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returning officer

noun

, British.
  1. a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.


returning officer

noun

  1. (in Britain, Canada, Australia, etc) an official in charge of conducting an election in a constituency or electoral district, who supervises the counting of votes and announces the results
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of returning officer1

First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences

In Alabama, the minimum compensation for poll workers is $50, which increases by $25 per training day, and an extra $25 if you’re a returning officer or clerk.

In Germany, an independent federal returning officer oversees a complex state and federal voting system.

A Returning Officer can only deal with objections arising out of the nomination paper.

The counting was most exciting; we kept side by side all the time, and at the close the Returning Officer declared we had tied.

He spoke of the Acting Returning Officer as a most impartial, kind, and painstaking officer.

The returning officer sits in an outer room, beyond which is an inner chamber with only one door, but with a desk.

The voter gives his name to the returning officer, and receives a white ticket bearing his number on the register.

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