Committee to Register Voters Outside Quebec
Encyclopedia
The Committee to Register Voters Outside Quebec was created to help citizens who had left Quebec
in the two years before the 1995 referendum
vote register on the electoral list.
Quebec lawyer Casper Bloom, chairman of the committee, and Liberal MNA Lawrence Bergman
worked together to "make all eligible voters outside Quebec aware of their rights, to have them register and finally vote" said the pamphlet.
Since 1989, a clause of the Quebec electoral law allows for ex-residents of Quebec to signal, in writing, their intention of returning to Quebec and vote by mail. The Committee, which operated during the referendum campaign, handed-out pamphlets including the form to be added to the list of voters by the Directeur général des élections du Québec.
The pamphlet gave out a toll-free number as contact information which was the same number as the one used by the Canadian Unity Council
.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
in the two years before the 1995 referendum
1995 Quebec referendum
The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should secede from Canada and become an independent state, through the question:...
vote register on the electoral list.
Quebec lawyer Casper Bloom, chairman of the committee, and Liberal MNA Lawrence Bergman
Lawrence Bergman
Lawrence S. Bergman is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of D'Arcy-McGee in Montreal's West end and Chairperson of the Government Caucus in the parliamentary office of Quebec.He received a Bachelor of Arts from Sir George...
worked together to "make all eligible voters outside Quebec aware of their rights, to have them register and finally vote" said the pamphlet.
Since 1989, a clause of the Quebec electoral law allows for ex-residents of Quebec to signal, in writing, their intention of returning to Quebec and vote by mail. The Committee, which operated during the referendum campaign, handed-out pamphlets including the form to be added to the list of voters by the Directeur général des élections du Québec.
The pamphlet gave out a toll-free number as contact information which was the same number as the one used by the Canadian Unity Council
Canadian Unity Council
The Canadian Unity Council was a privately owned non-profit organization whose mission was the promotion of Canadian Unity and the current federal institutions.The CUC started as the "Canada Committee" in 1964, in the middle of Quebec's Quiet Revolution...
.
See also
- Canadian Unity CouncilCanadian Unity CouncilThe Canadian Unity Council was a privately owned non-profit organization whose mission was the promotion of Canadian Unity and the current federal institutions.The CUC started as the "Canada Committee" in 1964, in the middle of Quebec's Quiet Revolution...
- 1995 Quebec referendum1995 Quebec referendumThe 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should secede from Canada and become an independent state, through the question:...
- Politics of QuebecPolitics of QuebecThe politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside.The...
- Politics of CanadaPolitics of CanadaThe politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is head of state...
Source
- Macpherson, Don. (August 22, 1995), "Vote-hunting Bid to lure outside voters not a formula for stability", The Gazette, (Montreal).