An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act (by-election duration and vacant seat)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Scott Simms  Liberal

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 June 19, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends
(a) the Canada Elections Act with respect to the duration of a by-election; and
(b) the Parliament of Canada Act with respect to the time limit for the issuance of an election writ
when a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons.

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.