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FEDERAL ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
FOR ONTARIO
ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES READJUSTMENT ACT
Preamble
The increase to
Canada’s population in the past 10 years has necessitated a change to the total
number of electoral districts represented in the House of Commons from 301 to
308. The number of electoral districts in the House of Commons is derived from
the formula and rules set out in sections 51 and 51A of the Constitution Act, 1867. This formula
takes into account changes to provincial population, as reflected in the
decennial census. Between the censuses of 1991 and 2001, the population of
Ontario increased from 10,084,885 to 11,410,046. The number of electoral
districts in Ontario was increased from 103 to 106.
The Federal
Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario was established on April 16, 2002,
by proclamation, as required under the Electoral
Boundaries Readjustment Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3 as amended). The
Commission is an independent body with the responsibility to readjust the
electoral boundaries in the province of Ontario after the completion of the
decennial census. The Chairperson of the Commission, appointed by the Chief
Justice of Ontario, is Mr. Justice Douglas Lissaman of the Superior Court of
Justice. The members of the Commission, appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Commons, are Janet Hiebert, Associate Professor in the Department of
Political Studies at Queen’s University, and Andrew Sancton, Professor and
Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
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