Bill C-458 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-341 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (military dependants)

C-341 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (military dependants)

C-318 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (military dependants)

C-458 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-458s:

C-458 (2019) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing principles – remote emergency medical or police services)

C-458 (2013) National Charities Week Act

C-458 (2012) National Charities Week Act

C-458 (2010) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound)

C-458 (2009) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound)

C-458 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (library materials)

Other House mentions

Canada Elections ActRoutine Proceedings

October 20th, 2003 / 3:15 p.m.

See context

NDP

Judy Wasylycia-Leis NDP Winnipeg North Centre, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-458, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act.

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure today to introduce this bill to amend the Canada Elections Act to fully include the dependants of Canadian Forces personnel within the special voting provisions designed to take into consideration their relocation away from home communities in the service of their country.

Currently under the act, members of the armed forces, including reserves, are permitted to have their votes counted in their normal home electoral constituencies simply by filling out a special residency form. However their spouses and other dependents who accompany them on their postings have no such choice and must vote in the ridings in which their partners have been posted.

The purpose of this bill is to remedy this unfairness by extending to Canadian Forces dependants the same rights as their spouses or parents to choose their home constituencies for voting purposes.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)