Elections Lawyers, Election Lawyers Ontario
The elections lawyers at Massey LLP provide election law advice to a range of clients from electoral management bodies, and elections officials, to political parties, candidates, and third-party advertisers.
Our election lawyers Ontario team is well-versed in the regulations and requirements related to election finance, and assists clients with compliance, and reporting.
Our election lawyers Ontario team is well-versed in the regulations and requirements related to election finance, and assists clients with compliance, and reporting.
Our elections lawyers also represent clients in judicial recounts and contested elections, the use of campaign funds, and provide general advice with respect to the Ontario Election Act, Election Finances Act, Municipal Elections Act, and the Canada Elections Act.
Our elections lawyers have a particular focus on advising clients on:
- The processes and methods for conducting elections;
- The use of electronic vote counting equipment and e-poll books;
- Administering vote-by-mail programs, which is increasingly important in today’s world; and
- Compliance Audit Committee proceedings.
The elections lawyers at Massey LLP are also accomplished in providing effective advice on the management of logic and accuracy testing, an essential component of ensuring the integrity of the voting process. The experience of our election lawyers Ontario in this area allows Massey LLP to provide clients with the guidance necessary to conduct thorough and effective testing.
Our elections lawyers, led by James Ayres and Scott Lemke, have represented clients from Elections Ontario to municipal clerks, political parties, and candidates. The knowledge our election lawyers Ontario have in the election law field enables us to provide effective advice and representation, ensuring that the electoral process is conducted in a fair, transparent, and lawful manner.
- Counsel to Elections Ontario for the 2014, 2018, and 2022 provincial general elections, as well as numerous by-elections.
- Represented Elections Ontario in a judicial recount application brought in Brampton Centre after the 2018 general election.
- Represented Elections Ontario in a judicial recount application brought in Thornhill after the 2014 general election.
- Represented the chief electoral officer in an interlocutory injunction brought by a past candidate seeking to prohibit a current candidate from participating in the 2022 provincial general election.
- Represented Elections Ontario in a contested election matter brought in Chatham.
- Provided Election Finances Act (EFA) advice to a major Ontario union wanting to participate in a federal election.
- Provided election advice to a major candidate for mayor for the City of Toronto.
- Provided election advice to a major candidate for mayor for the City of Brampton.
- Acted for the Town of Deep River, as the host community of a nuclear near surface disposal facility at the Chalk River Laboratories site. This nuclear waste facility would be the largest I the world of its type.
- Provided advice to an Ontario municipality regarding whether to implement recommendations made by the integrity commissioner.
- Provided advice to the City of Toronto and the Compliance Audit Committee during the compliance audits of councillors Jim Karygiannis and Nikolaos Mantas.
