Fonds ELO - Electoral Office

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MT NAM ELO

Title

Electoral Office

Date(s)

  • 1944 - 1995 (Creation)

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Fonds

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35.2 linear meters

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Name of creator

(23/07/1849 -)

Administrative history

On the 23rd of July 1849, Governor Richard More O’Ferrall appointed legal persons as Commissioners to revise the Electoral Lists and to conduct elections. On 23rd June, 1849, Governor O’Ferrall published the related Proclamation (No. I) entitled 'A Law to regulate and appoint the Election of Members to serve in the Council of Government of Malta' upon instructions issued in Westminster, London, by Queen Victoria through Letters Patent of 11th May, 1849. However, prior to 1927, the Commission members were all equal in rank and in fact, no Principal Commissioner was appointed amongst them.

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(1944-)

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Public Transfers from the Office of the Electoral Commission.

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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Future accessions in this Fond will be added as per Retention Policy for the records that are created and managed by the
Office of the Electoral Commission (REP2024-01).

System of arrangement

As indicated in the Retention Policy for the records that are created and managed by the Office of the Electoral Commission (REP2024-01), the National Archives of Malta will receive records from seven (7) different Units/Departments within the Electoral Commission Office. Each Unit/Department is a different Subfonds and each category of records within that Unit/Department will be a Series. This schema was created based on REP2024-01. If the retention policy is updated, this schema has to be revised.

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      Date of cataloguing: 04/04/2024.
      Date of revision: 20/02/2025.

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          Sources

          (n.d.). About Us - Electoral Office. Electoral Commission Malta. Retrieved April 4, 2024, from https://electoral.gov.mt/ElectoralOffice

          Archivist's note

          This description was prepared by Zvetlana Pace Cassar.

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