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 CONSTITUTION 
 
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 Bssoctation 
 
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CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF IHK 
 
 Xiberal Conservattve 
 Essociation 
 
 <5F TWK 
 
 .-^-Citi? of Toronto 
 
 Approved and adopted at the Annual Meeting 
 
 of the Assocwitron, held on 
 
 Nov. 9th, 1892. 
 
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 TORONTO '. 
 
 J. S, Williams, Typo., 73 Adelaide St. W^. 
 
 1893. 
 

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 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF TORONTO, 
 
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 Name, Object, etc. 
 
 This Association shall be called the Uh^a.V 
 Conservative Association of the City of Toronto, 
 
 1:he objects of thi-^ Association shall be : 
 
 ist To secure thorough political organization 
 
 in every Polling Sub-Division. 
 
 2nd. To distribute forms for ^^ddm^j^^p re^ 
 moving names from^vc^t^er;p^^^sts.-p^"^^ 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
 3rd. To see that the party is properly repre- 
 sented at all Courts of Revisions. 
 
 4th. To call conventions for the nomination 
 of Candidates for the House of Commons and 
 Legislative Assembly. 
 
 5th. To have the general oversight of the in- 
 terests of the Liberal Conservative Party in the 
 City of Toronto. 
 
 Membership. 
 
 The members of this Association shall be the 
 Conservative members for Toronto in the House 
 of Commons and Legislative Assembly; the 
 Conservative members for East and West York 
 in the House of Commons ; the defeated Con- 
 servative candidate or candidates, if any, at the 
 last general election for either the House of 
 Commons or Legislative Assembly ; the Presi- 
 dent, Immediate Past President, First Vice- 
 President, and Recording Secretary of each of 
 the Ward Associations ; and the President, Im- 
 mediate Past President, First Vice-President, 
 and Recording Secretary of the Toronto Young 
 Men's Liberal Conservative Association. 
 
 This Association shall recognize only one 
 Associatiop trom each of the six wards. 
 
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CONSTITUTION. 
 
 I Officers. 
 
 The officers shall be an Honorary President, 
 President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Trea- 
 surer. The Vice-President, and Secretary-Trea- 
 surer to be elected from members of this Asso^ 
 ciation. 
 
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 Duties of the Officers. 
 
 The President shall preside over all meetings 
 of the Association, enforce the due observance 
 of the Constitution, decide all questions of order, 
 announce the result of all voting, and give a 
 casting vote in case of a tie. 
 
 In the absence of the President the Vice- 
 President shall preside. If the President and 
 Vice President are both absent, a chairman shall 
 be selected from among the members present 
 
 The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep full and 
 correct minutes of all meetings of the Associa- 
 tion, and forward to the local associations the 
 necessary forms required by them. 
 
 He shall send out notices for all meetings 
 and perform such other duties as the Associ^* 
 
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 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 tion may require. He shall receive and account 
 for all moneys belonging to the Association, and 
 under the direction of the Executive, pay all 
 debts incurred by the Association, and shall 
 have his accounts audited annually. The funds 
 of the Association shall be deposited in a bank, 
 to be approved of by the Association, and all 
 cheques shall be signed by the President, or 
 Vice-President in the absence of President, and 
 countersigned by the Secretary-Treasurer. 
 
 It shall be the duty of all officers to attend 
 every meeting of this Association. 
 
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 Executive Committee. 
 
 The Executive of this Association shall con- 
 sist of the President, and Secretary-Trc asurer, 
 ttle Presidents of thes'x Ward Associations, and 
 the President of the Toronto Young Men's Lib- 
 eral Conservative Association. Five members 
 sh^ll constitute a quorum. 
 
 /in the intervals between the meetings of the 
 Association the Executive shall have an over- 
 sight over the affairs of the Association, and 
 shall meet at the call of the President or any 
 other three members. 
 
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CONSTITUTION. 
 
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 All business of every kind which s^o^come 
 before the Association shall be reported through 
 the Executive at the next meeting thereafter of 
 the Association. The Executive shall act as a 
 Striking Committee to nominate Standmg t.on>- 
 mittees. 
 
 Meetings, 
 
 The Annual Meeting of this Association shall 
 be held on the second Wednesday in November, 
 and the Semi-Annual Meeting on the third Wed- 
 nesday in April, at a place to be named by the 
 President. 
 
 The meetings shall be called to order at the 
 hour of 8 o'clock in the evening, Eleven mem- 
 bers shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 Special meetings of the Association may be 
 called by the President at any time, or place, m 
 Toronto he may appoint, or at the call of any 
 other five members by at least one week s notice, 
 but no business other than that for which the 
 meeting has been called, and which .shall be 
 stated in the notice convening the meeting shall 
 be transacted. The Secretary shall send notices 
 of each meeting to every member postpaid, 
 
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 Committees. 
 Standing Committees shall be : — 
 
 1st. Committee on Organization., 
 2nd Committee on Voters' Lists. 
 3rd. Committee on Revision. 
 4th. Committee on Finance. 
 
 Each to consist of six members. 
 
 Special Committees of not less than three 
 members may be appointed for any purpose, and 
 such committees shall remain in office until dis- 
 charged by vote of the Association 1 he first-, 
 named member of committee shall be the con- 
 venor thereof, but at its first meeting the com- 
 mittee shall appoint a Chairman and Secretary. 
 
 A majority of a committee shall constitute a 
 quorum. 
 
 Finance. 
 
 The Ward Associations, and the Toronto 
 Young Men's Liberal Conservative Association 
 shall contribute annually to this Association i\ 
 
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CONSTITUTION, 9 
 
 sum not less than $25 each, payable at the 
 Annual Meeting. 
 
 Alterations ©r Suspension of these Laws. 
 
 Alterations or suspension of these Laws shall 
 only be made at the Annual or Semi-Annual 
 Meetings, or at a special meeting held for that 
 purpose, and no alteration or suspension shall 
 be made unless two-thirds at least of those 
 present vote in favor of such change, and the 
 nature of proposed amendment shall be an^ 
 nounced at least one week in \\\t notice con- 
 vening the meeting. 
 
 Discipline. 
 
 Any member or association refusing to obey 
 the Rules and By-laws of this Association, or for 
 other reasons, which shall be specified in a one 
 week's notice of motion, may be expelled or 
 suspended by a two thirds vote of those present 
 at the meeting to discuss said motion. 
 
 The Secretary shall notify in writing such 
 member or association of the intention of the 
 Association to consider the motion for suspen. 
 
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 sion or expulsion and the date and place thereof, 
 at least one week previously. 
 
 Order of Business. 
 
 The order of business at Annual Meetings of 
 the Association shall be as follows :— 
 
 1. Reading minutes of previous meeting 
 
 and special meetings. 
 
 2. Reading Report of Secretary Treasurer 
 
 and Audit thereof. 
 
 3. Receiving Reports of Standing Com- 
 
 mittees and Special Committees who 
 are to report at this meeting. 
 
 4. Reading of Communications. 
 
 5. Election of Officers and Auditor. 
 
 6. General Business. 
 
 7. Adjournment. 
 
 The order of business at meetings other than 
 the Annual, shall be as at the Annual, with the 
 exception of Sections 2 and 5. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
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 Cases not provided for in these rules shall be 
 governed as far as possible by parliamentary 
 practice. 
 
 Conventions for the Selection of Candidates. . 
 
 All conventions for the selection of candi- 
 dates for the House of Commons or the Legis- 
 lative Assembly shall be under 'the auspices ^of 
 this Association, pursuant tO'resoVmion Of thi's 
 Association adopted at any regulfeir meeting, or 
 shall be called by the Executive Committee 
 thereof. The representatives at the Conven- 
 tion for local purposes shall consist of the officers 
 of this Association, of six officers of each V\ ard 
 Association, and of delegates to be chosen by 
 the Ward Associations in the proportion of tihree 
 delegates for each Pnliing, Sub-Division, and of 
 the President, First Vice-President, and Record- 
 ing Secretary, and sixty-three selected delegates 
 to be chosen to represent the Toronto Young 
 Men's Liberal Conservative Association. 
 
 The delegates shall be selected by the Asso- 
 ciations, at meetings to be held throughout the 
 Electoral Districts, not more than ten days be- 
 fore the date of such Convention. In the 
 
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 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 absence of delegates, regularly appointed sub- 
 stitutes may sit and vote as delegates. The 
 meetings shall be held simultaneously, or as 
 nearly so as circumstances allow. The names 
 of the delegates and substitutes shall be sent to 
 the Secretary of the Association three days at 
 least before the date of the Convention. 
 
 At a convention for selection of candidates 
 for the House of Commons there shall be three 
 delegates from every Polling Sub-Division (this 
 only to include the Sub-Divisions in Electoral 
 Districts), and twenty-one from the Toronto 
 Young Men^s Liberal Conservative Association. 
 
 If any Polling Sub-Division is divided into 
 sections in accordance with the Electoral Fran- 
 chise Act, 1891, Section 6, Sub-Section 6, each 
 section shall for this purpose be deemed a sep- 
 /erate Polling Sub Division. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
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 Rules of Order for CoiYVentidn. 
 
 (a) The President shall allot each Local Pres- 
 ident and his delegation to seats, so that the 
 members of each delegation may be together. 
 
 (d) Presentation of credentials and calling of 
 roll. 
 
 (c) The President, after calling the meeting to 
 order, shall read the resolution or other authority 
 by virtue of which the meeting has been con- 
 vened. 
 
 (d) The President shall then call for nomin- 
 ations for a candidate or candidates. Such 
 nominations shall be in writing,, with the names 
 of proposer and seconder. 
 
 (e) As soon as fifteen minutes shall have 
 elapsed from the time of the first nomination 
 having been made, the Presideitt shall declare 
 the nominations closed, and no further nomin- 
 ations shall be received unless the Convention 
 otherwise directs. 
 
 (/) When the nominations have been closed 
 each candidate shall be allowed ten minutes in 
 
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 which to address the Convention. No candi- 
 date shall be allowed to speak twice. 
 
 (g) After all candidates who wish to address 
 the Convention have done so, a ballot shall be 
 taken for the selection of a candidate or candi- 
 dates. The President shall appoint eight per- 
 sons to act in pairs as scrutineers. 
 
 ♦ (k) Before the ballot is taken the delegates 
 and the candidates (or in the absence of a can^ 
 didate his proposer or seconder on his behalf), 
 shall, by a standing vote, pledge themselves to 
 support the nominee or nominees of the Con- 
 vention. 
 
 (/) Any candidate shall have the privilege of 
 withdrawing before a vote is taken* 
 
 (;) Vote by ballot shall be taken on all can- 
 didates. The ballot papers to be official ballots 
 prepared by the Secretary. 
 
 ; (k) Majority ballot shall be necessary fot 
 election, but after each ballot shall have been 
 taken, should there be no choice, the candidate 
 having the smallest number shall retire, and so 
 on until one candidate shall receive a majority 
 of the vote cast. 
 
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