⚖️ Ethics Commissioner Reports

A contravention means a specific section of a conflict-of-interest act or members’ code was breached. It is not a criminal finding. The Commissioner can investigate, find and publish. They cannot fine, sanction or remove anyone — at most they recommend a sanction to Parliament, which may ignore it.

The most common outcome of an ethics investigation is no contravention, and that is a real result rather than a technicality. Those reports are far less covered than adverse findings, which is a coverage bias this page cannot correct but can name.

Every row below names its subject, dates the ruling and links the report. A page that lists findings without a name, a date and a citation is unusable for a reader and indefensible for a site built on checkable claims.