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  Victoria (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.
It covers the City of Victoria, the municipality of Oak Bay and the southeastern portion of the municipality of Saanich.
This electoral district was created in 1872 when Victoria District riding was abolished.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_(electoral_district)   (580 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Victoria (electoral district)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia using the name of, or located in, the area of the city of Victoria, the provincial capital.
Victoria District was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia at the time of that provinces entry into Confederation in 1871.
Victoria is the name of an Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Victoria-(electoral-district)   (558 words)

  
 Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission
The current electoral district of Grand Falls Region is located in both the counties of Madawaska and Victoria.
The Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act requires the Electoral Boundary and Representation Commission to establish the electoral quotient for the province by dividing the total population by the total number of electoral districts.
The electoral quotient (729, 498 divided by 55) is therefore 13,263.
www.gnb.ca /0101/districts/e52-e.asp   (238 words)

  
 Elections Canada | Federal Representation 2004 - Nova Scotia
However, revised electoral districts, particularly in the rural areas of the Province, are increasingly large in terms of their geography, making it difficult to include all significant place names in their titles.
The proposed Sydney—Victoria electoral district has a variance of —3.91 and a seat entitlement of 0.96 and is almost identical in its geography with the current Sydney—Victoria electoral district.
With the inclusion of a portion of Guysborough County in the revised electoral district of Cape Breton—Canso, the "ripple effect" of that change necessitated a revision to the current electoral district of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough.
www.elections.ca /scripts/fedrep/novascotia/report/revised_e.htm   (2149 words)

  
 By-law 6
Electoral District 2: Eastern comprised of the counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Prince Edward and Renfrew, and the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
Electoral District 3: Central East comprised of the counties of Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, Simcoe, Victoria, and The Regional Municipality of Durham.
Electoral District 5: Central West comprised of the counties of Brant, Dufferin and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Haldimand-Norfolk, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Peel and Waterloo.
www.cco.on.ca /by-law_6.htm   (1737 words)

  
 Victoria City (electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria City was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1924.
It was identical at the time of its creation to the provincial electoral district of the same name.
This electoral district was created in 1872 from Victoria District, and elected two members to the Canadian House of Commons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_City_(electoral_district)   (387 words)

  
 Victoria - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Victoria, area of the London Borough of Hackney, a ward in South Hackney.
Victoria City, the capital and one of the first British urban settlements in Hong Kong.
Mount Victoria, Wellington, a prominent landmark and related suburb in the capital of New Zealand.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /victoria.htm   (487 words)

  
 Plurality voting system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A candidate who is very popular among the electorate in general may lose if the candidate or the candidate's party is unpopular or has caused dissatisfaction in his or her seat.
It is often claimed that because each electoral district votes for its own representative, the elected candidate is held accountable to his own voters, thereby helping to prevent incompetent, fraudulent or corrupt behavior by elected candidates.
Districting in FPTP systems, The unusual "earmuff" shape of the 4th Congressional District of Illinois connects two Hispanic neighborhoods while remaining continuous by narrowly tracing Interstate 294.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Past_the_Post_electoral_system   (3490 words)

  
 Elections Canada | Federal Representation 2004 - New Brunswick
Regrouping all Indian reserves in one electoral district would allow the currently dispersed communities to interface with only one MP instead of several as is currently the case.
The proposed renaming of the electoral district is based on the importance of two rivers within the electoral district: the Canaan, which flows into Washademoak Lake, and the Tobique, which flows into the Saint John River.
The electoral district of the City and County of Saint John was established in 1867, as was the electoral district of the City of Saint John.
www.elections.ca /scripts/fedrep/newbruns/proposals/boundaries_e.htm   (2752 words)

  
 Victoria
Victoria is a state of Australia, the southernmost mainland state.
Victoria Harbour is the body of water between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula.
Victoria Bitter is also the name of an unrelated Australian beer, named for the Australian state of Victoria.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/victoria.html   (281 words)

  
 Voting in Victoria - Parliament of Victoria
Electorates for the Legislative Assembly are called Electoral Districts.
Electorates for the Legislative Council are called Electoral Provinces.
Compulsory voting was adopted in Victoria for Legislative Assembly elections in 1926 and for Legislative Council elections in 1935.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au /vote.html   (1316 words)

  
 Victoria (Nova Scotia electoral district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victoria was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.
It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into North Cape Breton and Victoria electorla district.
See the WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada for article coordination.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_(Nova_Scotia_electoral_district)   (171 words)

  
 Electoral rolls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Electoral rolls are publicly available documents and are often used by family historians and other researchers endeavouring to trace the names or addresses of people in the past or in the current day.
When electoral rolls were produced in printed format, up to 1988, the arrangement of names was within electoral districts, so it is vital to know where a person lived and then look for that electorate.
District of Burra, Counties of Light and Eyre, District of Mt. Barker, District of Noarlunga, District of Stanley
www.slsa.sa.gov.au /site/text_only.cfm?nav_id=748   (1077 words)

  
 Find Your Electoral District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The current electoral boundaries are based on the 1996 Representation Order.
Electoral boundaries will not be redistributed until the next general election.
When a provincial election or by-election is called, contact information for your electoral district Returning Office will be available here, as well as a list of candidates and the dates and locations of advance polls.
www.electionsontario.on.ca /fyed/en/map_page_en.jsp?dcode=070   (87 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shuswap (provincial electoral district)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
The data contained in the published profiles for census subdivisions and census divisions, census tracts, federal electoral districts, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations are also available in machine-readable form.
A list of federal electoral district names and codes are provided in Appendix A. Their boundaries may cut across all geostatistical areas, except provinces and enumeration areas (EAs).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shuswap-%28provincial-electoral-district%29   (603 words)

  
 Bylaw No. 1, Part 2: Election of Councillors and Elected Committee Members
the Central Eastern District, composed of the counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Northumberland, Peterborough, Prince Edward, Victoria and Haliburton, the united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, and the regional municipality of Durham.
the Eastern District, composed of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Prescott and Russell, the County of Renfrew and the regional municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
the Central/Toronto District, composed of the municipality of metropolitan Toronto, the county of Simcoe and the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel and York.
www.cno.org /docs/general/46005bylaws/b1p2.htm   (3744 words)

  
 Estate Administration Act -- OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATORS DESIGNATION REGULATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
That portion of the County of Kootenay embraced in the Cranbrook Electoral District
That portion of the County of Yale embraced in that portion of the Similkameen Electoral District lying to the east of the 120th meridian of longitude
That portion of the County of Cariboo embraced in the Fort George Electoral District lying south of the 55th parallel, and that portion of the County of Cariboo embraced in the Omineca Electoral District
www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/reg/E/24_58.htm   (606 words)

  
 Canada Gazette
A Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New Brunswick was constituted by proclamation dated April 16, 2002, in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.
The Commission was established to readjust the boundaries of the ten (10) electoral districts in New Brunswick, using the 2001 decennial census.
The population figure for each electoral district is derived from the 2001 decennial census.
gazetteducanada.gc.ca /partI/2002/20020629-s/html/suppl-e.html   (5436 words)

  
 City of Victoria - About Local Elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Greater Victoria Area is made up of many municipalities so you may be unsure of whether you are a City of Victoria resident or resident of another municipality.
Resident electors require two pieces of identification, at least one of which has the elector's signature, the other the residential address of the elector.
Electors unable to prove their place of residence must make a solemn declaration as to their place of residency.
www.city.victoria.bc.ca /cityhall/departments_crpleg_abt.shtml   (1475 words)

  
 Victoria (electoral district) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Victoria-Beacon Hill - British Columbia provincial electoral district 1966-present (and 1871-1963 in different form)
This electoral district was first created in 1872 from Victoria District, and elected two members to the Canadian House of Commons.
Victoria (electoral district), Demographics, Geography, History, Members of Parliament, Current Member of Parliament, Election results, External links and British Columbia federal electoral districts.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Victoria_%28electoral_district%29   (291 words)

  
 B.C. Voters List 1898 - Districts
Shall comprise all the land in the Westminster Electoral District which lies to the south of the Fraser River and to the east of the western boundary of the Municipality of Matsqui.
Shall comprise all the lands within the Electoral District of West- minster which are not included in any other Riding.
All the remaining portion of Lillooet Electoral District which is not embraced by the East Riding of said district as above constituted and defined.
www.rootsweb.com /~canbc/vote1898/votedist.htm   (201 words)

  
 Hansard -- Volume 12, Number 24 -- Monday, March 14, 1994
Enclosed is the original letter from the chief electoral officer, Robert A. Patterson, certifying the election of Gordon Campbell as the member to represent the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
Enclosed is the original letter from the chief electoral officer, Robert A. Patterson, certifying the election of Michael G. De Jong as the member to represent the electoral district of Matsqui.
Gabelmann: I move that the letter of the deputy minister and the certificate of the chief electoral officer of the result of the election of the member be entered in the Journals of the House.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /HANSARD/35th2nd/h0314am.htm   (1188 words)

  
 Electoral District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Please look for Electoral Districts Canada, New York Electoral Districts, Electoral College and Chief Electoral Officer to find more Electoral District information.
An electoral district is a geographical area represented by a member of the House of Commons.
Users are advised to refer to the appendices for further information regarding data quality, definitions and the electoral maps.
biliarysystem.info /info/Electoral-District   (326 words)

  
 Electoral List Sandhurst & Districts 1856   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This covers the area of the Sandhurst, later renamed Bendigo, electoral district in Victoria, Australia.
Many of the original humble miners attracted to this goldrush had moved on to other fields in Victoria.
Just because your ancestor was not on an electoral list for this period does not necessarily indicate that he was not present in the area.
users.tpg.com.au /sharenet/fam/lists/sandhurst.html   (174 words)

  
 Regulations - Medical - Electoral Districts
For the purpose of election of councillors, the Province is hereby divided into the electoral districts described in Schedule "A" and forming part of these regulations.
From each electoral district there shall be elected to Council the following number of members of the College who practice in that electoral district on the date fixed for receiving nominations in any election year:
The counties of Antigonish, Guysborough, Inverness, Richmond, Victoria and Cape Breton.
www.gov.ns.ca /JUST/REGULATIONS/REGS/medelect.htm   (278 words)

  
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John van Dongen as the Member to represent the Electoral District of Abbotsford.
Gabelmann, it was Ordered -- That the letter of the Acting Deputy Attorney General and the certificate of the Chief Electoral Officer of the result of the election of the member be entered upon the Journals of the House.
John van Dongen, having taken the oath and signed the Parliamentary Roll, was introduced by Mr.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /1995/votes/v0524.txt   (579 words)

  
 ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT
4 The area of an electoral district consists of that part of the Province comprised within the boundaries of the electoral district.
The Burquitlam Electoral District is all that portion of the Province of British Columbia contained within the following boundaries:
The Kamloops Electoral District is all that portion of the Province of British Columbia contained within the following boundaries:
www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/stat/E/99031_01.htm   (18326 words)

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