyota Building, Tusket 370 101 37 56 5 3 0
026 Le Club Acadien, Ste. Anne du Ruisseau 312 85 24 49 12 0 0
027 Quinan Club, Quinan 285 152 24 121 7 0 0
028 Kemptville Fire Hall, Kemptville 112 50 18 30 1 1 0
029 Royal Cdn Legion Br 155 Wedgeport, Wedgeport 532 235 89 137 9 0 0
030 Royal Cdn Legion Br 155 Wedgeport, Wedgeport 489 277 107 159 10 0 1
031 Royal Cdn Legion Br 155 Wedgeport, Wedgeport 364 188 66 117 4 0 1
032 Harbour Hill Community Hall, Comeaus Hill 243 109 24 78 2 5 0
033, 034, Bay Side Home Corporation, Brass Hill/Nakile Home for Special Care, 121 56 28 24 1 2 1 035 Mobile1 Argyle/Pont du Marais Boarding Home, Lower West Pubnico
ADV1 Island & Barrington Passage Fire Hall, Centreville 471 120 309 10 31 1
WI 342 Chemin de la Pointe, Hubbards Point 29 7 20 0 1 1
WI Out-of- 342 Chemin de la Pointe, Hubbards Point 0 0 0 0 0 0 District
RO-CP 342 Chemin de la Pointe, Hubbards Point 1084 291 745 34 10 4
CP Out-of- 342 Chemin de la Pointe, Hubbards Point 0 0 0 0 0 0 District
Total 6,167 1,880 3,850 202 213 22
* Total Votes including rejected ballots ** Rejected Ballots are only those cast but not counted
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Northside-Westmount
Electors on Thomas Ronald Andrew Danny Ron G. Paul Official Total Bethell Crowther Doyle Laffin Parker Ratchford Murray Rejected Poll Polling Location List Votes* Atlantica NSNDP Ind Ind GPNS NSLP Ryan PC Ballots**
001 Sydney Riverview Ys Centre, Westmount 366 127 1 13 15 15 13 37 31 2
002 Sydney Riverview Ys Centre, Westmount 330 164 0 32 26 24 2 39 41 0
003 Sydney Riverview Ys Centre, Westmount 441 134 3 29 13 11 10 26 42 0
004 Sydney Riverview Ys Centre, Westmount 433 206 1 12 26 7 15 69 76 0
005 Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount 409 169 0 21 25 14 7 55 47 0
006 Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount 447 192 0 19 30 12 8 62 58 3
007 Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount 487 192 0 24 34 28 5 59 40 2
008 Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount 454 144 0 19 17 9 11 45 42 1
009 Dobson Yacht Club, Westmount 339 143 0 31 20 10 7 29 46 0
010 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 376 107 1 13 11 19 0 27 34 2
011 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 430 153 0 15 15 20 4 43 56 0
012 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 369 127 0 25 14 18 7 24 39 0
013 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 482 173 0 27 8 40 3 38 56 1
014 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 427 153 1 16 5 32 6 26 67 0
015 North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club, North Sydney 406 129 1 22 11 18 0 31 42 4
016 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 373 106 0 28 13 15 1 15 34 0
017 North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club, North Sydney 473 107 0 24 8 19 3 19 33 1
018 North Sydney Firefighters’ Club, North Sydney 332 86 1 24 1 17 1 19 23 0
019 North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club, North Sydney 460 152 1 28 20 28 4 23 48 0
020 North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club, North Sydney 481 122 0 17 29 16 4 19 35 2
021 North Sydney Senior Citizens & Pensioners Club, North Sydney 386 80 0 31 8 8 2 10 21 0
022 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 386 106 0 33 11 27 2 9 24 0
023 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 436 178 0 17 20 58 1 34 48 0
024 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 349 136 1 17 29 29 2 23 35 0
025 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 383 117 1 24 24 16 4 15 31 2
026 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 457 105 1 22 18 18 1 26 18 1
027 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 348 94 0 12 15 23 2 22 18 2
028 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 358 107 0 26 7 31 2 11 29 1
029 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 491 144 1 19 31 30 3 26 33 1
030 Sydney Mines Fire Hall, Sydney Mines 461 146 0 33 22 36 1 24 30 0
031 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 503 156 0 36 21 29 3 29 36 2
032 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 476 165 0 27 26 30 5 30 46 1
033 Holy Family Church Hall - St Pius, Sydney Mines 394 124 1 28 28 25 0 17 21 4
034 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 Florence, Florence 425 152 0 31 24 47 3 21 26 0
035 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 Florence, Florence 351 148 0 39 14 48 3 11 33 0
036 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 Florence, Florence 342 143 0 29 21 51 3 16 23 0
037 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 Florence, Florence 398 111 0 25 11 37 3 18 15 2
038 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 Florence, Florence 472 170 0 29 6 68 3 23 40 1
039, Northside Community Guest Home, 162 38 3 7 2 9 1 4 10 2 043 Mobile1 North Sydney/Miners’ Memorial Manor, Sydney Mines
040,041, My Cape Breton Home for Seniors, North Sydney/Northside 042,044 General Hospital, North Sydney/Harbour View Hospital, 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mobile2 Sydney Mines/My Cape Breton Home for Seniors, Westmount
WI 116 King St, North Sydney 131 1 28 3 19 3 36 40 1
RO-CP 116 King St, North Sydney 2239 9 350 139 442 45 511 730 13
CP-Out/WI-Out 116 King St, North Sydney 119 0 14 13 12 0 34 46 0
Total 7,795 28 1,316 834 1,465 203 1,655 2,243 51
** Rejected Ballots are only those cast but not counted 36 ELECTIONS NOVA SCOTIA
Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg
Electors Marc Brian Russ Mary Beth Bill on Official Total Botte Comer Green MacDonald Matheson Rejected Poll Polling Location List Votes* NSLP PC Ind NSNDP GPNS Ballots**
001 Gabarus Volunteer Fire Department, Gabarus 207 92 26 43 8 5 9 1
002 Marion Bridge Volunteer Fire Department, Marion Bridge 414 133 47 59 12 9 5 1
003 Union Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Bridge 526 176 52 77 19 10 16 2
004 Louisbourg Volunteer Fire Department, Louisbourg 371 170 77 60 14 16 2 1
005 Louisbourg Volunteer Fire Department, Louisbourg 449 179 46 86 21 20 6 0
006 Union Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Bridge 349 104 26 48 17 11 1 1
007 Bateston Volunteer Fire Department, Bateston 341 168 52 79 24 9 4 0
008 Union Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Bridge 362 118 35 56 16 6 4 1
009 Union Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Bridge 479 152 36 73 16 16 9 2
010 Marion Bridge Volunteer Fire Department, Marion Bridge 453 108 36 46 11 9 6 0
011 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 434 135 44 45 27 12 6 1
012 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 399 126 32 42 39 6 7 0
013 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 505 180 67 67 40 6 0 0
014 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 394 148 36 60 41 6 5 0
015 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 310 93 21 31 29 10 2 0
016 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 457 141 25 68 29 14 5 0
017 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 406 127 40 39 25 13 10 0
018 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 486 129 31 65 22 9 2 0
019 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 495 175 53 79 25 12 6 0
020 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 439 162 58 53 34 9 8 0
021 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 407 175 58 65 34 10 8 0
022 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 429 203 75 75 33 14 6 0
023 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 432 185 82 64 21 12 6 0
024 Our Lady of Fatima Catholic, Sydney River 348 132 42 57 13 14 5 1
025 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 360 127 36 56 25 6 4 0
026 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 367 97 36 31 11 13 6 0
027 Brookshaven Recreation Ctr, Prime Brook 522 227 63 106 16 23 19 0
028 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 515 202 74 60 34 23 9 2
029 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 422 159 64 50 35 9 1 0
030 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 374 169 60 65 27 11 6 0
031 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 320 64 19 23 12 4 6 0
032 Mira Road Volunteer Fire Department, Mira Road 287 56 28 12 6 8 2 0
033 Birch Grove Volunteer Fire Department, Birch Grove 403 158 37 95 9 14 2 1
034 Tower Road Volunteer Fire Department, Tower Road 259 96 14 58 4 19 1 0
035 Port Morien Volunteer Fire Department, Port Morien 397 231 67 129 14 17 2 2
036 Royal Cdn Legion Br 5 Donkin, Donkin 299 151 14 113 9 9 4 2
037 Royal Cdn Legion Br 5 Donkin, Donkin 344 147 25 112 3 4 3 0
038 Mobile1 Breton Ability Center , Sydney River 106 27 10 9 0 4 2 2
039 Mobile2 Harbourstone Enhanced Care, Sydney River 145 21 8 2 3 6 1 1
040, Parkland Cape Breton, Sydney River/Cornerstone 82 61 28 20 0 9 3 1 042 Mobile3 Community Home, Sydney
041 1482 George St, Mira Road 4 0
ADV1 Royal Cdn Legion Br 151 East Bay, Howie Centre 986 368 380 138 59 39 2
ADV2 Union Presbyterian Church Hall, Albert Bridge 376 112 194 25 21 24 0
WI 2590 Hillside Rd, Marion Bridge 96 29 43 5 16 2 1
CP-All/WI-Out 2590 Hillside Rd, Marion Bridge 415 117 220 36 32 10 0
Total 7,377 2,306 3,215 982 565 284 25
** Rejected Ballots are only those cast but not counted PROCEEDINGS OF BY-ELECTIONS IN 2019 37