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• Election

  An election of a person as a Member of the Legislative Assembly conducted under the Election Act;

• Election Clerk (EC)

  is responsible for assisting the Returning Officer (RO) in conducting the election in one of the province’s 83 electoral divisions.  The Election Clerk is the RO’s main support, and acts as RO in the RO’s absence.

• Election Officer

  Are eligible electors who perform a specific role in the conduct of an election.  Some, like the Returning Officer, Election Clerk and Administrative Assistant, serve electors throughout the election period in an office established in the electoral division.  The others, listed below, serve electors at the Advance polls and on Polling Day.

• Elector

  A person who is:

  • a Canadian citizen
  • at least 18 years of age
  • ordinarily resident in Alberta six months prior to an election or by-election

  ~ Also referred to as a Voter.

• Electoral Division

  One of eighty-three areas in the province in which a slate of candidates contests a provincial election, and for which a Returning Officer (RO) is appointed and a Member of the Legislative Assembly is elected. Each is assigned a number in the Electoral Divisions Act. Elector populations within electoral divisions range from fourteen thousand to thirty thousand. Often referred to as a Constituency, riding or district.

• Enumeration

  The process used to collect data from electors for the purpose of developing a List of Electors.

• Enumerator

  The individual responsible for visiting assigned residences in an assigned polling subdivision for the purpose of confirming or collecting data for the Register of Electors.