respectively apply to Elections of Members to serve in the House of
Commons for the same several Provinces.

Provided that, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, at
any Election for a Member of the House of Commons for the District of
Algoma, in addition to Persons qualified by the Law of the Province of
Canada to vote, every male British Subject, aged Twenty-one Years or
upwards, being a Householder, shall have a Vote.

42. [Writs for First Election.] For the First Election of Members to
serve in the House of Commons the Governor General shall cause Writs to
be issued by such Person, in such Form, and addressed to such Returning
Officers as he thinks fit.

The Person issuing Writs under this Section shall have the like Powers
as are possessed at the Union by the Officers charged with the issuing
of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in the respective House of
Assembly or Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia,
or New Brunswick; and the Returning Officers to whom Writs are directed
under this Section shall have the like Powers as are possessed at the
Union by the Officers charged with the returning of Writs for the
Election of Members to serve in the same respective House of Assembly
or Legislative Assembly.


43. [As to Casual Vacancies.] In case a Vacancy in the Representation
in the House of Commons of any Electoral District happens before the
Meeting of the Parliament, or after the Meeting of the Parliament before
Provision is made by the Parliament in this Behalf, the Provisions of
the last foregoing Section of this Act shall extend and apply to the