Administrative Monetary Penalties Posted Online

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2024

VICTORIA – Elections BC has issued 14 administrative monetary penalties and posted them on the Elections BC website. View the details here.

Event	Subject	Jurisdiction	Subject Type	Penalty amount	Reason for penalty	Documents
2022 General Local Elections	Jim Palm	Powell River	Candidate	$2,850 (total of eight penalties)	Accepting prohibited contributions / failing to return prohibited contributions	Letter to subject
2023 Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission Election	Jennifer Kerrigan	Capital Regional District	Candidate	$125	Accepting a prohibited contribution	Letter to subject
			Financial agent for Lloyd Cudmore	$125	Accepting a prohibited contribution
			Financial agent for Donald Marcotte	$125	Accepting a prohibited contribution
			Financial agent for Jamie Harris	$125	Accepting a prohibited contribution
2022 General Local Elections	Eric Woodward	Township of Langley	Financial agent for Contract with Langley Association	$300	Accepting a prohibited contribution	Letter to subject
2022 General Local Elections	Christopher Wilson	Vancouver	Financial agent for Civic Non-Partisan Association (NPA)	$600	Sponsoring election advertising without an authorization statement	Letter to subject

The penalties issued to Eric Woodward and Christopher Wilson conclude the investigations into the elector organizations Contract with Langley Association and the Civic Non-partisan Association (NPA) that Elections BC announced on April 11.

Links:

• Administrative monetary penalties policy: Application of Administrative Monetary Penalties
• Administrative monetary penalties page (updated every Wednesday as required):
  https://elections.bc.ca/events-services/investigations/administrative-monetary-penalties/  

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Contact:
Andrew Watson
Senior Director, Communications
Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Andrew.Watson@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

Elections BC is the independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral processes in British Columbia under provincial legislation, including the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act and Referendum Act.