Official Reports

Appendix

1996 Elections Canada Publications

Various reports published by Elections Canada since the start of 1996 contain additional information about the projects and activities of the agency. We invite readers who would like one of these publications to contact our Public Enquiries Unit at 1-800-INFO-VOTE (1-800-463-6868); fax: 1-613-954-8584; for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY/TDD: 1-800-361-8935. You may also write to the address given on the inside front cover of this report or make your request through Internet at http://www.elections.ca.

Date of publication	Title	Content
February 1996	1996-97 Estimates, Part III, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada.	Annual expenditure plan: describes the mandate, priorities, organizational structure, operational environment, resources, new initiatives and achievements
February 1996	Canada's Electoral System: Annex to the report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 35th general election.	Contains 122 recommendations affecting various aspects of the election process.
March 1996	The Register of Electors Project: A Report on Research and Feasibility	The results of a feasibility study on the creation of a computerized register of electors and the next steps.
April 1996	Looking to the Future: Election of the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, 1995	Details of the October 16, 1995, general election in the Northwest Territories: also describes changes to the electoral infrastructure necessary prior to the division of the NWT into two separate territories.
June 1996	The March 1996 By-elections. Technological Innovation: Reaping the Rewards	Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the by-elections held March 25, 1996, in six federal ridings.
June 1996	Federal Electoral Districts: 1996 Representation Order (published for each province and the Northwest Territories)	A series of 11 publications containing text and maps describing each of the 301 federal ridings defined in the Representation Order of January 8, 1996.

Table 1: Voter registration and participation, June 1996 by-election in Hamilton East

Category	Number of electors registered	Number of ballots cast	Voter participation %
Special ballot voting
International	10	3	30.0
Canadian Forces	121	30	24.8
Incarcerated	5	4	80.0
National (including hospitals outside riding*)	23	23	100.0
Local	238	235	98.7
Advance polls	1 485	1 485	100.0
Polling day	50 710**	25 109	49.5
Totals	52 592	26 889	51.1

* There are no acute care institutions within the riding boundaries.
** Includes 346 persons who registered on polling day.

Table 2: Candidates and individual results, by-election of June 1996 in Hamilton East

Candidate	Political affiliation	Place of residence	Occupation	Votes obtained	Percentage of valid votes
Sheila Copps	Liberal Party of Canada	Hamilton		12 268	46.09
Wayne Marston	New Democratic Party	Hamilton	Retired Bell Technician	6 941	26.08
Angie Tomasic	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	Hamilton	Bank Manager	3 662	13.76
Andy Sweck	Reform Party of Canada	Hamilton	Supervisor	2 750	10.33
Ken Campbell	Independent	Milton	Clergyman	287	1.08
George Ambas	No affiliation	Scarborough	Retailer	160	0.60
Wendy Priestnitz	Green Party of Canada	St. George	Publisher	152	0.57
Glen Malcolm	Independent	St. Catharines	Consultant	113	0.42
Tristan Alexander	Christian Heritage Party of Canada	St. Catharines	Trucking Professional	78	0.29
Emmanuel Victor Knight	No affiliation	Morpeth	Teacher	70	0.26
Bill Amos	Natural Law Party of Canada	Niagara Falls	Business Consultant	64	0.24
Charles Olito	Canada Party	Woodville	Retired	52	0.20
John C. Turmel	Abolitionist Party of Canada	Ottawa	Engineer	21	0.08

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