Who may file a complaint?

Canada

Canada

Answer
  • Eligible Voter
  • Candidate/ Party Representative
Source

Canada Elections Act (published 2000-05-31, lastamended 2012-04-01), http://laws.justice.gc.ca/PDF/E-2.01.pdf

524. (1) Any elector who was eligible to vote in anelectoral district, and any candidate in an electoral district, may, byapplication to a competent court, contest the election in that electoraldistrict on the grounds that

(a) under section 65 the elected candidate was noteligible to be a candidate; or

(b) there were irregularities, fraud or corrupt orillegal practices that affected the result of the election.

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