Canada’s former chief electoral officers eager for successor, laud proposed electoral legislative changes

Jean-Pierre Kingsley says he’s ‘disappointed’ the government has yet to name new chief electoral officer, despite knowing since June that they would need one.

Former chief electoral officers Marc Mayrand, left, and Jean-Pierre Kingsley say changes proposed in Bill C-33 are positive, and both say they hope a new chief electoral officer is appointed soon. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 6, 2017

Canada's former chief electoral officers Marc Mayrand and Jean-Pierre Kingsley are lauding changes proposed in new legislation, including moving the elections commissioner back under the authority of E...

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