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Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 36th general election: election financing, 1997 - candidates' returns in respect of electoral contributions & expenses


Principal investigator: Canada. Chief Electoral Officer

Disseminated by: Elections Canada

Date released: 1998/07/06

Software dependance:

  • Data files --> none [tab-delimited format]. Save to disk and load into Excel or similar.
  • Restrictions on use: none. Freely available from Elections Canada web site.


    File Content
    Candidates
    Candidates' summary information cands.txt
    Summary information on contributions and expenses overview.txt
    Part 2 section A & B: summary of revenue (section A) and reimbursements from the Receiver General for Canada (section B) part2.txt
    Part 2 section C: operating loan information loans.txt
    Part 3: list of contributors of goods, services, and discounts part3.txt
    Part 4: list of contributors of more than $100 Newfoundland
    Prince Edward Island
    Nova Scotia
    New Brunswick
    Québec part [1], [2], [3]
    Ontario part [1], [2], [3], [4]
    Manitoba
    Saskatchewan
    Alberta
    British Columbia
    Yukon & Northwest Territories
    Part 6: details of expenses Newfoundland
    Prince Edward Island
    Nova Scotia
    New Brunswick
    Québec part [1], [2], [3]
    Ontario part [1], [2], [3], [4]
    Manitoba
    Saskatchewan
    Alberta
    British Columbia
    Yukon & Northwest Territories
    Part 7: details and explanation of amounts not included in election expenses Newfoundland
    Prince Edward Island
    Nova Scotia
    New Brunswick
    Québec part [1], [2], [3]
    Ontario part [1], [2], [3], [4]
    Manitoba
    Saskatchewan
    Alberta
    British Columbia
    Yukon & Northwest Territories
    Part 8A: statement of candidate's personal expenses paid by the candidate part8a.txt
    Part 8B: statement of candidate's personal expenses paid by the official agent part8b.txt
    Loans, part 3, part 4, part 6, part 7, part 8A and part 8B files only contain entries for those candidates who submitted data for that part of the return. The cands.txt file indicates the files to which each candidate has entries. The cands.txt, overview.txt and part 2 files contain an entry for each candidate, whether or not there [are] data.


    By: Laine G.M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
    Created: 2005/01/17. Last Updated: 2005/01/17