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THE

VICTORIA

Liberal- Conservative

ASSOCIATION,

VICTORIA, B. e.

-Or)[aoized Septonber 28tb, 1894.-

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

or THE ASaOClATION. AND

By-Laws QovemingNoitiiiuiting Committees*

VICTORIA:

THE COLONIST PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO., LTD.

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, VICTORIA

Liberal "Conservative

ASSOCIATION,

VICTORiA, B. C.

-Organized September 28th, 1894.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

OF THE ASSOCIATION, AND

By-Laws Governing Nominating; Committees.

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VICTORIA :

THE COLONIST PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO., LTD.

189s.

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OFFICERS, 1894-1895.

PRESIDENT :

E. Crow Baker, Esq., Victoria City.

MlCE'PRESIDENTa t

W. Fisher, Esq., - - - Metchosin.
Geo. Deans, Esq., Richmond R'd, Vict. Dist.
D. R. Ker, Esq., • - Victoria City.
W. H. ELI.IS, Esq ,
A. J. McLellan, Esq.,
Georges. Russell, Esq.,

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Treasurer s
T. B. Hall, Esq., Victoria City.

Secretary -.
A. Stewart Potts, P. O. Drawer 48, Victoria City.

Corresponding Secretary .-

B. H. Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq., Victoria City.

Elective Members of Exeoutive Gommihee :

Messrs. N. Sabin, E. A. Lewis, James Hillier,

Charles Hayward, D. M. Eberts, Q. C, A. E.

McPhillips, Thomas Nicholson, James

Baker, H. D. Helmcken, Q. C, and

R. F. ToLMiE, Victoria City.

Ex-Offioio members of Executive Gommihee:
Hon. Senator Macdonald, Lt. Col. E. Gawlrr
Prior, M. P., Thos. Earle, Esq., M. P., and
Conservative Members of the Pro-
vincial Cabinet.

VlCTOKlA, B. C 1^9'

To the. Secretary

The Victoria Liberal-Conservative Association,

Victoria, b. C.

Dear Sir : ~

I hereby agree to become a member of "The
Victoria-Liberal Conservative Association " and
to be bound by the Constitution thereof, and any By-Laws
made in pursuance of the same.

Yours truly,

Sigfiature '

P. 0. Address

Tlie Victoria lilieral-Conseryatiye Association.

CONSTITUTION.

NAME.

1. This Association shall be known as ** The Victoria
Liberal-Conservative Association.

TERRITORY.

2. The territory of this Association shall be the Elect-
oral District of Victoria.

OBJECTS.

3. The objects of this Association are to promote by
all lawful means, the interests of The Liberal-Conserva-
tive party, the discussion and dissemination of Liberal-
Conservative principles, and generally, the welfare of the
Dominion of Canada, and the maintenance of our con-
nection with the British Empire.

OFFICERS.

4. The officers of the Association shall be a President,
six Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Corresponding Secre-
tary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee consist-
inc; of twenty members, including the above named Offi-
cers ; in addition. Conservative members of the Senate of
Canada, of the House of Commons and of the Provincial
Cabinet shall also be ex-ojido members of the Executive
Committee.

5- The duties of the President shall be to preside at
all meetings of the Association from the time of his elec-
tion until the election of his successor ; in his absence
the senior Vice-President shall discharge all the duties of
his office. •

6. The duties of the Secretary shall be to conduct the
correspondence of the Association, and keep the minutes
of its proceedings. He shall also keep a record of the
membership.

7. The duties of the Treasurer shall be to receive the
moneys belonging to the Association, and to disburse the
same under the orders of the Executive Committee.

8. The duties of the Corresponding Secretary shall be
to provide for the proper revision of the voters' lists, the
distribution of political reading matter, to aid in election
work, and generally to serve the interests of the party.

9. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be to
raise the necessary funds to defray expenses, to direct the
Treasurer as to the payment of claims against the Asso-
ciation, and generally to manage the affairs of the
Association.

10. The services of all officers shall be gratuitous ex-
cept the Secretary who shall be paid $ per annum.

1 1. The members of the Association shall pledge them-
selves to support the candidates for election to the House
of Commons chosen by the Association.

12. The first general meeting shall be held on Satu?"
day, the 13th of October, 1894, and thereafter the ar. mini
meeting shall be held the second Saturday in October of
each year, unless otherwise provided for by resolution ol
the Association.

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13. Officers and members of the Executive Committee
shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Association
by ballot.

14. This Constitution may be altered at any special
general meeting of the Association called for the purpose,
two weeks notice of the proposed amendment liaving
been given. Such notice of amendrneLl hall be posted
by the Secretary in the rooms of the Association, or noti-
fied to the members by post.

BY-LAWS.

1. Regular meetings of the Association shall be held
on the third Tuesday of each and every month, urles
the Association or the Executive shall otherwise direct.
All other meetings of the Association shall be special.

2. The members of the Executive Committee and all
officers of the Association shall retain office until their
successors are duly elected.

3. All vacancies occurring 'in the Executive Commit-
tee shall be filed by the Association at the next meeting
thereafter.

4. Special meetings of the Association may be called
at any time by the President and Secretary, and they
shall upon requisition signed by four members of the
Executive, call such a special meeting by advertisement
or post-paid notice.

5. Seven members shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting of the Executive Committee.

6. The President shall preside as Chairman at all
meetings of the Executive CcTimittee, and shall discharge
all the duties of the chair ; in his absence the senior Vice-
President present shall preside ; and if there be no Vice-
President present then any member of the Executive
Committee may be called to the chair. The Chairman
shall not vote except in case of a tie when he shall have
the casting vote.

7- The President and Secretary shall be ex officio
members of all committees.

8. Any by-law or clause of the Constitution of this
Association may be suspended at any meeting of the As-
sociation by a three-fourths vote of the members present.

9. Twenty members of the Association shall consti-
tute a quorum.

10. The first named member of any committee shall be
the convener thereof, and the Secretary of the Associa-
tion shall act as secretary of all such committees. A
majority of each committee (other than the Executive
Committee) shall constitute a quorum. x\t the first
meeting of every committee they shall elect a chairman.

11. The order of business at every regular meeting of
the Association, and of the Executive Committee, shall
be as follows :— w

1. Reading minutes of previous regular and special
meetings. X'.,

2. Reports of Committees.

^ 3. Reading and dealing with communications.

4. Unfinished business.

5. New business

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12. The Execulive Committee shall meet on the first
and third Tuesdays of each and every month unless by
resolution of the said Committee it is otherwise ordered.

13. At the annual meeting ol the Association, the
Auditor's report and the Secretary's report shall be read
and considered immediately after the reading of the min-
utes, and thereafter other business shall be dealt with- as
above provided.

14. The Secretary shall furnish at each meeting; of the
Association, and of the Executive Committee for the
guidance of the Chairman, an order paper containing the
regular routine of business and all unfinished business
arising out of past meetings.

15. All business of every kind which is to come before
the Association, shall be reported through the Executive
Committee, except by the unanimous voice of the mem-
bers present at any meeting of the Association.

16. At each annual meeting the Treasurer shall report ;
the condition of the Finances and present a statement
showing the amount of moneys received and disbursed.

17. In case any officer of the Association or member of
the Executive Committee absents himself from three sue
cessive meetings, without reasonable cause being shown,
his office as such officer or member of the Executive
Committee may be declared vacant at any me.^ting of the
Executive Committee thereafter, by a two-thirds vote of
the members present, and the Association shall at the
first meeting thereafter elect a successor.

Conventions for the Selection of Candidates
for Victoria District.

1. All conventions for the selection of candidates for
the House of Commons for Victoria City and District,
(Victoria Electoral District) shall be held under the
auspices of this Association, pursuant to resolutic»n of
this Association adopted at any regular meeting, or shall
be called by the Executive Committee thereof.

2. Every member of the Association, in good stand-
ing, shall be entitled to be present, and to have one vote
for each candidate to be selected.

3. Public notice of such nominat ing convention shall
be given in at least one daily newspaper published in the
City of Victoria, not less than seven days before the date of
the meeting. Any nominating convention may adjourn
from time to time, and if the adjournment be for longer
than one day, public notice thereof shall be given by
newspaper advertisement. Before any nominating con-
vention shall be properly constituted for the transaction
of business, there shall be at least fifty members of the
Association present.

4. The President shall preside. In his absence the
senior Vice-President present shall preside, unless there
be no Vice- President present when the meeting shall
elect a chairman. v

5. Nominations of the proposed candidates shall be in
writing, signed by the proposer and seconder, who shall
in the first place, secure the consent of the candidate.

6. The President or chairman, after calling the meet-
ing to order, shall read the resolution or other authority
by which the convention has been convened.

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• 7. After the reading of the resolution or other auth-
ority by which the nominating convention shall have
been called, the Secretary shall read the by-laws govern-
ing the convention. Nomination shall then be in order.

8. As soon as fifteen minutes shall have elapsed from
the time of the first nomination having been made, the
President or chairman shall declare the nominations
closed, and thereafter no other nominations shall be
received, unless the convention by a two-thirds vote,
otherwise directs.

9. After the nominations have been declared closed,
each of the nominees shall be allowed ten minutes tir.ie
in which to address the convention. No nominee shall
be allowed to speak twice. •

10. After the nominees shall have all addressed the
meeting, a ballot or ballots shall be taken for tht selection
of the candidate or candidates.

11. The President or chairman shall appoint four per-
sons to act in pairs as scrutineers, who shall not be pro-
posers or seconders of any nominee.

12. Before a ballot is taken, the members of the con-
vention and the nominees (or if a nominee be not present,
then his proposer and seconder) shall by a standing vote,
pledge themselves to support the candidate or candidates
selected by the ' "^^iUion.

13. Any nominee shall have the privilege of withdraw-
ing before a vote is taken. <

14. Vote shall be taken by ballot on all nominees.

15. I'he ballot papers shall be official ballots, prepared
by the Secretary, and bearing his initials, and shall be
numl'ered consecutively.

i6. Majority ballot shall be nx°cessary for election, but
after the second ballot shall have been taken, should there
be no choice, the nominee having the smallest number of
vgtes, shall then retire, and so on, until one nominee
shall receive a majority of all the votes cast. When
there are two or more candidates to be selected, as soon
as one nominee shall receive a majority of the votes
cast, he shall be declared chosen as a candidate, but
balloting for the other candidate or candidates shall con-
tinue until a majority vote is polled, as hereinbefore
provided.