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The early 1990s proved to be a contentious period for delineation of electoral districts in Alberta. The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruling in Dixon v. Attorney General of British Columbia in 1989 invalidated the provincial electoral district re-distribution due to wide variations between electoral district populations for British Columbia, finding these differences inconsistent with the ...
Bow River is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968, from 1979 to 1988 and since 2015. This riding was first created in 1914 from Macleod riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Crowfoot, Palliser and Rocky ...
The 32nd Alberta general election will be held in Alberta, Canada, to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.According to Alberta's Election Act, it is scheduled for October 18, 2027, [2] but that does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta to dissolve the legislature before that time, in accordance with the usual conventions of the Westminster ...
Population (2016) 40,366. Area (km²) 66.5. Pop. density (per km²) 607. Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming Calgary East. It was re-established in time for the 2019 ...
In elections in Canada, the area is called a polling division. [2] Canadian political parties do not have elections for positions representing the voters in a polling division, although parties may assign volunteers to canvass a poll, or to be an outside scrutineer pulling the vote (i.e. reminding supporters to go to vote) on Election Day or an advance polling day, or to be an inside ...
The 2021 Alberta Senate nominee election, formally the 5th Senate Nominee Election, was held in Alberta to help select (non-binding) nominees for appointment to represent Alberta in the Senate of Canada. [1] The Senate election was held on October 18 in conjunction with the 2021 Alberta municipal elections. [2]
Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on October 18, 2021. [1] Chief elected officials ( mayors or reeves) and councillors (or aldermen ), are up for election in all cities (except Lloydminster ), towns, villages, specialized municipalities, and municipal districts, as are trustees for public and separate school divisions.
Canada's electoral system, sometimes referred to as a "first-past-the-post" system, is formally referred to as a single-member plurality system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its member of Parliament (MP). The governor general asks the leader of the party whose ...