24 (1) Where, with respect to each of the reports referred to in section 20, (a) it is ascertained by the Chief Electoral Officer that no objection has been filed with the clerk of the committee referred to in subsection 21(1) in the manner and within the time prescribed therefor in section 22, or. The present formula for adjusting electoral boundaries was adopted in 1985. ), s. 3, c. 1 (4th Supp. the Constitution Act, 1867,and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act(E.B.R.A.). 22 (1) If the number of members of the House of Commons to be assigned to a province is not the same in the second statement as in the first statement, the commission established for the province under the Act shall perform its duties under the Act subject to subsection (2) or (3). An Act to change the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts. Marginal note:Territorial electoral districts. Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (S.C. 2005, c. 6) Full Document: HTML Full Document: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Accessibility Buttons available) | PDF Full Document: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act [189 KB] Assented to 2005-02-24. Assented to 2005-02-24. Electoral Districts in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia Quebec. Income Tax Act . (3) A reference in subsection (1) to the chief justice of a province includes a reference to the acting chief justice of the province or any person performing for the time being the duties of the chief justice of the province. The Fair Representation Act also includes amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act that streamlines the boundary readjustment process to ensure that it will be completed and in effect before the end of the Government’s mandate. Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act(E.B.R.A.) This enactment changes the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts. (2) Words and expressions used in sections 15 to 22 have the same meaning as in the Act. 8 Sections 21 and 22 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, as amended by this Act, apply in respect of the electoral boundary readjustment for the Northwest Territories in respect of the decennial census of Canada taken in 1981 notwithstanding anything done under those sections in respect of that census before the coming into force of this Act and, for the purposes of those sections, the copy of the report of the electoral boundaries commission for the Northwest Territories in respect of that census that was transmitted to and received by the Speaker of the House of Commons under subsection 21(1) of that Act, as it read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, shall forthwith after the coming into force of this Act be referred by the Speaker to the committee referred to in subsection 21(1) of that Act, as amended by this Act. Assented to 2001-06-14. 17 The Chief Statistician and the Department of Natural Resources shall make available their services and facilities, and render all other assistance that may be necessary, to a commission in order to enable the commission to discharge its duties under this Act. Canadian electoral law has grown in … Marginal note:Advertisement to include certain information, (3) There shall be included in the advertisement referred to in subsection (2) a map or drawing prepared by the commission showing the proposed division of the province into electoral districts and indicating the population and name proposed to be given to each district and, (a) in the case of the advertisement published in the Canada Gazette, a schedule shall be included setting out a description of the proposed boundaries of each electoral district in the province, indicating the population and name proposed to be given to each such district; and. ), s. 2, c. 1 (4th Supp. Marginal note:Maps to be prepared and printed, 28 (1) As soon as feasible after the issue of the proclamation declaring the representation order to be in force, the Chief Electoral Officer shall, with the cooperation of the Department of Natural Resources and in accordance with the descriptions and definitions set out in the order, prepare and print. It amends the time periods in several provisions of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act and requires that electronic versions of maps be provided to registered parties. 5 (1) The chairperson of the commission for a province shall be appointed by the chief justice of that province from among the judges of the court over which the chief justice presides or, after consultation with the chief justice of any other branch or division of that court or any other superior court in that province, from among the judges of that branch, division or superior court. SUMMARY. This was subject to criticism as being a highly biased task focused on maximizing the governing party’s electoral successes, often referred to as “gerrymandering”.44 In 1903, Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier altered this procedure by placing the readjustment of constituency boundaries in the han… The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act requires that the population of each electoral district be as close as is reasonably possible to the average population size of a district for that province (that is, the province's population divided by the number of electoral districts). Search within this Annual Statute: Table of Contents . Marginal note:References to territorial divisions. 12.1 The Chief Statistician shall prepare the estimates of the population of Canada and of each province required by subsection 51(1.1) of the Constitution Act, 1867 and send them, without delay, to the Minister and to the Chief Electoral Officer along with the estimates of the population of each province that were prepared for the purpose of the readjustment following the completion of the preceding decennial census. Public participation in the review of electoral boundaries is, without a doubt, a … Mr. Speaker, thank you for recognizing me on the point of order raised by the hon. Marginal note:Notice of representation to be given before sittings. An Act to suspend the operation of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. 27. An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. Act current to 2021-02-24 and last amended on 2019-01-19. Marginal note:Notice to be given by public advertisement. Suspension of electoral boundaries readjustment. 12 A commission is not an agent of Her Majesty and the members of a commission as such are not part of the federal public administration. The EBRA places lead responsibility for readjusting electoral districts in the hands of independent Federal Electoral Boundaries Commissions (FEBCs), one of which is established for each province. The previous electoral redistribution was in 2003. S.C. 2005, c. 6. Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario—2012 (Published as Extra Vol. An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. (2) Section 21 applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of any copy of a report returned to the Speaker pursuant to this section. JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Canada. An Act to provide for representation in the House of Commons, to establish electoral boundaries commissions and to remove the temporary suspension of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act [Assented to 20th December, 1974.] Suggest as a translation of "electoral boundaries Readjustment Act" Copy; DeepL Translator Linguee. (2) Each of the members of a commission is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the member while absent from his ordinary place of residence in the course of his duties as a member of the commission. 2 (1) The operation of subsection 20(2) and sections 21 to 28 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act is suspended until such time as Parliament makes other provision in respect of those sections. Short Title. An Act to change the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts. Marginal note: Name changed to “Bonavista — Gander — Grand Falls — Windsor” 1. The process is governed by the Constitution and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. 21 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Speaker shall cause the certified copy of the report that has been transmitted to him or her to be laid before the House of Commons and referred to the committee of the House of Commons that it may establish for the purposes of dealing with electoral matters without delay on receipt of the copy by the Speaker if Parliament is then sitting or, if Parliament is not then sitting, on any of the first five days of the next sitting of Parliament. At the federal level, Ontario is divided into only 99 electoral districts. 18 The Chief Statistician shall comply with section 12.1 of the Act, as enacted by section 4, as soon as feasible after the coming into force of this Act. PDF Full Document: An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act [447 KB] Assented to 2001-06-14. (b) after the report was referred back to the Chief Electoral Officer by the Speaker, the report, with or without amendment, has been returned by the Chief Electoral Officer to the Speaker pursuant to section 23. the Chief Electoral Officer shall forthwith prepare and transmit to the Minister a draft order, in this Act referred to as a “representation order”, in accordance with this section. Following the passage of Bill C-20, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, and the Canada Elections Act on December 16, 2011, an additional 30 seats were added to the Canadian House of Commons. Federal Electoral Redistribution. Marginal note:Sittings of commission; hearing of representations. but, in departing from the application of the rule set out in paragraph (1)(a), the commission shall make every effort to ensure that, except in circumstances viewed by the commission as being extraordinary, the population of each electoral district in the province remains within twenty-five per cent more or twenty-five per cent less of the electoral quota for the province. 4, on Monday, September 30, 2013) Senate Royal Assent . Marginal note:Copy of return sent to Chairperson and maps prepared, (a) forthwith after the establishment, pursuant to section 3, of the commissions for the decennial census referred to in subsection (1), send a copy of the return referred to in that subsection to the chairperson of each of the commissions; and. Help; Search within this Act: Table of Contents. Chief Electoral Officer means the Chief Electoral Officer under the Canada Elections Act; (directeur général des élections), Chief Statistician means the Chief Statistician of Canada appointed under the Statistics Act; (statisticien en chef), commission, with respect to any decennial census, means the electoral boundaries commission for that census established for a province pursuant to section 3; (commission), Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre), report means the report prepared by a commission under section 20; (rapport), Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Commons. (Version anglaise seulement), Marginal note:Reference to a province or provinces. ELECTORAL INSIGHT OCTOBER 2002 3 The table below shows how the number of seats in the House of Commons increases from 301 to 308, based on an increase of population in Canada since 1991 from 27 296 859 to 30 007 094 million inhabi-tants. Marginal note:Publication of order and proclamation. (2) Despite subsection (1), if a proclamation under the Canada Elections Act for the holding of a general election is issued during the period beginning on the day on which the proclamation under subsection (1) is issued and ending seven months after that day, the representation order becomes effective on the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs at least seven months after the date fixed by the proclamation under that Act for the return of the writ for that election. There are ten independent commissions that review and report on the boundaries of federal ridings. The Representation Act, 1986 divided the Region into Burlington South, Halton Centre (consisting of the northern parts of Burlington and Oakville and a southern part of Milton), Halton North (consisting of Halton Hills and the northern part of Milton) and Oakville South. At the time of Confederation, the electoral districts for each province were established in the Constitution Act, 1867. Definition of the Act. Marginal note:Where report received during interval between sessions. 2 BACKGRO UND . Shaded provisions are not in force. EN. Short title. 1 - CANADA ELECTIONS ACT; 27 - ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES READJUSTMENT ACT; Date modified: 2021-03-08 … 4 In the event that subsection 20 (2) and sections 21 to 28 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act cease to be suspended by virtue of subsection 2 (2) of this Act, sections 21 to 24 of that Act apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of the reports of the electoral boundaries commissions. Notes : See coming into force provision and notes, where applicable. S.C. 2011, c. 26 Assented to 2011-12-16. Marginal note:Obligations of Chief Electoral Officer, 20.1 (1) On receiving the certified copies referred to in section 20 of the report of any commission, the Chief Electoral Officer shall, (a) transmit one of the copies to the Speaker; and, (b) with the cooperation of the Department of Natural Resources and in accordance with the descriptions and definitions proposed in the report, prepare and print. (2) Notice of the time and place fixed by the commission for any sittings to be held by it for the hearing of representations from interested persons shall be given by advertisement published in the Canada Gazette and in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the province at least 30 days before the day on which the sittings commence. (1.1) For greater certainty, any member of Parliament may make representations at any sittings held by a commission for the hearing of representations from interested persons. Marginal note: Suspension of electoral boundaries readjustment. An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. 1 This Act may be cited as the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. Open menu. Paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) apply in respect of the preparation of the new report. PDF Full Document: An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts and to amend the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act [245 KB] Act current to 2021-02-15. It starts with the number of seats in Parliament at that time, 282. This enactment changes the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts. In the representation order declared in force by proclamation of August 25, 2003 under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, paragraph 3 of that part relating to the Province of Saskatchewan is amended by substituting the name “Desnethé — Missinippi — Churchill River” for the name “Churchill River”. As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada increased from 308 to 338. (2) If, with respect to a province, a commission has not yet been established on the day on which the second statement is published in the Canada Gazette or if, with respect to a province, a commission has been established on or before that day but it has not yet completed its report, (a) for the purpose of subsection 14(2) of the Act and the rule in paragraph 15(1)(a) of the Act, the number of members of the House of Commons to be assigned to the province, as calculated by the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection 14(1) of the Act, is the number set out in the second statement in respect of the province; and. (a) individual maps of each electoral district showing the boundaries of each district; (b) individual maps of each province showing the boundaries of the electoral districts established in the province; and. Alignment with federal electoral district (1999) With the passage of the (5) No representation shall be heard by a commission at any sittings held by it for the hearing of representations from interested persons unless notice in writing is given to the secretary of the commission within 23 days after the date of the publication of the last advertisement under subsection (2), stating the name and address of the person who seeks to make the representation and indicating concisely the nature of the representation and of the interest of the person. An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. An Act to provide for the establishment of electoral boundaries commissions to report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons and to provide for the readjustment of such representation in accordance therewith. 15 For the purpose of the readjustment following the 2011 decennial census, the population estimates as at July 1, 2001 prepared under section 12.1 of the Act, as enacted by section 4, are deemed, for the purpose of the application of rule 4 in subsection 51(1) of the Constitution Act, 1867, as enacted by section 2, and the sending of estimates referred to in that section 12.1, to have been prepared for the purpose of the readjustment following the 2001 decennial census. Marginal note: Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Riding Name Change Act, 2014.. Short Title. Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. This would mean the process would not be complete until November 2014. (b) divide each of the provinces into electoral districts, describe the boundaries of each such district and specify the population and name to be given thereto, in accordance with the recommendations contained in the reports referred to in subsection (1). 19 (1) A commission may, in the performance of its duties under this Act, sit at such times and places in the province for which it is established as it deems necessary, except that before completing its report it shall hold at least one sitting in that province for the hearing of representations by interested persons. Marginal note:Report to be referred to committee. Marginal note: Name changed to “Sturgeon River — Parkland” 29. R.S.C., 1985, c. E-3. (2) A commission may employ such technical advisers and other staff, including a person to provide administrative and secretarial services to the commission, as it deems necessary and, subject to the approval of the Treasury Board, may fix the salaries and expenses of such persons and prescribe the conditions of their employment. (2) The commission may depart from the application of the rule set out in paragraph (1)(a) in any case where the commission considers it necessary or desirable to depart therefrom, (a) in order to respect the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district in the province, or. 23 (1) Within thirty days after the day the report of any commission is referred back to the Chief Electoral Officer by the Speaker pursuant to section 22, the commission shall consider the matter of the objection and dispose of the objection, and, forthwith on the disposition of the objection, a certified copy of the report of the commission, with or without amendment accordingly as the disposition of the objection requires, shall be returned by the Chief Electoral Officer to the Speaker. An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act and the Canada Elections Act. April 12th, 1994 / 10:10 a.m. Reform. 20 (1) Each commission shall, not later than 10 months after the day on which the chairperson receives the copy of the return referred to in paragraph 13(2)(a), complete a report for presentation to the House of Commons setting out the considerations and proposals of the commission concerning the division of the province into electoral districts, the descriptions and boundaries of the districts and the population of and name to be given to each district and, on the completion of the report, shall cause two certified copies of the report to be transmitted to the Chief Electoral Officer. [67] Until 1986, the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act contained provisions which allowed Members to discuss their objections to a report of an electoral boundaries commission on the floor of the House. An Act to provide for the establishment of electoral boundaries commissions to report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons and to provide for the readjustment of such representation in accordance therewith. Nothing in this section precludes a commission from being established before the receipt of that return. (a) human resources management services; (f) services relating to real property and immovables; 29 (1) All amounts required for the payment of salaries and other expenses under this Act, including expenses of administration, shall be taxed by the Chief Electoral Officer and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under the authority of this section. ), s. 6, c. 1 (4th Supp. Nunavut: consisting of Nunavut as bounded and described in section 3 of the Nunavut Act. (4) Any map or drawing included in an advertisement pursuant to subsection (3) shall be in such form and contain such detail as, in the opinion of the commission, will be reasonably sufficient for the purpose for which the sittings referred to in the advertisement are to be held.
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