Why has this not been dealt with? In fact, he could be there for 30 years, but I am not sure a ten year term would be enough since we are talking about the Chief Electoral Officer and not an ethics commissioner who deals with events more on a day-to-day basis. There could be five years without an election and then a second one could take place at the end of the ten-year term. We would not want the Chief Electoral Officer to leave his position in the middle of an election, for example.
If we were to choose a fixed term, there could be a conflict with election dates.