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REPRESENTATION HISTORY OF THE FORMULA

Confederation to 1915
1915 – The senatorial clause
1946 – Changing the formula
1951 – The 15 percent clause
1974 – The "amalgam" formula

THE PRESENT FORMULA
READJUSTING THE BOUNDARIES
    HISTORICAL NOTE
    THE COMMISSIONS TAKE OVER
    PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
    CRITERIA – WHERE TO DRAW THE LINES?
    THE PROCESS OF READJUSTMENT

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