The appellant, a mayor, faced a compliance audit of her election campaign finances which revealed apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
The municipal council passed a by-law authorizing the commencement of legal proceedings and retained outside counsel to prosecute.
The appellant appealed the dismissal of her application to quash the by-law and strike down s. 81 of the Act.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that s. 81 is not impermissibly vague, does not violate s. 7 of the Charter, and that the delegation of prosecutorial power to outside counsel was lawful and administrative in nature.
