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ARTICLE 4. CANDIDATE RECRUITMENT, NOMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT

(a) Each recognized Constituency Association shall conduct a thorough search and may strike a nominating committee to find the best possible candidate(s) to represent the people of that constituency in the House of Commons.

(b) Each recognized Constituency Association shall have the exclusive right to recommend potential candidates to the Executive Council of the Party. The Executive Council of the Party shall arrange to conduct candidate training and development programs for all potential candidates.

(c) Each duly recognized Constituency Association shall have the right to nominate the official candidate of the Party at a general meeting of the members of the Constituency Association subject always to the right of the Executive Council, in its absolute discretion where it feels the overall best interest of the party is involved, to intervene with respect to any nomination and to nullify the nomination of any candidate.

(d) Where the Executive Council intervenes to nullify the nomination of a candidate, the Secretary shall notify the candidate and the Constituency Association in writing within 7 days, which notification shall contain a statement of the reason for the intervention. The candidate and the authorized representatives of the Constituency Association shall have the right to be heard by the Executive Council or its representatives before a decision is rendered, which decision shall be final and binding. Nothing herein prevents the Constituency Association from nominating another candidate, which nomination shall be subject to 4(c) and (d).

(e) The Leader shall not withhold, under the provisions of the Canada Elections Act, the endorsement of a nominee as candidate nominated by a recognized Constituency Association except in compliance with Article 4(d).

(f) Executive Council shall oversee the development and implementation of such rules and procedures to ensure fair and effective candidate recruitment, selection, training, and the organization and implementation of effective campaigns.

(g) All candidates must be duly nominated by a recognized Constituency Association. Under no circumstances can the Executive Council or the Leader appoint a candidate to run as a candidate for the XYZ Party.

This section and the ones following are an attempt to make a genuine grass roots party constitution. This one should be considered as a template only. What it will eventually look like is entirely in the members hands.

Article 6 The Executive Council: - 4 th page in this Constitution series

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