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  CANADA - LoveToKnow Article on CANADA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The islands and other districts within the Arctic circle became a portion of the Dominion only in 1880, when all British possessions in North America, excepting Newfoundland, with its dependency, the Labrador coast, and the Bermuda islands, were annexed to Canada.
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.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CANADA.htm   (20927 words)

  
 Elections Canada | Federal Representation 2004 - British Columbia
The proposed Cariboo–Kamloops electoral district was necessarily changed by the creation of a new Cariboo–Prince George electoral district, the modest southern expansion of Prince George–Peace River and the reshaping of Okanagan–Coquihalla.
To the west, in the Fraser Valley, are the electoral districts of Langley and Abbotsford.
The electoral map we propose has 36 electoral districts: 15 with populations below the electoral quota, 20 with populations above it, and one that falls within a few hundred of the provincial standard.
www.elections.ca /scripts/fedrep/bc/report/revised_e.htm   (1348 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a sub-provincial administrative district within the province of British Columbia, Canada.
The unincorporated Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A, which comprises all unincorporated land within the Regional District boundaries, including the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands and Fraser River islands of Douglas Island and Barnston Island.
The population of Electoral district A is 7,096 (2001).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District,_British_Columbia   (473 words)

  
 A Comparative Cost Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty - Section 7
The Skeena plant is the worst polluting in British Columbia according to the twice-yearly "shame the polluters" list published by the BC Ministry of the Environment.
Skeena Cellulose’s previous owner, Repap Enterprises Inc. of Montreal, filed for $75.0 million as compensation for timber licence expropriation from Nisga’a Lands.
Skeena Cellulose is negotiating with the Government of British Columbia and was unwilling to disclose its request for compensation at this time.
www.johncummins.ca /docs/comparativecostanalysis_nisgaatreaty/ccant-7.htm   (650 words)

  
 CBC - British Columbia Votes 2005 - Features - Election Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
District Magnitude (n) the number of candidates who are to be elected from an electoral district.
District magnitude under the current electoral system is one: only one person wins in each riding.
On a map, the controversial district was in the shape of a salamander.
www.cbc.ca /bcvotes2005/features/dictionary.html   (3914 words)

  
 Thursday, March 24, 1994 -- GOVERNMENT ORDERS (044)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
member must know that the commission appointed to review the boundaries of her electoral district does exactly that, in other words, it receives submissions on new or existing boundaries and is not at all concerned with the current process.
Indeed, electoral boundaries are based on population changes, and Montreal's South Shore is currently experiencing the highest population growth in Quebec, particularly in its central and midwest sectors.
Factors to be taken into account, besides electoral quota, are described clearly in section 15 of the Act: community of interests of the inhabitants of a given electoral district in the province or its historical development.
www.parl.gc.ca /english/hansard/previous/044_94-03-24/044GO1E.html   (18844 words)

  
 Canada Gazette
The task of the Commission is to propose readjustment of the boundaries of federal electoral districts in British Columbia based on the 2001 decennial census.
The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (the Act) mandates in paragraph 15(1)(a) that the Commission "proceed on the basis that the population of each electoral district in the province as a result thereof shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota for the province".
The population in the 10 electoral districts in the interior of the province divided by the electoral quota, indicated that that area was entitled to 8.8 electoral districts rather than 10.
gazetteducanada.gc.ca /partI/2002/20020720-s/html/suppl-e.html   (2232 words)

  
 GAINING GROUND
Although agriculture is not as prominent an economic sector as it once was in the Upper Skeena, recently there is a new desire from residents to reevaluate the potential for agricultural activities to move once again from sustenance-based to income-generating endeavors.
Because of this social make-up people in the Upper Skeena struggle in tough economic times, and because of this social make-up people in the Upper Skeena know their history, their values and have specific goals and visions for their future.
The lowest terraces and floodplains of the Skeena and Kispiox rivers between Skeena Crossing and the northern boundary of the area, and on to the Bulkley River from Bulkley Canyon to Moricetown have a Class 3 climate characterized by 75-90 frost free days.
www.usdc.bc.ca /donaldsn/docs/html/ed_ussap.htm   (13607 words)

  
 Tantalis GATOR Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Land District is an administrative descriptor or division that also forms part of the legal descriptions of surveyed parcels in BC.
The Land District designation is used in conjunction with other information such as District Lot numbers, Section number, etc. in order to identify a particular parcel of land.
This field indicates one of the seven districts or Land Title Offices (LTO) in which titled or deposited land is held and registered under the Land Title Act.
tantalis.clrs.gov.bc.ca /gator_glossary.htm   (2559 words)

  
 British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A second requirement was a simple majority in 60% of the current ridings and 77 of the 79 ridings achieved this, far more than the 48 minimum.
As a result of this result, the Provincial Government has promised a second referendum on the issue to be held in November 2008.
Half of all British Columbians live in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which includes Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta and Richmond.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Columbia   (1916 words)

  
 BCCLA Position Paper: Statement of Claim in BC Supreme Court regarding Recall Legislation, 1998
A registered voter for an electoral district may apply under subsection(2) for the issuance of a petition for the recall of the Member of the Legislative Assembly for that electoral district.
On December 1, 1997 the Chief Electoral Officer gave approval in principle to a Petition for the recall of Helmut Giesbrecht ("Giesbrecht"), MLA for Skeena.
the citizens of the electoral district in which recall petitions are successful are denied representation in the Legislative Assembly until a by-election and, by virtue of section 27 of the Act, may be denied representation until a general election in the case of a second recall petition.
www.bccla.org /positions/political/98recall.html   (2772 words)

  
 cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Electoral recall is a process by which voters can petition to remove an elected politician - and in some jurisdictions, an appointed judge - from his or her position.
Only an individual who is a registered voter of the member's electoral district can apply to have a petition issued for the recall of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
An individual can apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for a petition for the recall of the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district in which the applicant is registered to vote.
www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/recall/recall.html   (1075 words)

  
 Hansard -- Tuesday, October 17, 1972 -- Afternoon
I transmit, herewith, a certificate of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Registrar General of Voters, setting forth the names of the members who have been elected in the electoral districts indicated on the certificate.
Because of a request made under Section 1221 c of the Provincial Elections Act, for a recheck in the Vancouver-Little Mountain electoral district, the date of the return of the writ from this district was amended to October 10th, 1972, and then further amended to October 12th, 1972.
Hartley Douglas Dent (Skeena) be appointed Deputy Speaker for this session of the legislative assembly.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /HANSARD/30th1st/30p_01s_721017p.htm   (4522 words)

  
 Green Party of British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Some of those poisons enter the soil killing microbiotic life forms which are vital to the health of all life processes including ourselves.
I was a professional engineer (P.Eng, Ret'd), and have been a farmer and homesteader in the Bulkley valley, Skeena Riding for ten years after having spent ten years homesteading in the Robson Valley close to McBride, B.C. The Green Party supports deep ecological principles and a sustainable economy.
The Green Party is the electoral wing of the green movement.
www.kermode.net /skeenagreen/platform.html   (1652 words)

  
 Greater Vancouver Regional District, British ... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Hansard -- Thursday, September 13, 1973 -- Afternoon Sitting
Asselstine was elected from the Atlin Electoral District and served the province well.
Dent, Richter and D.A. Anderson, provided that the members of the standing committee on Agriculture, on Forestry and Fisheries, on Municipal Affairs and on Social Welfare and Education be named after the said committees appointed at the last session shall have severally made their respective reports to the House.
Hartley Douglas Dent, Member for- Skeena Electoral District, be appointed Deputy Speaker for this session of the Legislative Assembly.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /hansard/30th3rd/30p_03s_730913p.htm   (2996 words)

  
 Kermode.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
that the Commission "proceed on the basis that the population of each electoral district in the province as a result thereof shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota for the province".
The change in electoral boundaries is the responsibility of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia.
She did research for the Lortie Commission on electoral reform and party financing and was a member of the Federal Boundaries Commission for British Columbia during the last electoral redistribution.
www.kermode.net /kermode/newsdisplay.asp?id=891   (2526 words)

  
 PART 21 GENERAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the case of a general election, without delay, and, in the case of a by-election, within 90 days after the return of the writ, publish, in the manner and form that he or she considers appropriate, a report that sets out
The Chief Electoral Officer shall, as soon as possible after a general election, make a report to the Speaker of the House of Commons that sets out any amendments that, in his or her opinion, are desirable for the better administration of this Act.
(3) The Chief Electoral Officer may instruct a returning officer to revise the boundaries of any polling division in the returning officer's electoral district, and may fix the date by which the revision shall be completed.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/E-2.01/15853.html   (2345 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of cities in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For the Canadian federal electoral district of the same name, see Fredericton (electoral district) Coat of arms of Fredericton Fredericton, population 47,560 (greater Fredericton 81,346, both per 2001 census), although unofficial reports more around 50,750 (greater Fredericton 84,523), is the capital of the province of New...
Matane is a city on the Gaspé Peninsula on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River.
La Pointe-de-lÎle, known as Mercier from 1987 to 1997, is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-cities-in-Canada   (5232 words)

  
 Prince Rupert, Canada
At 54°19′ N 130°19′ W, Prince Rupert is situated on Kaien Island (approximately 770 km north of Vancouver), just north of the mouth of Skeena River, and linked by a short bridge to the mainland.
Prince Rupert is part of the Skeena—Bulkley_Valley federal riding (electoral district).
Prince Rupert is the seat of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District.
creekin.net /c2570-n33-prince-rupert-canada.html   (555 words)

  
 Hansard -- Thursday, February 1, 1973
If the Minister determines that the issue is such that it requires a board of more than a single member, they suggested that there be three members selected as follows: one member selected by the electoral area directors of the regional district, one member selected by the council of the host municipality.
I am firmly of the opinion that the Minister's directive in the case of Kamloops and Kelowna is not legally binding and I recommend the affected citizens in these two areas pay no attention to this directive from the Minister of Municipal Affairs unless they are given their just rights to vote on the amalgamation.
The school strike in District 61, which is now reaching the end of its third week, is indeed, in the view of the Progressive Conservative Party, a matter of very serious public importance.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /hansard/30th2nd/30p_02s_730201p.htm   (21099 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Other descriptions of List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia
This is a list of regional district electoral areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Stikine Region, British Columbia (regional district electoral area)
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-regional-district-electoral-areas-in-British-Columbia   (124 words)

  
 Sunshine_Coast_Regional_District,_British_Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia is located on the southern mainland coast, across the Jaun de Fuca Strait from Vancouver Island.
It borders on the Powell River Regional District to the north, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the east, and, across Howe Sound, the Greater Vancouver Regional District to the south.
The Sunshine Coast is typically accessed via boat or plane; no roads connect the district with the rest of the province.
www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Sunshine_Coast_Regional_District,_British_Columbia   (176 words)

  
 Elections BC - Electoral District Maps
The following map and list are linked to large viewable electoral district maps.
For each electoral district there are two formats that are available for downloading and printing.
One is TIFF format, the other is Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
www.elections.bc.ca /map/map.html   (56 words)

  
 Marijuana Party makes BC history
For many candidates, the cement of their involvement was some compelling incident that changed their lives forever, that pitted the voices of teachers, parents and authority against raw personal experience, echoing like an epiphany in the hollow core of the drug war.
Erb, the BCMP's Skeena district candidate, is probably the closest living descendent of the good-natured moonshiner archetype.
In the Nelson-Creston district, where I ran as a candidate with the BCMP, police told the local Nelson Daily News that we had used highly corrosive lye to burn a marijuana party sign into the side of two Nelson hillsides.
www.cannabisculture.com /articles/2069.html   (4243 words)

  
 BILL 96 -- 1999: ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT -- Schedule 2 -- 51-79
The Richmond East Electoral District is all that portion of the Province of British Columbia contained within the following boundaries:
The Saanich North and the Islands Electoral District is all that portion of the Province of British Columbia contained within the following boundaries:
The Skeena Electoral District is all that portion of the Province of British Columbia contained within the following boundaries:
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /1998-99/3rd_read/gov96-3c.htm   (16284 words)

  
 Canada Gazette
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 93(3) of the Canada Elections Act, that I have determined the number of names appearing on the preliminary lists of electors established at the pending general election, for each electoral district, as listed in the Appendix.
For the purposes of subsection 441(2) of the Canada Elections Act, the average number of names appearing on the preliminary lists of electors established for all electoral districts at the pending general election is 64,437.
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/2000/20001027-x/html/extra-e.html   (116 words)

  
 Hansard -- Thursday, January 31, 1974 -- Night Sitting
Wallace endeared herself to all during their term of office at Government House and will be fondly remembered.
It is with much pleasure that we have received the news of the appointment of Jules Leger as Governor-General of Canada to succeed His Excellency the Right Honourable Roland Michener.
Speaker, I move that Hartley Douglas Dent, Member for Skeena Electoral District, be appointed Deputy Speaker for this session of the Legislative Assembly.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /hansard/30th4th/30p_04s_740131p.htm   (1689 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Or else, you can start by choosing any of the categories below.
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.
Electoral districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/List_of_Canada%27s_electoral_districts   (270 words)

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