| Name Proposals of August 31, 2002
The changes to boundaries mentioned in the Proposals also brought about
changes to the names of certain electoral districts. The Commission once
again wished to take into account both the new reality and the historical
pattern. Among other things, the Commission drew on recommendations made
by various commissions on toponymy. The guidelines for selecting the names
of federal electoral districts published by the Secretariat of the Geographical
Names Board of Canada in December 2001 were given uppermost consideration
and quoted in the Proposals.
The Commission proceeded to use single-word names that were, hopefully,
both the most representative of the electoral district and that seemed
to be able to rally the greatest number of citizens in the community.
In this manner, the Commission gave new names to eleven
(11) electoral districts and turned to former names for the remaining
sixty-four (64) electoral districts.
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