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	DGEQ \| History of the electoral map of Québec
		The Legislative Assembly was henceforth entitled to delimit the province’s electoral divisions.
		An advisory body responsible for delimiting electoral districts according to certain criteria established by law, the SCRED was composed of the chief electoral officer and two other members appointed by the National Assembly, upon motion of the premier.
		In addition, the number of electors per electoral division was determined in accordance with the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of electors by the number of electoral divisions, and was no longer set out in the law.
	www.electionsquebec.qc.ca /en/history_electoral_map.asp (1305 words)

	Canadian House of Commons Encyclopedia Article @ GetitFreeHere.com (Get It Free Here) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Each electoral district returns one member; the First Past the Post electoral system, under which the candidate with a plurality of votes wins, is used.
		In each case, a vacancy may be filled by a by-election in the appropriate electoral district.
		The Chief Electoral Officer and Assistant Chief Electoral Officer (the heads of Elections Canada, the federal agency responsible for conducting elections) are prohibited not only from standing as candidates, but also from voting.
	www.getitfreehere.com /encyclopedia/Canadian_House_of_Commons (4634 words)

	Sherbrooke - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sherbrooke
		Tourism is also important, and Sherbrooke is a resort centre with lakes and mountains nearby.
		The city was named after Lord Sherbrooke, the governor of Canada (1816–18).
		Institutions include the Collège du Sacre-Coeur (1945), the Séminaire de Sherbrooke (1875), the Université de Sherbrooke (1954), and the École des Sciences Domestiques (1956).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Sherbrooke (201 words)

	[ factoid.be \| Sherbrooke (electoral district) Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has superannuated represented in the Canadian House of Database since 1925.
		It resides of largest of the oppidan of Sherbrooke, backup than convinced to the north 'n south.
		It was drawinged in 1924 from parts of Sherbrooke (Town of) 'n Richmondâ”Arthabaska ridings.
	www.factoid.be /Sherbrooke_(electoral_district) (241 words)

	Study - Drawing the line: The Impact of Readjusting the Electoral Boundaries on the Official Language Minority ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An electoral boundaries commission is established in each province to review the population distribution in electoral districts in order to ensure that the population is effectively represented in the House of Commons.
		The federal electoral districts in each province are redistributed after every decennial census, to reflect any changes and shifts in the population and to ensure that there is effective representation in the House of Commons.
		The region was deeply affected by the last federal electoral district redistribution when it lost a district, thus reducing the number of electoral districts in the area from 11 to 10.
	www.ocol-clo.gc.ca /archives/sst_es/2006/electoral/electoral_e.htm (9129 words)

	Other Information of- Acombe. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Compton (also known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) was a federal electoral district (Canada) in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949, and again from 1968 to 1997.
		It was abloished in 1947 when it was redistributed into the Compton—Frontenac and Sherbrooke (electoral district) electoral districts.
		It was re-created in 1966 from parts of Compton—Frontenac, Mégantic (electoral district) and Stanstead (electoral district) ridings.
	acombe.en.moneylist.info (1175 words)

	Chapter I - Census Geography
		Federal electoral districts are established by the Parliament of Canada.
		When the electoral map is revised, Statistics Canada readjusts the data so that they correspond to the new district boundaries, There are 295 FEDs in Canada according to the 1987 Representation Order.
		In Ontario, the CDs correspond to the counties, districts, district municipalities, metropolitan municipalities, regional municipalities and united counties.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~libdata/adc/geo.html (2591 words)

	Welland (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Welland is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004.
		The electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from Niagara Centre riding, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding.
		in the County of Haldimand, the Townships of Canborough, Dunn, Moulton and Sherbrooke.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Welland_(electoral_district) (434 words)

	Quebec - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The addition of parts of the vast and scarcely populated District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories between 1898 and 1912 created the modern Province of Quebec.
		His party was defeated both times, with 23% and 30% of the vote respectively, and Lévesque himself was defeated in his own riding (electoral district).
		In the 1976 election, he softened his message by promising a referendum (plebiscite) on sovereignty-association rather than outright separation, by which Quebec would have independence in most government functions but share some other ones, such as a common currency, with Canada.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Quebec (3332 words)

	Prince Edward Island: PlaceFinder
		Sherbrooke, an unincorporated area, is located in Prince County in the western portion of Prince Edward Island, NW.
		Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of this information, it is provided as a general reference only.
		Sherbrooke falls inside the Statistics Canada census subdivision of Sherbrooke.
	www.gov.pe.ca /where.php3?city=Sherbrooke (301 words)

	Canada - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The remaining French Canadians are thinly scattered through the rest of Canada, but there are a few concentrations, such as the Saint Boniface district of Winnipeg.
		The first communities to do so created their own local political entities, which have municipal status and are accountable to an indigenous electorate.
		Local traditions are preserved in a wide variety of events, including the Highland Games on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; the Sherbrooke Festival de Cantons in Québec City, celebrating French Canadian culture and cuisine; the Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba; and Discovery Day in Dawson, Yukon Territory.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761563379__1/Canada.html (18597 words)

	List of Canadian electoral districts 1872-1873 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of electoral districts or ridings in Canada for the Canadian federal election, 1872.
		New seats were added in 1873 when Prince Edward Island became a province.
		Electoral Districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament in Canada's House of Commons every election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_electoral_districts_1872-1873 (89 words)

	Monbulk District homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The district boundaries include Canterbury Road in the north-west, Cockatoo Creek in the east, and the Puffing Billy Railway for part of the south.
		The Basin, Ferny Creek, Kallista, Kalorama, Kilsyth South, Monbulk, Mount Dandenong, Olinda, Sassafras, Sherbrooke, Tecoma, Tremont and Upwey.Parts of Belgrave, Boronia, Emerald, Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield, Macclesfield, Menzies Creek, Monbulk, Montrose, Mount Evelyn, Selby, Seville, Silvan and Wandin East.
		There are sparsely populated agricultural areas throughout the electorate, and some suburban areas in the west.
	www.vec.vic.gov.au /MonbulkDistrictprofile.html (132 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions - Introduction - Census of Canada, 1901 - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
		For example, Portneuf County is a census district in the Province of Quebec.
		Electoral districts correspond to the census enumeration districts (almanacs are available at larger public libraries and University libraries);
		For Sherbrooke, enter Sherbrooke in the District Name field and Sherbrooke and the ward name in the Sub-district Name field.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /02/020122/02012208_e.html (1873 words)

	Sherbrooke (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.
		This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie.
		It consists of most of the city of Sherbrooke, other than certain areas to the north and south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherbrooke_(electoral_district) (139 words)

	CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Candidates and Ridings
		With its five medical centres, including the Centre Hospitalier l'Universitaire de Sherbrooke, health and social service is another major source of employment.The average family income is $54,994 and unemployment is 7.7 per cent.
		In 1996 the riding was unchanged.In 2004, 96 per cent of Sherbrooke riding was retained and five per cent of Richmond-Arthabaska was added.
		Community Activities: Director of Centraide Estrie de Sherbrooke, a member of the organizing committee for the 1995 Jeux du Québec de Sherbrooke and was a founding member and director for la Régie intermunicipale du Centre récréotouristique Montjoie from 1999 to 2005.
	www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/riding/102 (774 words)

	Canadian House of Commons - Free net encyclopedia
		Although it is rare for such a candidate to win, one truly independent and non-incumbent candidate, André Arthur won election in a Quebec district in 2006.
		The last non-incumbent independent to win was Gilles Duceppe in a 1990 by-election, although Duceppe was informally representing the Bloc Québécois, which was not yet registered as a political party with Elections Canada when the by-election was held.
		In 2004 one independent candidate won his seat: Chuck Cadman, who already represented his riding of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia, having been previously elected as a member of the Reform Party (in 1997) and later the Canadian Alliance (in 2000).
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Canadian_House_of_Commons (4165 words)

	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.
		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.
		"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)

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		In the Case of Quebec he shall have his Real Property Qualification in the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be resident in that Division.
		Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member.
		The County of MONCK to consist of the Townships of Canborough and Moulton, and Sherbrooke, and the Village of Dunnville (taken from the County of Haldimand), the Townships of Caister and Gainsborough (taken from the County of Lincoln), and the Townships of Pelham and Wainfleet (taken from the County of Welland).
	www.constitution.org /cons/canada.htm (10385 words)

	Canada Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Return of a Member elected at the by-election held on September 14, 1998 in the electoral district of Sherbrooke, Quebec
		Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 192(1)(b) of the Canada Elections Act, that the return has been received of the election of a member to serve in the House of Commons of Canada for the following electoral district:
		The format of the electronic version of this issue of the Canada Gazette was modified in order to be compatible with hypertext language (HTML).
	canadagazette.gc.ca /partI/1998/19980924-x/html/extra-e.html (100 words)

	Etext » books
		[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:
		[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.
		Moulton, and Sherbrooke, and the Village of Dunnville (taken from the County of Haldimand), the Townships of Caistor and Gainsborough (taken from the County of Lincoln), and the Townships of Pelham and Wainfleet (taken from the County of Welland).
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	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)

	Sherbrooke, Robert Lowe, Viscount - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Sherbrooke, Robert Lowe, Viscount (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sherbrooke, Robert Lowe, Viscount - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Sherbrooke, Robert Lowe, Viscount (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu)
		He emigrated (1842) to Australia and achieved recognition as a reform politician.
		In his first budgets Sherbrooke successfully reduced taxes, but he carried the Liberal policy of retrenchment too far and was transferred (1873) to the post of home secretary.
	columbia.thefreedictionary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Sherbrooke,+Robert+Lowe,+Viscount (169 words)

	CANWIN - The Canadian Women's Issues Network
		Note : Women were given the right to run as candidates in federal elections in 1920.
		(An Act respecting the Election of Members of the House of Commons and the Electoral Franchise ("Dominion Elections Act"), S.C. 1920, c.
		Note : Prior to the general election of 1930 there is no data available as to party affiliations of candidates not elected to the House of Commons.
	plato.acadiau.ca /dagora/courses/pols1006/canwin/stats.html (696 words)

	Place Publique - Our Mission
		The newspaper was published by a half-time staff person and a large group of volunteers.
		PLACE PUBLIQUE became a 12 page MONTHLY, during Year 2 and was distributed door to door in the much larger area of the Jeanne Mance municipal electoral district, covering Sherbrooke/Mont-Royal/University/St.Denis streets.
		PLACE PUBLIQUE became a 16 page monthly later on during Year 2, and was distributed door to door in a still large area beyond Jeanne Mance by incorporating another municipal electoral district called Mile-End, covering Sherbrooke /Van Horne/University-Park avenue/St.Denis streets, with a print-run that now reached 23,000 copies.
	www.urbanecology.net /archives/placepublique/missionplacepub.html (608 words)

	List of Canadian federal electoral districts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of Canada's 308 electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004.
		Canadians elected members for each electoral district in the 2006 federal election.
		Parliament of Canada: History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts (171 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)

	Mercier (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mercier (also known as Montreal—Mercier) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 2004.
		the part of the City of Montreal bounded by a line commencing from the Saint Lawrence River along Saint-Donat Street, the Canadian National Railway; the northeastern limit of the parish municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Sherbrooke Street East, Highway 25, the limits of the towns of Anjou and Montreal East to the Saint Lawrence River.
		The district was abolished in 2003 when it was split into La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercier_(electoral_district) (307 words)

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