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  Assiniboia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The territorial capital of Regina was located in Assiniboia and, on the formation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, became the capital of the province.
The District of Assiniboia survived in its original geographical configuration as the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle until the 1970s when the portion of the Diocese (and former District of Assiniboia) lying within the province of Alberta was ceded to the Diocese of Calgary.
Assiniboia is the name of a current provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Assiniboia   (320 words)

  
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Mining.—The mineral districts occur from Cape Breton to the islands in the Pacific and the Yukon district.
The chief fruit-growing districts have long been in southern and western Ontario and in Nova Scotia; but recently much attention has been devoted to fruit-growing in British Columbia, where large areas of suitable land are available for the cultivation of apples, pears and other fruits.
In some parts of the semi-arid districts in the interior of the province irrigation is being successfully practised for the purpose of bringing land under profitable cultivation for fruit.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=25576&locale=en   (20768 words)

  
 Assiniboia East - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Assiniboia East was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan,Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1908.
Following the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905, Assiniboia East became a riding in Saskatchewan until it was abolished in 1907 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia, Qu'Appelle and Saltcoats ridings.
See the WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada for article coordination.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assiniboia_East   (153 words)

  
 Online Help - Electoral Atlas of the Dominion of Canada (1895) - Electoral Maps - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives ...
Prior to 1895 a cartographic description of the electoral districts was thought unnecessary because the electoral districts usually followed county boundaries and the counties were well known by constituents.
Initially, the task of setting electoral boundaries was left to Parliament, and not unexpectedly, the party in office often found it difficult to avoid gerrymandering the boundaries (deliberately redrawing the boundaries for their own benefit).
The 1895 electoral atlas is indexed by province and by electoral district.
www.collectionscanada.ca /02/020151/0201510401_e.html   (973 words)

  
 Palliser (Saskatchewan electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article refers to the electoral district in Saskatchewan, for the Alberta electoral district of the same name that existed from 1966-1976 please see Palliser (Alberta electoral district), and for Admiral Palliser see Hugh Palliser.
Palliser is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Regina—Lumsden, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Regina—Wascana and Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia ridings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palliser   (198 words)

  
 Louis Riel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nevertheless, the non-bilingual McDougall was appointed the lieutenant governor-designate, and attempted to enter the settlement on November 2.
However, by late June Riel was back in Manitoba and was soon thereafter convinced to run as a member of parliament for the electoral district of Provencher.
In the electoral district of Lorne, a meeting of the south branch Métis was held in the village of Batoche on March 24, and thirty representatives voted to ask Riel to return and represent their cause.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Riel   (6095 words)

  
 Manitoba Canada Census Records Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1901 Census of Lisgar District: Pembina and Manitou, Manitoba
1901 Census of MacDonald District, Manitoba: Neepawa and Lansdowne
1901 Census of MacDonald District, Manitoba: Rosedale subdistrict
www.censusfinder.com /manitoba-canada-census-records.htm   (567 words)

  
 Assiniboia - winnipedia.ca
The District of Assiniboia was later created (1882) as a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.
Assiniboia is also the name of a current provincial electoral district in Manitoba.
Assiniboia is also the name of the Winnipeg suburb, including Westwood, Crestview, and St. Charles subdivisions.
winnipedia.ca /wiki/Assiniboia   (151 words)

  
 Northwest Territories - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
In 1882 Regina in the then-District of Assiniboia became the territorial capital; after Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905, Regina became the provincial capital of the new province of Saskatchewan.
In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
In 1925, the boundaries of NWT were extended all the way to the North Pole on the sector principle, vastly expanding its territory onto the northern ice cap.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Northwest_Territories   (1638 words)

  
 Canadian Wheat Board Advisory Committee 1994 Election Regulations
The 11 electoral districts described and named in Schedule I are hereby established within the designated area.
Subject to these Regulations, every actual producer who is qualified to vote in a district is entitled to be included in the list of voters for that district referred to in section 7 and to vote as provided in these Regulations.
The co-ordinator shall, not later than 30 days before election day, cause to be prepared and printed for each district a list of voters containing the names of the actual producers who are qualified to vote in that district.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/C-24/SOR-82-602/73168.html   (1629 words)

  
 Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
He returned in 1848, and remained in Labrador until the 1860s, administering the fur trade and salmon fishing within the region.
Smith stayed in the region after 1870, and was responsible for negotiating the transfer of HBC land to the federal government (as well as coordinating the transfer of several specific land claims in the region).
Smith faced a serious electoral challenge from former Manitoba Lt. Governor Alexander Morris in the general election of 1878.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/d/o/n/Donald_Alexander_Smith_bb17.html   (1471 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Voter Toolkit
The office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Canada was established in 1920, leading to the recognition of several new classes of voters throughout the land.
The Chief Electoral Officer can avoid postponing in the event of a minor local emergency or an administrative error by extending voting hours later into the evening, if he or she thinks large numbers of voters might otherwise not get to vote.
A third factor comes into play in Prince Edward Island, which has four electoral districts, each representing an average of 33,824 voters (the average in Ontario is one MP for every 107,642 voters).
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/voterstoolkit/faqs.html   (6671 words)

  
 All Information of List of Canadian federal electoral districts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is a list of Canada's 308 electoral district (Canada) (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004.
Electoral districts are constituencies that elect Member of Parliament to Canada 's Canadian House of Commons every election.
Canadians elected members for each electoral district in the 2006 Canadian federal election.
list.of.canadian.federal.electoral.districts.en.xvip.org   (733 words)

  
 Financial Publications Contents
The identification of the electoral districts by postal codes is based on information obtained from Statistics Canada.
It must be emphasized that the data provided in this report does not represent the exact amount spent in each electoral district, but is an estimate based on the best information available in expenditure based systems.  This is not to be construed as an economic analysis but an estimate of direct financial activity.
The geographical distribution of defence spending is affected by a number of factors, most notably the location of defence establishments and the location of major suppliers who meet defence procurement demands.  Consequently, provincial shares of defence spending will not necessarily match any other inter-provincial measures such as share of population or gross domestic product.
www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca /financial_docs/00_01/fwd_e.asp   (448 words)

  
 Forward
This publication provides an estimate of the direct financial impact on federal electoral districts as a result of spending by the Department of National Defence (DND) in Fiscal Year 1999-00.
The postal code of the payee was used to identify the electoral district.
As previously mentioned, the postal code of the payee was used to identify the electoral district.
www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca /financial_docs/99_00/fwd_e.asp   (1023 words)

  
 MHS Transactions: The Establishment of Manitoba's First Provincial Government
The political organization of Assiniboia had been no more complex than the simple needs of the colony dictated, consisting merely of the Governor assisted by a Council which was essentially of his own choosing.
The electoral districts rested solidly on a parish basis, [41] so that each possessed the same relative homogeneity of population as the parishes had.
Their support was attested by the electoral appeal in French, by John Bruce, former president of Riel's "National Committee:""…we must rally around the Lieutenant-Governor and uphold his wise and liberal policy, because he is the friend of all good citizens.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/provincialgovernment.shtml   (6583 words)

  
 Inuit dgun.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
1881 In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
However, in 1925 the boundaries of the NWT were extended all the way to the North Pole on the sector principle, vastly expanding its territory onto the northern ice cap.
www.dgun.org /en/Inuit   (12356 words)

  
 Manitoba - Search View - MSN Encarta
The governor of the settlement, then called Assiniboia, claimed all hunting and trapping rights in the area and demanded the evacuation of North West Company trading posts.
The number of farms declined as smaller holdings were incorporated into larger units, and many agricultural workers left to seek jobs in urban areas.
In 1957 the electoral districts of Manitoba were redrawn to reflect the population shift from rural to urban areas, particularly to the city of Winnipeg and towns in the south, and also to the northern mining communities.
encarta.msn.com /text_761559392__1/Manitoba.html   (7173 words)

  
 The Honourable Edgar Dewdney, 1981-88
Edgar Dewdney then entered colonial politics, representing the electoral district of Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1868 to 1869.
After completing his service as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories, Edgar Dewdney ran as the Conservative candidate for the electoral district of Assiniboia East, was elected, and served as its Member of Parliament from 1888 to 1891.
In 1900, he ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the electoral district of New Westminster and then retired from politics, working as a mining broker and financial agent in Victoria.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/lt-gov/dewdney.htm   (494 words)

  
 Canada Counties
A few of the names are the same, but in general, the land districts are neither subsets nor supersets of the regional districts.
There are some differences from the present-day electoral districts, leading me to suspect that CGNDB prepared the database at some time in the past, and didn't update for redistricting.
The census divisions of Ontario are counties, districts, district municipalities, metropolitan municipalities, regional municipalities, and united counties; on the next level are boroughs, cities, municipalities, municipal townships, separate towns, towns, and villages.
www.statoids.com /yca.html   (1957 words)

  
 The Honourable Sir Frederick W.A.G. Haultain, 1897-1905
He represented the electoral district of Macleod in the Northwest Territories Council during the years 1887-88 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories which replaced it from 1888 to 1905.
As well, he was appointed King's Counsel (1902), was knighted (Knight Bachelor) (1916), was awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees by the University of Toronto (1915) and the University of Saskatchewan (1939), and was made an Honorary Chief ("White Star") by the Saskatchewan Cree Indians.
He was an avid sportsman and was a member of the Assiniboia Club in Regina, Saskatchewan.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/premiers/haultain.htm   (790 words)

  
 List of Canadian electoral di...
ECA is a consultative council of Electoral Commissioners and Chief Electoral Officers from the electoral authorities of the Commonwealth, States and Territories of Australia.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is responsible for providing the Australian people with an independent electoral service which meets their needs and encourages them to understand and participate in the electoral process.
Encuestas, oficina de atención al elector, candidaturas y candidatos, guía del elector y de la mesa electoral, datos y direcciones de interés, calendario electoral, campañas institucionales, información al elector y ley electoral vigente.
omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=List_of_Canadian_electoral_di...   (1355 words)

  
 Ecclectica - "By a Union of Effort We Effect a Great Deal:" The English-Speaking Métis and the Anglican Mission ...
While the retired British born heads of families in the community were, to a degree, influenced by Church sanctions, the response of their mixed-blood families was varied and uneven.
His long-time country marriage to Jane Flett, a Native woman, was sanctioned by the Anglican clergy in 1828 and she eventually bore a total of seven children.
In the electoral re-organization of 1879 the English-speaking Métis were left in control of only one seat in the twenty-four seat legislature -- Norquay's riding at St. Andrew's.
www.ecclectica.ca /issues/2003/2/coutts.asp   (13519 words)

  
 The Glenbow Museum > Dewdney Papers- Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
They were sent to me by Lawrence Clark of the HBC who is obtaining from his officers in the Peace River district similar information.
As you would have to be in the Commons, the plan would be to make Perley a senator and leave Eastern Assiniboia open to you.
Eastern Assiniboia would, I think be unanimous in offering me the seat.
www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/dewdney.cfm   (9564 words)

  
 [List] USGP Email Update June 23, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The cutoff for races to count for the 2004 convention is 31 Dec 2003.
An electoral strength adjustment which is the "Highest Statewide Vote Total" multiplied by the Statewide Percentage of the vote, divided by 100,000.
Check out the entire electoral history of the Green Party of the United States at .
www.greatlakesdevelopment.com /pipermail/list_tarrantgreens.org/2003-June/000312.html   (3826 words)

  
 Elections Canada - Electoral Districts
Download the Report of Candidates Who Received the Most Votes on Election Night in a single tab-delimited file (see update schedule).
To see results for an electoral district, choose a province or territory and an electoral district from the left menu and then click on the "Submit" button.
If you do not know the electoral district, you can search for an electoral district by using the search options provided and then clicking on the "Submit" button.
enr.elections.ca /ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx   (88 words)

  
 Guide to Doukhobor Census Records
The purpose of the Canada Census is to determine population size and distribution, taxation, electoral representation, planning and resources.
Remarks: This census is incomplete as 2,811 Doukhobors in 23 villages refused to be enumerated.
Census lists the name, relationship to head of household, sex, marital status, color, age, birthplace, year of immigration, post office address and location and also all particulars relating to the farm land, crops and livestock of each person.
www.doukhobor.org /census.html   (2495 words)

  
 Sample of the Statistical Guide to the 2006 Federal Election - Introduction
On May 11, 2004, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick had erred in drawing the boundary between the electoral districts of Acadie-Bathurst and Miramichi.
On May 3, 2006, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada published a notice in the Canada Gazette, which means that the new boundaries will come into effect with this general election.
These were corrected in 2006 by the passage of Bills C-302 (An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Kitchener-Wilmot-Wellesley-Woolwich) and Bill C-304 (An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Battle River).
www.gpmurray-research.com /~gpmrl/sample/introduction.htm   (1685 words)

  
 Dene oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Western Arctic is an electoral district and senate division of the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories.
It is the only electoral district of the territory.
The electoral district was created in 1976 from Northwest Territories (1962 - 1976).
www.oddd.org /en/Dene   (4714 words)

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