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BILL NO. 189

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
68 Elizabeth II, 2019

 

Government Bill

 

House of Assembly Act
(amended)

 

The Honourable Mark Furey
Attorney General and Minister of Justice



First Reading: October 10, 2019

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: October 15, 2019

Third Reading: October 29, 2019 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill makes persons who run for the House of Commons, the legislature of another province or territory or a municipal office in Nova Scotia ineligible to serve as members of the House of Assembly upon the earlier of being chosen by a political party or confirmed as a candidate.

An Act to Amend Chapter 1
(1992 Supplement)
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the House of Assembly Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 17(1) of Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, is amended by

(a) striking out clause (c) and substituting the following clauses:

    (c) is selected in a nomination contest or otherwise chosen with the person's consent by a political party registered under the Canada Elections Act or the elections legislation of another province of Canada to be a candidate for that party for the representation of any electoral district in the House of Commons or the legislature of another province of Canada;

    (ca) is confirmed as a candidate under the Canada Elections Act or the elections legislation of another province of Canada for the representation of any electoral district in the House of Commons or the legislature of another province of Canada;

(b) striking out the comma at the end of clause (d) and substituting "; or"; and

(c) adding immediately after clause (d) the following clause:

    (e) is officially nominated as a candidate under the Municipal Elections Act,

2 Subsection 19(1) of Chapter 1 is amended by

(a) striking out clause (b) and substituting the following clauses:

    (b) is selected in a nomination contest or otherwise chosen with the person's consent by a political party registered under the Canada Elections Act or the elections legislation of another province of Canada to be a candidate for that party for the representation of any electoral district in the House of Commons or the legislature of another province of Canada;

    (ba) is confirmed as a candidate under the Canada Elections Act or the elections legislation of another province of Canada for the representation of any electoral district in the House of Commons or the legislature of another province of Canada;

(b) striking out the comma at the end of clause (c) and substituting "; or"

(c) adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:

    (d) is officially nominated as a candidate under the Municipal Elections Act,

and

(d) adding "and that member shall immediately advise the Speaker in writing accordingly" immediately after "vacant" in the twelfth and thirteenth lines.

 


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