Media Advisory: 2017 Fort St. John By-election Disclosure Statements Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2017

VICTORIA – Candidate disclosure statements for the 2017 Fort St. John By-election are available for public inspection on the Elections BC website (elections.bc.ca/lecf) and at Elections BC, Suite 100 – 1112 Fort Street, Victoria.

Under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, disclosure statements must be filed with B.C.’s Chief Electoral Officer within 90 days after General Voting Day for a local by-election. The filing deadline for the 2017 Fort St. John By-election was 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 8, 2017. The statements include expenses of each filer and information regarding contributions they received.

Elections BC’s Financial Reports and Political Contributions System allows the public to search and download significant campaign contribution data and view scanned images of disclosure statements filed under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act.

Scanned disclosure statements

• bit.ly/2Adhu2N

Significant campaign contribution data

• http://bit.ly/2z2ebxq

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Contact:
Andrew Watson
Manager, 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 the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act and Referendum Act.