Calculation of the Limit on Expenses for Notices of Nomination Meetings and of the Nomination Campaign Limit

Elections Canada: Election Financing

Calculation of the Limit on Expenses for Notices of Nomination Meetings and of the Nomination Campaign Limit For the two electoral districts (Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi) whose boundaries have changed since the 2004 general election, paragraph 478.14(b) of the Canada Elections Act requires that the Chief Electoral Officer determine the relevant nomination campaign expenses limit. These amounts were calculated based on an estimate of what would have been the candidate expenses limits at the previous general election had the new boundaries been in effect for the two electoral districts whose boundaries have changed. The formula to calculate candidate election expenses limits, found in section 440 of the Act, was used with the following adjustments: The number of electors in each of the two electoral districts that was used in the calculation of candidate election expenses limits at the previous general election was transposed to the new redefined electoral districts. The square kilometres for each electoral district were those resulting from the new boundaries. The national average of electors was based on the revised list of electors at the previous general election. The resulting amounts were then multiplied by 1 percent to obtain the limit on expenses for notices of nomination meetings for each of the two electoral districts whose boundaries have changed. The resulting amounts were also multiplied by 20 percent to obtain the nomination campaign limit for each of the two electoral districts whose boundaries have changed.