Registration​

The registration of third parties makes their roles and actions transparent to the public. Third parties must register with the ECQ if they incur cumulative electoral expenditure exceeding $6,000 during the capped expenditure period for a state election.

Registered third parties have additional disclosure and reporting obligations and are required to operate a state campaign bank account.

The third party registration process can be completed via the ECQ’s Self service portal. More detail about the registration process can be found in Fact sheet 20.

The agent of a registered third party may apply to the ECQ to cancel the third party’s registration for an election if required.

Note: If you are a donor who only makes monetary donations to election participants and you do not incur electoral expenditure, you do not need to register as a third party for an election.

​Links to further information:

• State fact sheet 7 - Definition of electoral expenditure
• State fact sheet 19 – Funding and disclosure overview for third parties
• State fact sheet 20 – Third party registration process