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FEDERAL ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
FOR SASKATCHEWAN
ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES READJUSTMENT ACT
Preamble
The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan ("the Commission")
has been established pursuant to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment
Act ("the Act").
The 2001 decennial census established the population of the Province of Saskatchewan at 978,933. Saskatchewan's representation in the House of Commons is 14 members and the province must be divided into 14 electoral districts. The population of the province divided by 14 gives an electoral quota for each electoral district of 69,924.
The Act directs that the division of the province into electoral districts shall proceed on the basis that the population of each electoral district shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota of 69,924. The Commission is required to consider the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district and the manageable geographic size of districts in sparsely populated, rural or northern regions of the province.
The Commission may depart from the rule which provides that the population of each electoral district shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota. This may occur in any case where the Commission considers it necessary or desirable to depart from the rule in order to respect the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district or in order to maintain a manageable geographic size for electoral districts in sparsely populated, rural or northern regions. In departing from the application of the rule, 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 remains within 25 percent more or 25 percent less of the electoral quota.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Commission proposes that the Province of Saskatchewan be divided into 14 electoral districts as illustrated by the maps set out in this proposal and as described in this proposal.
A copy of the proposal may be obtained from the Commission, free of charge, on request. In order to obtain a copy of the proposal, one may contact the Commission by mail, e-mail, telephone or facsimile at the following:
Harvey Walker, Q.C.
Secretary
Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan
201-1291 102nd Street
P.O. Box 905
North Battleford, Saskatchewan
S9A 2Z3
Telephone: 1 800 508-7622 or 1 306 446-1830
Facsimile: 1 800 508-7633 or 1 306 446-1832
E-mail: commission.sk@sasktel.net
The names which the Commission proposes for the 14 electoral districts, the population within each electoral district and the percentage of population more or less than the electoral quota in each electoral district are:
1. Broadway
Population: 66,969 (4.23% less than the electoral quota)
2. Cannington Manor
Population: 73,071 (4.50% greater than the electoral quota)
3. Carlton Trail
Population: 72,581 (3.80% greater than the electoral quota)
4. Churchill River
Population: 61,690 (11.78% less than the electoral quota)
5. Idylwyld
Population: 67,455 (3.53% less than the electoral quota)
6. Long Lakes
Population: 71,198 (1.82% greater than the electoral quota)
7. Meewasin
Population: 66,306 (5.17% less than the electoral quota)
8. Northcote
Population: 72,513 (3.70% greater than the electoral quota)
9. Parklands
Population: 71,267 (1.92% greater than the electoral quota)
10. Pasqua
Population: 69,299 (0.89% less than the electoral quota)
11. Qu'Appelle
Population: 72,493 (3.67% greater than the electoral quota)
12. Quill Lakes
Population: 72,335 (3.45% greater than the electoral quota)
13. Saskatchewan Landing
Population: 71,231 (1.87% greater than the electoral quota)
14. Wascana
Population: 70,525 (0.86% greater than the electoral quota)
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