refimprove date May 2009 An electoraldistrict in Canada , also known as a constituency or a Riding country ... House of Commons Provinces and territories of Canada provincial or territorial electoral districts ... MHA to the provincial or territorial legislature. While electoral districts in Canada are now ... to seven members see Calgary provincial electoraldistrict Calgary , Edmonton provincial electoraldistrict Edmonton and Medicine Hat provincial electoraldistrict Medicine Hat . British Columbia had ... 308 federal electoral districts in Canada, although the government of Stephen Harper has proposed ... census es, in fact, some citizens in the ridings of Bothwell electoraldistrict Bothwell , Cardwell electoraldistrict Cardwell , Monck electoraldistrict Monck and Niagara electoraldistrict Niagara listed their electoraldistrict as their county of residence instead of their actual county. Soon ... the electoraldistrict boundaries. Where a federal district s name includes more than one geographic ... Hyacinthe Bagot Saint Lambert electoraldistrict Saint Lambert , not Saint Lambert. Where a district ... for historical figures rather than geography e.g., Louis H bert electoraldistrict Louis H bert , Honor Mercier electoraldistrict Honor Mercier these contain hyphens between the words, not em dashes ... riding of Saint Boniface electoraldistrict Saint Boniface , for example, is referred to in French ... may use a hyphen instead of an em dash in this context. Boundary adjustment Electoraldistrict ... of a boundary change, an electoraldistrict s name may change as well. Any adjustment of electoraldistrict boundaries is official as of the date the changes are legislated, but is not put into actual effect until the first subsequent election. Thus, an electoraldistrict may officially ... the confusion that would result from changing elected MPs electoraldistrict assignments in the middle ... electoraldistrict. For example, in the 2003 boundary adjustment, the boundary commission in Ontario ... more details
The Chief Electoral Officer is the person responsible for overseeing elections in Canada . The position of Chief Electoral Officer was created in 1920 by the Dominion Elections Act Canada Dominion Elections Act . The Chief Electoral Officer is appointed by a resolution of the Canadian House of Commons . He or she reports directly to Parliament of Canada Parliament and, therefore, is completely independent of the government of the day and all political parties. The Chief Electoral Officer is not allowed to vote in federal elections. The Chief Electoral Officer serves until retirement at age 65 or resignation . They can be removed from office only for cause, by the Governor General of Canada after a joint request following a majority vote by the House of Commons and Senate of Canada . The Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for the administration of elections, referendum s and other important aspects of Canada s electoral system . The Chief Electoral Officer is assisted in carrying out this mandate by the Assistant Chief Electoral Officer and the Broadcasting Arbitrator who ensures that the provisions of the Canada Elections Act and the Canada Referendum Act are carried out, and the Commissioner of Canada Elections who enforces the Act. Neither the Chief Electoral Officer nor the Assistant Chief Electoral Officer may vote in a Elections in Canada general election , the only resident Canadian citizens 18 years of age or older who can t. Nine directorates make up Elections Canada, the organization that carries out the specific roles and responsibilities under the CEO s mandate. The current and sixth Chief Electoral Officer is Marc Mayrand , appointed on 21 February 2007. http www2.parl.gc.ca HousePublications Publication.aspx?Language E&Mode 1&Parl 39&Pub projected&Ses 1&DocId 2722766&File 0 Former Chief Electoral Officers Oliver Mowat Biggar 1920 1927 Jules Castonguay ... Canada On Line Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Category Chief Electoral Officer Canada ... more details
underway for electoral reform in Canada at federal, provincial territorial, and municipal levels. At present the most active are provincial. As of early 2006, two electoral reform referendums have been held The British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005 to approve a Single Transferable Vote ... Member Proportional system but advocates a Canada wide Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform like those of BC and Ontario. The Conservative Party of Canada said a Conservative Government would ... any electoral reform proposal. The Liberal Party of Canada has taken no position. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Electoral Reform In Canada Category Electoral reform in Canada ... Columbia Green Party support electoral reform. British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009 ... by such a small margin. Some voters were concerned about uncertainty as to the size of the electoral districts under BC STV and hence the degree of proportionality of the new system. The BC Electoral ... under both the current single member plurality SMP electoral system and the BC single transferable vote BC STV system. Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum, 2005 to approve mixed member proportional representation or some variant. Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 , to approve a proposed ... more referendum is tentatively scheduled, but not yet officially called New Brunswick electoral reform referendum, 2008 As well, the Liberal government of Quebec proposed electoral reform in 2004, which ... due to divergent views on how to improve it. The province s Chief Electoral Officer was asked on December ..., December 21, 2007. Active advocates of such reforms include Fair Vote Canada , the federal New Democratic ... NDP and Green Party of Canada , all of which have strongly supported the above referendums. The Communist Party of Canada also supports various forms of electoral reform. The federal government of Canada launched a parliamentary committee to investigate and research possible variants of electoral ... more details
of Canada Eglinton electoraldistrict Eglinton 1972 federal election First South Asian elected in Canada ... , teacher, CCF MP Qu Appelle electoraldistrict , Sask., 1945 1949 First female Prime Minister Kim Campbell ... of Commons Bill White Canadian politician Bill White Spadina electoraldistrict Spadina , CCF the forerunner ... Rt. Hon Lincoln Alexander Hamilton West electoraldistrict Hamilton West , Progressive Conservative ... first Arab Canadian MP Pierre De Bane , 1968 1984, Liberal MP Matane electoraldistrict Matane ... Chan zh , Liberal MP for Richmond British Columbia federal electoraldistrict Richmond 1993 ... Columbia federal electoraldistrict Richmond 2008 present Ted Hsu , Liberal MP for Kingston and the Islands 2011 present Chungsen Leung , Conservative MP for Willowdale electoraldistrict ... Liu , New Democratic MP for Rivi re des Mille les electoraldistrict Rivi re des Mille les 2011 present ... for Fort York electoraldistrict Fort York 1987 90 Gary Mar , Alberta Progressive Conservative ... Wong , Ontario Liberal MPP for Markham electoraldistrict Markham 2003 06 Michael Chan Canadian politician Michael Chan , Ontario Liberal MPP for Markham Unionville provincial electoraldistrict ... of Commons Janko Peric , Liberal MP, Cambridge electoraldistrict Cambridge , 1993 2004 Czech ... Halton electoraldistrict Halton First Czech Canadian cabinet minister Otto Jelinek , 1984 1993 Dutch ... East , 1979 1997 John Oostrom , PC MP for Willowdale electoraldistrict Willowdale 1984 1988 Peter ... Telegdi , Liberal MP Waterloo electoraldistrict Waterloo , 1993 2008 Iranian Canadians First Iranian ... Moridi , Liberal MPP, Richmond Hill electoraldistrict Richmond Hill , 2007 present Italian Canadians ... of Commons first Jewish Canadian MP Henry Nathan , Liberal MP Victoria electoraldistrict Victoria 1872 ... electoraldistrict Cartier , Quebec 1943 1947 First Jewish leader of a federal party David Lewis ... Slave Lake electoraldistrict Lesser Slave Lake from 1975 till 1989. One of the first Muslims ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The electoral districts of Lower Canada were territorial subdivisions of the British North American Province of Lower Canada serving as the basis of the representation of the population in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada , the lower house of the Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada. This house was the first legislative assembly in the history of Quebec . The districts were used between 1792 and 1838 , date at which the constitution of the country was suspended as a consequence of the Lower Canada Rebellion Rebellions of 1837 . The Constitutional Act of 1791 provided for the creation of a House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly, made up of at least 50 elected ... 1 and Vaudreuil 2 . 1829 to 1838 class wikitable District Seats In the new Province of Canada 1841 ... of the electoral map five new districts were created, in total electing 8 new MPPs, in the newly ... given French names. A last district was created in 1832 and a second seat was added to existing ones, so that when the constitution was suspended in 1838, there were 46 electoral districts in Lower Canada and they were returning 90 MPPs in total. 29 of these bore French names, 11 Amerindian names and 6 English names. 1792 to 1829 class wikitable District Location Seats Reform of 1829 Bedford Haut ... des Aulnaies . 2 Renamed to L Islet. Dorchester L vis , Saint Henri and Beauce Quebec Beauce . 2 The district ... . 1 The district of Bonaventure is detached from that of Gasp . Hampshire North shore of the St. Lawrence ... Hyacinthe 2 The district of Saint Hyacinthe tow seats is detached from that of Richelieu. Saint Maurice North shore of the St. Lawrence River from Maskinong to Batiscan , except Trois Rivi res. 2 The district ... of Commissioners on Grievances Complained of in Lower Canada. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed ..., tome 2 , Sillery Septentrion http books.google.ca books?id R1QTpOBRz40C preview Category Electoral districts of Lower Canada fr Districts lectoraux du Bas Canada ... more details
Oriole was a provincial electoraldistrict in North York, Ontario , Canada. Partial electoral results Ontario provincial by election, September 4, 1997 ElectoralDistrict Oriole provincial electoraldistrict Category Ontario provincial electoral districts Category Provincial electoral districts of Toronto Canada geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Digby was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1993. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Digby Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Guysborough was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1993. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Guysborough Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Sackvile was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1978 to 1993. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Sackville ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Unsourced date September 2009 Colchester was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1978 Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Colchester Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Kings was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 1956 Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Kings Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Cumberland was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1949. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Cumberland Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Hants was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1949. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Hants Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Pictou was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1949. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts coord missing Nova Scotia DEFAULTSORT Pictou Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Halifax was a provincial electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Nova Scotia , Canada , that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly . It existed from 1867 to 1933. Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts Coord 44.649 N 63.605 W display title DEFAULTSORT Halifax Provincial ElectoralDistrict Category Former Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts NovaScotia stub Canada constituency stub ... more details
Incomplete disambiguation date May 2011 Merge to Queens disambiguation date July 2011 There have been several electoral district Canada electoral district s in Canada named Queen s or Queens . Federal electoral districts Queen s New Brunswick electoral district , an electoral district which returned members to the Canadian House of Commons from 1867&ndash 1892 Queens Nova Scotia federal electoral district , an electoral district which returned members to the House of Commons from 1867&ndash 1892 Queen s Prince Edward Island electoral district , an electoral district which returned members to the House of Commons from 1903&ndash 1966 Queen s County electoral district , a Prince Edward Island electoral district which returned members to the House of Commons from 1873&ndash 1892 Provincial electoral districts Queen s Prince Edward Island provincial electoral district , which returned members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1903&ndash 1966 Queens Nova Scotia provincial electoral district , an electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, it has existed since 1941 Queens New Brunswick provincial electoral district , an electoral district in the Canadian province of New Brunswick . It was in use from 1785 to 1974 See also Queens disambiguation for other places named Queens or Queen s Disambig cleanup date December 2011 ... more details
uncomment if needed For the current defunct federal provincial electoraldistrict, see St. Mary electoraldistrict Merge Sainte Marie electoraldistrict date October 2009 St. Mary was a federal electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1953. This Riding division riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal East electoraldistrict Montreal East riding. This riding was abolished in 1952 when it was replaced by Sainte Marie electoraldistrict Sainte Marie riding. See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral districts External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament http www2.parl.gc.ca Sites LOP HFER hfer.asp?Language E&Search Det&Include Y&rid 655 1892 1947 http www2.parl.gc.ca Sites LOP HFER hfer.asp?Language E&Search Det&rid 1134&Include 1947 1952 Category Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts Canada constituency stub ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2009 Grand Lake is a provinces and territories of Canada provincial electoraldistrict for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick , Canada . External links http www.gnb.ca legis index.asp Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Category Defunct New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Canada constituency stub ... more details
Electoraldistrict of Mulgrave may refer to Electoraldistrict of Mulgrave Queensland , an electoraldistrict of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Electoraldistrict of Mulgrave Victoria , an electoraldistrict of the Victorian Legislative Assembly disambig ... more details
Electoraldistrict of Cumberland may refer to Electoraldistrict of Cumberland New South Wales Electoraldistrict of Cumberland Tasmania disambiguation ... more details
Electoraldistrict of Wickham may refer to Electoraldistrict of Wickham New South Wales Electoraldistrict of Wickham Queensland disambiguation ... more details
uncomment if needed For the current defunct federal provincial electoraldistrict, see Norquay electoraldistrict Norquay was a federal electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Manitoba , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953. This Riding division riding was created in 1947 from parts of Portage La Prairie electoraldistrict Portage La Prairie , Selkirk electoraldistrict Selkirk and Springfield electoraldistrict Springfield ridings. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Dauphin electoraldistrict Dauphin , Portage Neepawa and Selkirk ridings. Election results Canadian election result top CA 1949 Canadian elections Liberals WOOD, Robert James align right 8,430 Canadian elections CCF PETURSSON, Philip M. align right 4,776 Canadian elections Progressive Conservatives KOSHOWSKI, Walter align right 807 end See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral districts External links http www2.parl.gc.ca Sites LOP HFER hfer.asp?Language E&Search Det&Include Y&rid 494 Riding history for Norquay 1947&ndash 1952 from the Library of Parliament Category Defunct Manitoba federal electoral districts fr Norquay ancienne circonscription f d rale ... more details
Inuvik was a Northwest Territories territorial ElectoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict representing the city of Inuvik, Northwest Territories . It was dissolved for the Northwest Territories general election, 1999 1999 territorial election , with two new districts, Inuvik Boot Lake and Inuvik Twin Lakes . Its last sitting Member was Floyd Roland , who now represents Inuvik Boot Lake . Canada poli stub Category Former Northwest Territories electoral districts ... more details
Image SpruceWoods2011.jpg thumb 200px The 2011 boundaries for Spruce Woods marked in red Spruce Woods is a provincial electoral division in the Canada Canadian province of Manitoba . It was created by redistribution in 2008 and was created out of parts of . Communities in the Electoral district Canada riding include Killarney, Manitoba Killarney , Wawanesa, Manitoba Wawanesa , and Shilo, Manitoba Shilo . The riding s population in 2006 was 20,365. List of provincial representatives table border 0 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 2 width 90 tr th Name th Party th Took Office th Left Office tr table Electoral Results Manitoba provincial election, 2011 Electoral District Spruce Woods electoral district MB ED References reflist coord missing Manitoba Category Manitoba provincial electoral divisions fr Spruce Woods ... more details
Image RidingMountainED2011.jpg thumb 200px The 2011 boundaries for Riding Mountain marked in red Riding Mountain is a provincial electoral division in the Canada Canadian province of Manitoba . It was created by redistribution in 2008 and was created out of parts of . Communities in the Electoral district Canada riding include Minnedosa, Manitoba Minnedosa , Rapid City, Manitoba Rapid City , Rivers, Manitoba Rivers , and Russell, Manitoba Russell . The riding s population in 2006 was 21,245. List of provincial representatives table border 0 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 2 width 90 tr th Name th Party th Took Office th Left Office tr table Electoral results Manitoba provincial election, 2011 Electoral District Riding Mountain electoral district coord missing Manitoba MB ED Category Manitoba provincial electoral divisions fr Mont Riding ... more details
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