UPDATED: Ménard Confirms Resignation Date to Run Municipally
Sixteen year Bloc Québécois M.P. Réal Ménard confirmed this morning that he would resign his Commons seat of Hochelaga, QC on September 16 (the first Caucus meeting of the September sitting), in order to run municipally in Montréal.
[UPDATE: Thanks to commenter Chris for catching my obvious boo-boo in the blogpost title.]
We can thus guesstimate the relevant dates as follows (remembering that the exact dates will depend on when the Chief Electoral Officer receives the official notice of vacancy from the Commons Speaker):
Thus, it might be possible, if the Prime Minister were so inclined, to call all four vacant seats at the same time, since the last day to call New Westminster--Coquitlam, BC is Tuesday, October 13, and the Hochelaga by-election could be called any day on or after Sunday, September 27.
I'm adding Hochelaga to the list of vacant seats at the top of the main page, with all the relevant dates.
[UPDATE: Thanks to commenter Chris for catching my obvious boo-boo in the blogpost title.]
We can thus guesstimate the relevant dates as follows (remembering that the exact dates will depend on when the Chief Electoral Officer receives the official notice of vacancy from the Commons Speaker):
| Date of resignation: | Wed Sep 16, 2009 |
| Earliest date the by-election could be called (11 days later): | Sun Sep 27, 2009 |
| Earliest date the by-election could be held (first Monday at least 36 days after that): | Mon Nov 2, 2009 |
| Latest date the by-election could be called (180 days later): | Mon Mar 15, 2010 |
| Latest date the by-election could be held (first Monday at least 36 - [no maximum] days later): | on or after Mon Apr 26, 2010 |
Thus, it might be possible, if the Prime Minister were so inclined, to call all four vacant seats at the same time, since the last day to call New Westminster--Coquitlam, BC is Tuesday, October 13, and the Hochelaga by-election could be called any day on or after Sunday, September 27.
I'm adding Hochelaga to the list of vacant seats at the top of the main page, with all the relevant dates.
Labels: Bloc Québécois, Hochelaga, Vacant Seats
posted by The Pundits' Guide at
3:03 PM
2 Comments:
The title says: Ménard Confirms Resignation Date to Run Provincially
Should say Municipally?
Interesting that he chose to wait until September 16th.
Chris, thank you for catching that.
As to the date, well as I said it's the first Caucus meeting of the next sitting (then the House is down for a week again, so Harper can travel), and it will mean that MPs from all the parties in the House will get up and say nice things about him when he leaves. It's a nice bit of TV to have when you're about to launch a campaign. Plus, it's just a nice ritual when you're leaving any place you've worked for a long time to say goodbye and so forth. Meantime, it gives him and his staff a chance to catch up on all the casework before he moves on. So, not too surprising for me.
I'll go and fix that typo now. My head's been somewhere else the past two days, but it just goes to prove the value of a good editor.
Again thank you.
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