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candidateA candidate is someone who runs for office at an
election. In British Columbia, a candidate is a person
who is eligible to stand for election to the
legislative assembly
and who has
fulfilled the requirements for
nomination
set out in the
Election Act (British Columbia)
(part
5, division 1). These include being supported by 25
voters in the electoral district in which the candidate intends to
run, and making a deposit of $100.
Almost all successful candidates are members of
political
parties
and parties themselves have
procedures for choosing candidates. The process of
nominating candidates is a vital one for a political party; by
choosing a candidate, it permits that candidate to use the party
label and to contest the election in the name of the
party. See also
nomination
;
party discipline
.
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