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 ... legislature. While electoral districts in Canada are now exclusively single member districts ... electoraldistrict Calgary , Edmonton provincial electoraldistrict Edmonton and Medicine Hat provincial electoraldistrict Medicine Hat . British Columbia had a mix of multiple member districts in Vancouver ... election, 1996 1996 election . As of June 28, 2004, there were 308 federal electoral districts in Canada ... of Bothwell electoraldistrict Bothwell , Cardwell electoraldistrict Cardwell , Monck electoraldistrict Monck and Niagara electoraldistrict Niagara listed their electoraldistrict as their county ... as a riding association . Naming conventions Electoraldistrict names are usually geographic in nature, and chosen to represent the community or region within the electoraldistrict boundaries. Where ... by an em dash e.g., Saint Hyacinthe Bagot , not Saint Hyacinthe Bagot Saint Lambert electoraldistrict ... e.g., Louis H bert electoraldistrict Louis H bert , Honor Mercier electoraldistrict Honor Mercier ... differently in English and French. The Manitoba riding of Saint Boniface electoraldistrict ... in this context. Boundary adjustment Electoraldistrict boundaries are adjusted to reflect population ... district s name may change as well. Any adjustment of electoraldistrict boundaries is official ... election. Thus, an electoraldistrict may officially cease to exist, but will continue to be represented ... elected MPs electoraldistrict assignments in the middle of a Parliament. On some occasions ... that it wished to be included in a different electoraldistrict. For example, in the 2003 boundary ... city would have been merged with Timiskaming electoraldistrict Timiskaming to create the riding ... to the boundary commission, Sudbury s deputy mayor Ron Dupuis stated that An electoraldistrict ... 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
Leninist Party of Canada Eglinton electoraldistrict Eglinton 1972 federal election First South ... , teacher, CCF MP Qu Appelle electoraldistrict , Sask., 1945 1949 First female Prime Minister Kim ... electoraldistrict Chauveau 1924 1927 First Aboriginal Canadian MLA elected in New Brunswick T. J ... of Commons Bill White Canadian politician Bill White Spadina electoraldistrict Spadina , CCF ... Rt. Hon Lincoln Alexander Hamilton West electoraldistrict Hamilton West , Progressive Conservative ... MP Pierre De Bane , 1968 1984, Liberal MP Matane electoraldistrict Matane , Quebec Palestinian ... MP for Richmond British Columbia federal electoraldistrict Richmond 1993 2000, 2004 2008 , First ... electoraldistrict Richmond 2008 present Ted Hsu , Liberal MP for Kingston and the Islands 2011 present Chungsen Leung , Conservative MP for Willowdale electoraldistrict Willowdale 2011 present ... for Rivi re des Mille les electoraldistrict Rivi re des Mille les 2011 present First Chinese Canadian ... for Markham electoraldistrict Markham 2003 06 Michael Chan Canadian politician Michael Chan , Ontario Liberal MPP for Markham Unionville provincial electoraldistrict Markham Unionville 2006 present ... , Liberal MP, Cambridge electoraldistrict Cambridge , 1993 2004 Czech Canadians First Czech Canadian MP Otto Jelinek PC MP 1972 1979 High Park Humber Valley, 1979 1993 Halton electoraldistrict Halton ... of Commons Andrew Telegdi , Liberal MP Waterloo electoraldistrict Waterloo , 1993 2008 Iranian Canadians ... MPP Reza Moridi , Liberal MPP, Richmond Hill electoraldistrict Richmond Hill , 2007 present ... Communist MP Cartier electoraldistrict Cartier , Quebec 1943 1947 First Jewish leader of a federal ... Conservative MLA for Lesser Slave Lake electoraldistrict Lesser Slave Lake from 1975 till 1989. One ... Khalil Ramal Ontario Liberal Party Liberal MP for London Fanshawe provincial electoraldistrict ... provincial electoraldistrict Etobicoke North since 2003 First Canadian Muslim President of a Provincial ... 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
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
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
incominglinks Incomplete disambiguation date May 2011 mergeto Russell Electoral districts date December 2011 There have been a number of electoral districts named Russell in Canada Canadian history Russell Ontario electoraldistrict , a now defunct federal and provincial electoraldistrict in Ontario Russell Manitoba provincial electoraldistrict , a provincial district in Manitoba Disambig cleanup date December 2011 ... 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 from1949 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 CanElec1 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
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
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
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
Infobox Canadaelectoraldistrict name Orford province Quebec image caption prov status active prov created 1972 prov abolished prov election first prov election last prov rep Pierre Reid prov rep link prov rep party Liberal prov rep party link Quebec Liberal Party demo electors 53,391 http www.electionsquebec.qc.ca fr renseignement circ prov.asp?bsq 122 demo electors date 2007 warning no Orford is a provincial electoraldistrict in Quebec , Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec . The riding was created in 1973 from parts of Shefford provincial electoraldistrict Shefford , Sherbrooke provincial electoraldistrict Sherbrooke and Stanstead provincial electoraldistrict Stanstead . It includes western portions of the city of Sherbrooke , the townships of Orford, Quebec Orford and Hatley, Quebec Hatley and the cities of Magog, Quebec Magog , North Hatley, Quebec North ... Election results Quebec provincial election, 2008 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 2007 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 2003 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 1998 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 1994 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 1989 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict Quebec provincial election, 1981 ElectoralDistrict Orford provincial electoraldistrict References http www.quebecpolitique.com elections et referendums ... recto.pdf Quebec electoral map Neighbouring electoral districts Canadian City Geographic Location North Johnson electoraldistrict Johnson br Sherbrooke provincial electoraldistrict Sherbrooke West Brome Missisquoi provincial electoraldistrict Brome Missisquoi Center Orford East Saint Fran ois electoraldistrict Saint Fran ois South QC ED coord missing Quebec Category Quebec provincial electoral ... 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
Saskatchewan was a federal electoraldistrictCanadaelectoraldistrict in Saskatchewan , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1906 to 1908. This riding was created in following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905 from the former Northwest Territories riding Provisional District of Saskatchewan . The sitting member in the prior riding at the time was John Henderson Lamont , who resigned in 1905. The only member actually elected to this seat was George Ewan McCraney , in a by election in 1906. The electoraldistrict was abolished in 1907 when it was redistributed into the ridings of Battleford electoraldistrict Battleford , Prince Albert electoraldistrict Prince Albert , and Saskatoon electoraldistrict Saskatoon . Election results By election Resignation of Mr. John Henderson Lamont, 5 September 1905 CanElec1 by 6 February 1906 Canadian elections Liberals MCCRANEY, George Ewan align right acclaimed 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 662 Riding history for Saskatchewan 1905&ndash 1907 from the Library of Parliament Category Defunct Saskatchewan federal electoral districts fr Saskatchewan ancienne circonscription f d rale ... more details
Acadia was a provincial electoraldistrict in Alberta , Canada . It returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940. Election results Plebiscite results References reflist External links http www.assembly.ab.ca The Legislative Assembly of Alberta coord missing Alberta Category Former Alberta provincial electoral districts ... more details
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