Elections New Brunswick

Elections New Brunswick
Agency overview
Formed 1967
Jurisdiction Provincial and Municipal Elections in New Brunswick
Headquarters Room 102, Sartain MacDonald Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Agency executive
  • Michael P. Quinn, Chief Electoral Officer
Website Elections New Brunswick website

Elections New Brunswick is the non-partisan agency in New Brunswick, of the legislative assembly charged with running provincial elections. The Chief Electoral Officer oversees the electoral process and reports to the New Brunswick legislature. The Chief Electoral Officer is not permitted to vote in elections during his or her term.[1]

Elections New Brunswick reports annually to the legislative assembly and is charged with implementing the Election Act (1973), Municipal Elections Act (1979), and the Political Process Financing Act (1978).[2][3][4]

There are currently five registered political parties in New Brunswick:[5]

List of chief electoral officers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/about-us/ceo.html Elections New Brunswick website
  2. ↑ https://www.canlii.org/en/nb/laws/stat/snb-1978-c-p-9.3/latest/snb-1978-c-p-9.3.html Political Process Financing Act
  3. ↑ https://www.canlii.org/en/nb/laws/stat/rsnb-1973-c-e-3/latest/rsnb-1973-c-e-3.html Elections Act
  4. ↑ https://www.canlii.org/en/nb/laws/stat/snb-1979-c-m-21.01/latest/snb-1979-c-m-21.01.html Municipal Elections Act
  5. ↑ http://leg-horizon.gnb.ca/e-repository/monographs/31000000048962/31000000048962.pdf Annual Report of the Supervisor of Political Financing For the Calendar Year 2012

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