Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Deputy returning officers

• 34 (1) Each deputy returning officer referred to in paragraph 32(b) or (c) shall be appointed from lists of names of suitable persons provided by the candidate of the registered party whose candidate finished first in the electoral district in the last election or by the registered association of that registered party or, if there is no registered association, by that registered party.

• Marginal note:Replacing deputies

  (2) A returning officer may, at any time, remove a deputy returning officer.