Sentences with phrase «fixed election date»

Even if the Conservatives managed to get the proposal into law, it would carry no consequence for breaking it, much like the Conservative government's fixed election date law, which Harper broke by going to the polls early, in 2008, by retroactively claiming the law wasn't meant to apply to minority governments.

«For all these reasons, and to prevent future prime ministers from call unfair snap elections, Democracy Watch has applied to the Federal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Conacher.

The fixed election date has also assisted in ensuring an up to date electoral roll and in the organisation of other aspects of the election timetable.

As the federal Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper taught Canadians earlier this year, fixed election date laws are merely a suggestion.

With trust and accountability having become the defining issues of the election campaign, Mr. Prentice has not presented a compelling reason for Albertans to trust that the PC Party will be any different in the next three years (especially after he called the election one year earlier than the PC Government's fixed election date).

When fixed election date legislation was introduced, it...

«This is one of the manifestations of a fixed election date.

It's also possible that Harper, himself, could pull the plug on his minority administration at some point before the next fixed election date — just as he did in September — although such a move would make an utter mockery of Harper's own, now - tarnished, fixed - election law.

Harper has promised to bring in fixed election dates, like those in B.C..

(One difference: Harper's selfless belief in fixed election dates, which, MacDonald says for the umpteenth time, take much valuable leverage away from the Prime Minister.)

The project's findings will lay the foundations for a better understanding of electoral responses to government opportunism, and will contribute to debates about retaining or introducing fixed election dates (which restrict strategic elections) in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

A century after the People's Budget took on the hereditary peers, let us honour Lloyd George with a Great Reform Act, finally fully electing the Lords, alongside Commons reform, votes at 16, fixed election dates and, perhaps, full PR for local government, too.

Bill C - 16, an amendment to the Canada Elections Act, was intended to fix the election date for the third Monday in October 2009, to prevent politically opportune moves to call an early election.

In addition, proposed legislation to establish fixed election dates was tabled on November 7, 2012 (Bill 3, An Act to amend the Election Act for the purpose of establishing fixed - date elections).

Not exact matches

«It's part of the change that's been brought by the fixed - date election,» he said, in reference to the federal vote scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015.

When the current coalition government introduced the Fixed - term Parliaments Act in 2011, the case appeared compelling: The Government believes that fixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advanFixed - term Parliaments Act in 2011, the case appeared compelling: The Government believes that fixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advanfixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.

When the Act was introduced in 2011, the coalition government justified it by arguing that «fixed - term parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.»

The Government believes that fixed - term Parliaments will have a positive impact on our country's political system; providing stability, discouraging short - termism, and preventing the manipulation of election dates for political advantage.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 sets the period between elections at five years, and aims to fix the date of dissolution of Parliament and polling day.

This is now scheduled by the Fixed Term Parliament Act to automatically happen 25 days before the election date.

The coalition would govern for a year - announcing the date of the next election, and legislating for fixed - election dates, too.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 (as amended by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013) led to the dissolution of the 55th Parliament on 30 March 2015 and the scheduling of the election on 7 May, the House of Commons not having voted for an earlier date.

A bill should be passed to establish fixed terms for parliaments, as works well in Scotland, setting the date for the next election.

But he debunked the insinuation in certain quarters about a possible postponement of the elections, with a declaration that the date fixed for the exercise remains «sacrosanct.»

As you are already aware, the Commission has fixed the date for the next General Elections.

The first measure announced this afternoon was legislation to secure fixed parliamentary terms, which will mean the date of the next general election will be 7 May 2015 - «a hugely significant constitutional innovation,» Mr Clegg said.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that contrary to people's believe that the National Assembly had fixed the dates for election, it they only...

In the Originating Summons marked FHC / ABJ / CS / 232/2018, the plaintiff 8 issues for determination by the court, including: Having regards to the combined provisions of sections 79,116,118,132,153,160 (1) and 178 of the 1999 constitution as amended, the constitution read together with paragraph 15 (a) of the third schedule to the same constitution, whether the 3rd defendant (Independent National Electoral Commission) is not the only institution or body constitutionally vested with the powers and vires to organized, undertake and supervised elections to the offices of the president, the vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria, the Governor and deputy governor of a state, the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the House of Assembly of each state of the federation, including fixing the sequence and dates of the elections to the said offices?

This legislation will, among other things, set a fixed date for Ontario elections.

The Scotland Act 1998, the Government of Wales Act 1998, and the Northern Ireland Act 1998 contain provisions which fix the life of the relevant legislative bodies to a period of four years from the date of the previous election.

Fixed - term Parliaments at Westminster would remove the uncertainty which surrounds the date of a general election.