Charles:
Welcome to the forum!
As your profile says you are in Canada, one of the Canadian Members will have to address the Code issue.
Personally, if I were to rewire/rebuild this chandelier, I would have a paper discussion with the owner as to how they would prefer it to light. The 96 bulbs @ 25 watts equates to 2400 watts; I would split it to 2 circuits if that was`OK with the owner. (ON 2K dimmers) THe balance could be on a 1K.
Based on your quantities, I would probably run two (2)20 amp circuits to feed the unit.
This could be a 'nice' rebuild job!!
John
