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  Pontiac (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 aand since 1968, and a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the National Assembly of Quebec since 1867.
It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947.
In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pontiac_(electoral_district)   (361 words)

  
 Elections Canada | Federal Representation 2004 - Quebec
This electoral district was modified by transferring the former municipalities of Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville and Saint-Rédempteur to the neighbouring electoral district of Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.
This electoral district reverts to the boundaries it was given in the 1996 Representation Order, with the exception of an adjustment to the northeastern portion between the Township of Orford and the Municipality of Saint-Élie-d’Orford, which was merged with Sherbrooke.
The northeastern boundary of this electoral district is extended to Fernand-Gauthier Avenue.
www.elections.ca /scripts/fedrep/quebec/report/schedb_e.htm   (5061 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pontiac (electoral district)
Pontiac is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in western Quebec, Canada.
On the outbreak of the conspiracy of Pontiac Lieut.
The state gave its electoral i Wisconsin, as the last state to be created wholly out of the old North-West Territory, was the loser in boundary disputes with neighboring states.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pontiac-%28electoral-district%29   (482 words)

  
 Legal Measures Governing Changes in Federal Electoral Districts - 1867 to Date   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Affects the boundaries of several electoral districts in Ontario, creates one electoral district (Victoria) from the counties of Victoria and Madawaska, and adds the electoral district of Yukon to the end of the schedule.
Section I specifies towns and parishes to be included in the electoral district of Berthier; section 2 removes certain areas from the county of Berthier and the same areas are annexed to the county of Joliette for purposes of representation.
The description of several electoral districts are outlined as amendments to Chapter 11 of the Statutes of 1892.
www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/House/asp/const-leg.asp?Language=E   (3825 words)

  
 List of Canadian federal electoral districts: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Electoral districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament (Members of Parliament: a member of parliament, or mp, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral...
Kingston and the Islands (Kingston and the Islands: kingston and the islands is a federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian...
Lethbridge (Lethbridge: lethbridge is a federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian house of...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_canadian_federal_electoral_districts   (4943 words)

  
 Pontiac (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chief Pontiac (a war leader of the Ottawa tribe during Pontiac's Rebellion)
Pontiac (electoral district) federal electoral district in Canada
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pontiac_(disambiguation)   (101 words)

  
 39th Canadian federal election: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An election in 2005 would involve the same 308 electoral districts (electoral districts: more facts about this subject) as in 2004, except for in New Brunswick (New Brunswick: A province in southeastern Canada), where the boundaries of Acadie-Bathurst (Acadie-Bathurst: acadie—bathurst is the name of a federal electoral district (riding) in new brunswick,...
Electoral reform (Electoral reform: electoral reform projects seek to change the way that public desires are reflected in elections...
Vancouver Kingsway (Vancouver Kingsway: vancouver kingsway is a federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/39th_canadian_federal_election   (5674 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: David Smith (Canadian politician)
At this point, he ran in the Canadian federal election, 2004 for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac where he won.
Pontiac in relation to the other Quebec ridings Pontiac is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in western Quebec, Canada.
Liberal Party of Canada MPs Pontiac in relation to the other Quebec ridings Pontiac is the name of a federal and provincial electoral district in western Quebec, Canada.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/David-Smith-%28Canadian-politician%29   (501 words)

  
 37th Canadian parliament: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Témiscamingue (Témiscamingue: témiscamingue was a former federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian...
Skeena (Skeena: skeena was a former federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian house...
Laurentides (Laurentides: laurentides was a former federal electoral district represented in the canadacanadian...
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 Canada Gazette
As it proposes boundaries in which all electoral districts fall between the minimum and maximum population, the situation had to be adjusted in many electoral districts.
The names best suited to designate federal electoral districts are those that immediately lead one to recall the province in which the district is situated, or that refer to a region or to a part of its region.
Ideally, a federal electoral district should be designated by a single geographical name that is not repeated elsewhere; this is the easiest form of designation, even when some parts of the electoral district fall beyond the municipality, the physical entity or any other obvious characteristic that inspired the chosen name.
gazetteducanada.gc.ca /partI/2002/20020831-s/html/suppl-e.html   (5765 words)

  
 Weights and Measures Regulations, [C.R.C., c. 1605] >> TABLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the Province of Nova Scotia, the County of Queen's and the Districts of Barrington, Shelburne, Lunenburg and Chester.
In the Province of Ontario, the Provisional County of Haliburton and the District Municipality of Muskoka; in the District of Nipissing, the organized and unorganized Townships of Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay, Sproule, Preston, Clancy, Airy, Murchison, Dickens, Sabine and Lyell.
In the Province of Ontario, the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin and the Regional Municipality of Sudbury.
www.canlii.com /ca/regu/crc1605/part186407.html   (2364 words)

  
 The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs has the honour to present its   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fournier was of the opinion that this riding should be declared an extraordinary electoral district and that the status quo should prevail.
Assad argued that the following two principles were not properly considered by the Commission:  the community of interest or community of identity in, or the historical pattern of, an electoral district; and a manageable geographic size for ridings in sparsely populated or rural regions of the province.
Marcil’s objection is based on a community of interest and requests that the urban RCMs in the eastern part of his electoral district be constituted with their natural communities of interest in the adjacent ridings.
www.parl.gc.ca /InfoComDoc/37/2/HAFF/Studies/Reports/HAFFRP43-e.htm   (6817 words)

  
 38th Canadian parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper.
See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
The parliament was dissolved on November 29, 2005, by the Governor General following a vote of non-confidence passed on November 28 by the opposition Conservative Party, supported by the New Democratic Party and Bloc Québécois.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/38th_Canadian_Parliament   (386 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
[Electoral Districts of the Four Provinces.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral Districts as follows: 1.--ONTARIO.
[Electoral districts.] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act.
ftp.sunet.se /pub/etext/gutenberg/5/9/8/5984/5984.txt   (7512 words)

  
 Communiqué c4806: Aile parlementaire libérale - MNA FOR PONTIAC GAVE HER FIRST SPEECH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ...
Mrs L'Ecuyer wanted first to thank the citizens of her electoral district of Pontiac for the confidence that they showed her on April the fourteenth.
"The electoral district of Pontiac is a place with a great cultural diversity where the urban and rural worlds try to get along together, where wealth meets poverty and where bilingualism is a part of our everyday life.
Mrs L'Ecuyer made known that the citizens of Pontiac had agreed to take part in the revision of the smooth running of the State and they are optimistic.
communiques.gouv.qc.ca /gouvqc/communiques/GPQE/Juin2003/18/c4806.html   (311 words)

  
 Waste Threatens Outaouais Water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The use of pulp mill waste on farmland is causing reported contamination to communities in the upper Outaouais.
This is a result of careless handling and use of waste which has been transported for the past three years from the Thurso Pulp Mill in the lower Outaouais to Pontiac farms containing low-nutrient soil.
Gretchen Schwarz was the Green Party candidate in the last election in the Pontiac-Gatineau-Label electoral district.
www.perc.ca /PEN/2001-09/s-schwarz.html   (449 words)

  
 36th Canadian parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Official Opposition was first the Reform Party, led by Preston Manning, and then its successor party, the Canadian Alliance led by interim leader Deborah Grey.
See also list of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
For the first time in Canadian history, five different parties held official party status.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/36th_Canadian_parliament   (459 words)

  
 British North America Act, 1867
The Salaries, Allowances, and Pensions of the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts (except the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), and of the Admiralty Courts in Cases where the Judges thereof are being paid by Salary, shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of Canada.
The electoral districts are now established by Proclamations issued from time to time under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.
"electoral quotient" means, in respect of a province, the quotient obtained by dividing its population, determined according to the results of the then most recent decennial census, by the number of members to be assigned to it under any of Rules 1 to 5(3) in the readjustment following the completion of that census;
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~sprague/bna.htm   (10119 words)

  
 R. P Gillies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Preliminary report on the Canimiti River area, Pontiac County (P.R) B Gillies
Preliminary report on parts of Coleman township, concession III, lots 1 to 3 and Gillies Limit, blocks 1 and 2 ; claims A 48 to 58 and A 88 to 100 district of Timiskaming (P.R) R Thomson
Preliminary report on parts of Coleman township and Gillies Limit to the south and southwest of Cobalt (P.R) R Thomson
www.interference.com /webstore/us/books/author/R.+P+Gillies.htm   (143 words)

  
 Metroblog: June 2004
The New Zealand system of parliamentery democracy allows proportionate representation, and the US has the Electoral College to choose their president for them.
Electoral reform: Personally I'd like mandatory voting, but it ain't gonna happen.
Interestingly, the electoral district next door has one of the few Communist Party candidates.
metroblog.blogspot.com /2004_06_01_metroblog_archive.html   (12530 words)

  
 History of Federal Ridings since 1867   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Thomas Lefebvre (Lib.) was the sitting Member at the time of the constituency's name change.
(b) the County of Pontiac excluding the following: the Territory of Pontiac-Réservoir-Dozois portion; the Victoria;
(b) the county regional municipalities of Antoine-Labelle, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais and Pontiac;
www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=553&Include=   (267 words)

  
 Julien Lamarche   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I found this kuro5hin.org article on the population growth problem interesting, but it had a major shortfall of not tackling enough the question of ressource usage per capita, otherwise known as the issue of over consumption.
Elke Bzdurreck, a local artist of the Pontiac, is having her Christmas Art Show December 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th from 2 pm to 7 pm in Fort-Coulonge, 201, Rue Principale.
Lily Ryan, a friend of mine and editor of the Pontiac Journal, will be exhibiting her photos at the café 349 in Shawville on Janurary 1 or 2.
www.comnet.ca /~lamarche/jl   (3930 words)

  
 Articles - Pontiac—Témiscamingue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pontiac—Témiscamingue was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1947 from Pontiac riding.
In 1966, it was split into the new electoral districts of Pontiac and Témiscamingue.
www.1-ace.com /articles/Pontiac%E2%80%94T%C3%A9miscamingue   (91 words)

  
 Céline Brault’s Blog » Blog Archive » Voting away from home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
outside of my electoral district, but they weren’t very helpful.
I am very pleased to hear of your support for NDP Pontiac and to hear that you will be voting NDP on January 23rd.
At this time, the only way for you to cast your vote for NDP Pontiac from Sudbury is by postal ballot.
braultblog.ca /2006/01/15/voting-away-from-home   (624 words)

  
 PONTIAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For one thing, Martin has been contemptuos of the Charest govt, and for another he’s one of their own.
Pontiac has been seen in recent years as a likely Conservative/CA pick-up, and with Lawrence cannon, a former Quebec Cabinet minister under Robert Bourassa carrying the Tory standard, and Adscam haunting the Liberals in a riding with a significant English speaking population in teh shadow of Ottawa, the scales will probably tip to the Tories.
Election Forecast is not responsible for the opinions and views on this website.
www.electionforecast.ca /PQ/Pontiac.htm   (152 words)

  
 28th Canadian parliament -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led by Robert Stanfield.
See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
Members of the House of Commons in the 28th parliament arranged by province.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/28th_Canadian_parliament   (639 words)

  
 The British North America Act, 1867
In the case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.(12)
Each of the Fourteen Counties into which New Brunswick is divided, including the City and County of St. John, shall be an Electroal District; The City of St. John shall also be a separate Electoral District.
The Salaries, Allowances, and Pensions of the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts (except the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), and of the Admiralty Courts in Cases where the Judges thereof are being paid by Salary, shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of Canada.(53)
www.ccrh.org /comm/river/docs/1867.htm   (5947 words)

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