DCHP-3

declaration day

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the day on which the official count of ballots for an election is announced and the successful candidates declared legally elected.

Quotations

1855
Declaration Day; the above named persons declared duly elected.
1959
Premier Matheson . . . said he would be ready to relinquish power on Declaration Day, Sep. 15. . . .
1963
Monday's declaration day proceedings, a week after the New Brunswick elections, confirmed narrow-margin victories for three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in Saint John City.