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Firth v Nickerson v Clarkson

Court Supreme Court
Date 1980-05-09
Other citations [1980] 4 W.W.R. 560 – 111 D.L.R. (3d) 525 (N.W.T. C.A.) – 23 A.R. 233
File numbers 360
Judge(s) Morrow
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Cases considered:
In re: Wentworth Election (Dominion) (1905) 9 O.L.R. 201
Bennet v. Shaw [1922] 3 W.W.R. 167
Bothwell Election Case 8 S.CR. 676
Re Dingley and McLeon (1973) 34 D.L.R. (3d) 38

Statutes considered:
Canada Elections Act
Dominion Elections Act, R.S.C. 1886, c.8
Dominion Elections Act, R.S.C. 1900, c. 12
Decision information:

Abstract: Appeal from decision on a judicial recount determining whether certain ballots were valid or whether they were properly rejected by the returning officer. Issue was location of a voter's mark on the ballot.
Decision: Appeal dismissed, language of the statute was specific as to the location of a mark on a ballot.
Subjects: Elections - Legislation - Interpretation
Keywords: Elections Act

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