Charges – May 25, 2011

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Darcy Allan Bedard

being the official agent for Bruce Benson, a candidate in the Selkirk-Interlake Electoral District for the 39th federal general election, did in the Rural Municipality of Gimli or elsewhere in the Province of Manitoba, between December 1, 2008 and May 25, 2011, wilfully fail to comply with a requirement of the Chief Electoral Officer to provide additional documents set out in a list attached to the requirement made under s. 451(2.2) of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c.9 as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to s. 497(3)(r.1) of the said Act.

Count 2
and further that, being the official agent for Bruce Benson, a candidate in the Selkirk-Interlake Electoral District for the 39th federal general election, did in the Rural Municipality of Gimli or elsewhere in the Province of Manitoba, between December 24, 2008 and May 25, 2011, fail to provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the final statement of the campaign bank account, contrary to s. 437(5) of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c.9 as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to s. 497(1)(r) of the said Act.

Count 3
and further that, being the official agent for Bruce Benson, a candidate in the Selkirk-Interlake Electoral District for the 39th federal general election, did in the Rural Municipality of Gimli or elsewhere in the Province of Manitoba, between August 17, 2006 and May 25, 2011, wilfully fail to provide the Chief Electoral Officer with Bruce Benson's candidate's declaration concerning his electoral campaign return, contrary to section 451(1)(e) of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c.9 as amended, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to s.497(3)(r) of the said Act.

Count 4
and further that, being the official agent for Bruce Benson, a candidate in the Selkirk-Interlake Electoral District for the 39th federal general election, did in the Rural Municipality of Gimli or elsewhere in the Province of Manitoba, on or about the 13th day of August, 2006, utter a forged document knowing that it was forged, namely the declaration of candidate Bruce Benson contained in the electoral campaign return, by providing it to the Chief Electoral Officer to be used, dealt with or acted upon as if it were genuine, and did thereby commit an offence contrary to s.368(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.



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