January 28, 2020
Work begins on the drawing up of the electoral maps for over 260 municipalities
Categories :
Municipal,
Territorial division
June 26, 2019
Public Notice – Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization
Categories :
Municipal,
Infractions of the ARERM
March 27, 2018
Public Notice - Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization (Action Saint-Amable)
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Authorized political parties,
DGE
March 23, 2018
Public Notice - Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization (Mouvement pour la relance de Châteauguay)
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Authorized political parties,
DGE
July 7, 2016
Public Notice – Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization
Categories :
Municipal,
Infractions of the ARERM,
Authorized political parties
August 12, 2015
Public Notice – Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization
Categories :
Municipal,
Authorized political parties
August 12, 2015
Public Notice – Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization
Categories :
Municipal,
Authorized political parties
July 22, 2015
Public Notice – Intention of Withdrawal of Authorization
Categories :
Municipal,
Authorized political parties
June 29, 2015
The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec presents a portrait of provincial political party financing – Return of surplus net assets for the first time since 2011
Categories :
Provincial,
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Provincial financing,
DGE
June 4, 2015
Impoverishment of municipal political parties – The Chief Electoral Officer reiterates its recommendation for a new permanent municipal financing system
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
DGE
February 25, 2015
Authorization of the Union Montréal municipal political party : The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec will continue to rigorously apply the law
Categories :
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Authorized political parties,
DGE
February 17, 2015
Sectoral political financing and straw man schemes – The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec prosecutes a former executive of an engineering consulting firm for inciting employees to participate in a straw man scheme and is seeking fines totaling $245,000
Categories :
Provincial,
Municipal,
Infractions of the ARERM,
Infractions of the Electoral Act,
DGE
December 2, 2014
Sectoral financing and straw man schemes - Legal proceedings by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer involving three engineering consulting firms leads to 55 guilty pleas
Quebec City, December 2, 2014 – The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Lucie Fiset, wishes to notify the public that 4 offenders entered 55 guilty pleas as a result of violations of the Election Act and the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (AERM) committed between 2009 and 2011. These individuals were connected with three engineering consulting firms, namely Roche ltée Groupe-Conseil, Groupe-conseil TDA Inc., and Dessau Inc. They were obliged to pay fines totaling $85,275.
Categories :
Provincial,
Municipal,
Infractions of the ARERM,
Infractions of the Electoral Act,
DGE
November 12, 2014
A new service for journalists - The Chief Elector Officer of Québec introduces a distribution list for statements of offence
Quebec City, November 12, 2014 – Journalists interested in receiving copies of statements of offence issued by the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec can now sign up for a distribution list so that they can learn of them shortly after they are served. Statements of offence are issued pursuant with the powers of investigation and prosecution entrusted to the Chief Elector Officer of Québec by the Election Act, the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities, and the Act respecting school elections.
Categories :
Provincial,
School Board,
Municipal,
Infractions of the ARERM,
Infractions of the Electoral Act,
Infractions of the ASE,
DGE
September 4, 2014
Reform of political financing and the control of election expenses - The Chief Electoral Officer makes a positive assessment and recommends further action
Quebec City, September 4, 2014 –– In a report released today, the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec, Lucie Fiset, provides a positive assessment of the reforms to political financing and the control of election expenses in Québec enacted since 2010. “We have come a long way in terms of cleaning up financing and improved enforcement of rules, and this has helped restore citizens’ faith in our democratic institutions,” Ms. Fiset pointed out, “especially since the new powers granted to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer since 2010 have made us more effective in our role as watchdog and prosecutor before the courts.”
Categories :
Provincial,
Municipal,
Municipal financing,
Provincial financing,
DGE
