Mackenzie was a former federal electoral district represented in the CanadianHouse of Commons, and located in the province of Saskatchewan. This riding was created in 1952 and was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1953. 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: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th) - Land 591,670 km² - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Redirected from 1953 Canadian election) National results Notes: (1) The Liberal-Labour MP sat with the Liberal caucus. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
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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Number of ElectoralDistricts remained at 18 but 4 of these were divided into Ridings (1 Member each) to yield a total of 25 electoral areas: New Westminster (Delta, Chilliwhack, Dewdney, Richmond), Yale (West, East, North), Lillooet (East, West), and West Kootenay (North, South).
Ridings were either eliminated or designated as ElectoralDistricts (in which case name of original District was discarded).
New ElectoralDistricts (in some cases, former Ridings) were Atlin, Chilliwhack, Columbia, Cranbrook, Delta, Dewdney, Fernie, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Kamloops, Kaslo, Nelson City, Newcastle, Okanagan, Revelstoke, Richmond, Rossland City, Saanich, Similkameen, Skeena and Ymir.
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