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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Elections Ontario</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Élections Ontario</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Elections_Ontario_logo_yellow.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Elections_Ontario_logo_yellow.png/220px-Elections_Ontario_logo_yellow.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Elections_Ontario_logo_yellow.png 1.5x" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="85" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Office overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data">Provincial Elections in Ontario</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">26 Prince Andrew Place, <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">81,792 (general election period) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Office executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Greg Essensa, Chief Electoral Officer<sup id="cite_ref-CEO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CEO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.on.ca/">www.elections.on.ca</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elections Ontario</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Élections Ontario</i>) is an independent office of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario" title="Legislative Assembly of Ontario">Legislative Assembly of Ontario</a> responsible for the administration of provincial <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendums</a>. It is charged with the implementation and enforcement of the <i>Election Act</i> (<a href="/wiki/Revised_Statutes_of_Ontario" title="Revised Statutes of Ontario">R.S.O.</a>, c. E.6), <i>Election Finances Act</i> (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.7), <i>Representation Act</i>s (various), as well as specific portions of the <i>Municipal Elections Act, 1996</i> (S.O. 1996, c. 32, Sched.), <i>Taxpayer Protection Act, 1999</i> (S.O. 1999, c. 7, Sched. A), and <i>Fluoridation Act</i> (R.S.O. 1990, c. F.22).<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agency collects information about political parties, candidates, constituency association, leadership contestants, and third parties involved in Ontario politics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections Ontario is led by the Chief Electoral Officer, a non-partisan Officer of the Legislative Assembly chosen by an all-party committee. Greg Essensa, appointed in 2008, is the current Chief Electoral Officer. His predecessor was John Hollins, who held the position from 2001 to 2008. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mandate">Mandate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mandate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elections_Ontario.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Elections_Ontario.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="175" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="175" /></a><figcaption>Former logo of Elections Ontario</figcaption></figure> <p>Its responsibilities include: </p> <ul><li>Administering the election process in general elections and by-elections</li> <li>Maintaining the Permanent Register of Electors for Ontario (PREO)</li> <li>Testing new voting equipment, vote-counting equipment and alternative voting methods</li> <li>Conducting public education on the electoral process</li> <li>Overseeing the registration of political parties, constituency associations, candidates, leadership contestants and third party advertisers</li> <li>Publishing on the Internet financial statements of the people and entities governed by the Act, including the real time disclosure of political contributions</li> <li>Reviewing financial statements to ensure compliance</li> <li>Distributing publicly funded subsidies</li> <li>Investigating and reporting apparent contraventions</li> <li>Recommending reforms to the <i>Election Act</i> and <i>Election Finances Act</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2012_Privacy_Breach">2012 Privacy Breach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2012 Privacy Breach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2012, Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa announced the April disappearance of two <a href="/wiki/USB_flash_drive" title="USB flash drive">USB flash drives</a> holding data on 2.4 million voters in 25 Ontario ridings.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The data included the names, gender, birth date and address of voters.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two staff members who lost the drives no longer work at Elections Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Police" title="Ontario Provincial Police">Ontario Provincial Police</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Information_and_Privacy_Commissioner_of_Ontario" title="Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario">Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario</a> started investigations into the privacy breach described as "the largest in Ontario history".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merchant Law Group filed a class action suit with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 20, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian issued a report with recommendations on the incident on July 31, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_investigations">Notable investigations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable investigations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_Sudbury_by-election_bribery_investigation">2015 Sudbury by-election bribery investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2015 Sudbury by-election bribery investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 19, 2015, Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa delivered a report to the Ontario legislature alleging that Premier <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Wynne" title="Kathleen Wynne">Kathleen Wynne</a>'s chief-of-staff Patricia Sorbara and <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Sudbury (provincial electoral district)">Sudbury</a> riding organizer Gerry Lougheed Jr. had offered a job to Andrew Olivier, who intended to run to be the Liberal candidate in the by-election.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Police" title="Ontario Provincial Police">Ontario Provincial Police</a> investigated the allegations and laid two charges against Lougheed. Police did not lay charges against Sorbara.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_Highway_407_data_theft_investigation">2018 Highway 407 data theft investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2018 Highway 407 data theft investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail" title="The Globe and Mail">The Globe and Mail</a></i> reported on May 20, 2018, that Elections Ontario had launched an investigation in response to a complaint that <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario</a> candidates allegedly used data stolen from the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Highway_407" title="Ontario Highway 407">407 ETR toll highway</a> to further party nomination campaigns in several ridings.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The complaint, filed by the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">Ontario New Democratic Party</a>, focused on the nomination contests in the ridings of <a href="/wiki/Brampton_West_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Brampton West (provincial electoral district)">Brampton West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Brampton Centre (provincial electoral district)">Brampton Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton_South_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Brampton South (provincial electoral district)">Brampton South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burlington_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Burlington (provincial electoral district)">Burlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississauga_East%E2%80%94Cooksville_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)">Mississauga East—Cooksville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississauga%E2%80%94Erin_Mills_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Mississauga—Erin Mills (provincial electoral district)">Mississauga—Erin Mills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississauga%E2%80%94Lakeshore_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Mississauga—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district)">Mississauga—Lakeshore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississauga%E2%80%94Streetsville_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Mississauga—Streetsville (provincial electoral district)">Mississauga—Streetsville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakville_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Oakville (provincial electoral district)">Oakville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaches%E2%80%94East_York_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district)">Beaches—East York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milton_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Milton (provincial electoral district)">Milton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_West%E2%80%94Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (provincial electoral district)">Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas nomination is also the subject of a separate criminal investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Police_Service" title="Hamilton Police Service">Hamilton Police Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Ontario" title="Politics of Ontario">Politics of Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Ontario" title="List of political parties in Ontario">List of political parties in Ontario</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_Ontario&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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