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Durham East

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Durham East was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. An electoral district (or riding) is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... The British North America Acts 1867–1975 are a series of Acts of the British Parliament dealing with the government of Canada. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


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This is a list of Canadas 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. ... This is a list of past arrangements of Canadas electoral districts. ...

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  • Website of the Parliament of Canada

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It is a county of contrasts: the remote and sparsely populated dales and moors of the Pennines characterise the interior, while nearer the coast the county is highly urbanised, and was once dominated by the coal mining industry.
County Durham is roughly bounded by the watershed of the Pennines in the west, the River Tees in the south, the North Sea in the east and the Rivers Tyne and Derwent in the north.
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Durham East - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (99 words)
Durham East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Durham into two ridings: Durham West and Durham East.
The East Riding of Durham was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Durham riding.
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