Deregistration of Electoral District Associations

Summary#

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer published a notice under the Canada Elections Act listing a set of local registered electoral district associations that are being deregistered, effective February 29, 2020. The list includes many groups labelled “PPC” and one called the Shefford Green Party Association.

What it does#

• Announces the deregistration of the named registered electoral district associations under the Canada Elections Act.
• Sets the effective date of the deregistrations as February 29, 2020.
• The notice lists these specific associations as deregistered:
  • Association PPC de La Pointe-de-l’Ïle
  • Association PPC de Lac-Saint-Jean
  • Association PPC de Lévis–Lotbinière
  • Association PPC de Mégantic–L’Érable
  • Association PPC de Mirabel
  • Association PPC de Montcalm
  • Association PPC de Outremont
  • Association PPC de Richmond–Arthabaska
  • Association PPC de Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques
  • Association PPC de Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot
  • Association PPC de Saint-Jean
  • Association PPC de Saint-Laurent
  • Association PPC de Saint-Maurice–Champlain
  • Association PPC de Terrebonne
  • Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill - PPC Association
  • Avalon - PPC Association
  • Bonavista–Burin–Trinity - PPC Association
  • Brampton Centre - PPC Association
  • Cardigan - PPC Association
  • Charlottetown - PPC Association
  • Coast of Bays–Central–Notre Dame - PPC Association
  • Edmonton Griesbach - PPC Association
  • Elmwood–Transcona - PPC Association
  • Etobicoke North - PPC Association
  • Halifax - PPC Association
  • Hastings–Lennox and Addington - PPC Association
  • Hull–Aylmer PPC Association
  • Kenora - PPC Association
  • Labrador - PPC Association
  • Mississauga–Streetsville - PPC Association
  • Newmarket–Aurora - PPC Association
  • Niagara Centre - PPC Association
  • Shefford Green Party Association
  • St. John’s East - PPC Association
  • Surrey–Newton - PPC Association
  • Sydney–Victoria - PPC Association
  • Thornhill - PPC Association
  • West Nova - PPC Association
  • York–Simcoe PPC Association

Who's affected#

• Members, volunteers or officers of the specific local associations listed above.
• Political organizers and local party supporters connected with the named associations.
• The notice was issued by the office listing it; Anne Lawson is named in the publication as Deputy Chief Electoral Officer.

If you are not connected to any of those local associations, this notice is unlikely to affect you directly.

Why it matters#

• Deregistration changes the official status of these local electoral district associations under the Canada Elections Act.
• That status can influence how a local group operates in federal election activities (for example, how it is recorded on official lists). The notice is an administrative step that may matter most to people involved in those local organizations.