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WINNIPEG — The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Manitoba has proposed a new riding map for the province in advance of the 2015 federal election.
The proposed changes will be open to comment at public hearings this fall.
The commission says its aim is to keep electoral district populations close to the provincial average for the next 10 years. It says that with more urban voters than rural, and projected growth for Winnipeg, 12 of Manitoba’s 14 electoral districts will change.
“Population equality was a big factor for the commission,” said Judge Richard Chartier, chair of the three-member commission and a judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal. “But in redrawing boundaries, we strove to keep communities together and did our utmost to avoid splitting municipalities, aboriginal communities and designated bilingual areas.”
University professors Kelly Saunders and Paul Thomas are the other members of the commission.
The proposal reflects Manitoba’s increase in population from 1,119,583 in 2001 to 1,208,268 in the 2011 census.
To see the proposals online, visit the commission’s website at redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/.
Public hearings will take place:
• On Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. at Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel, La Verendrye Room.
• On Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 3 p.m. at the Selkirk Inn and Conference Centre, Salon A.
• On Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel, La Verendrye Room.
• On Thursday, Oct. 18, at
3 p.m. at Brandon’s Royal Oak Inn and Suites, Regency A.
• On Friday, Oct. 19, at 9 a.m. at Dauphin’s Parkland Recreation Complex, Lion’s Den Room.
• On Friday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m. at Thompson’s Burntwood Hotel, Selkirk Room.
To make a presentation at a hearing, Manitobans must send the commission notice no later than Oct. 1.
» Winnipeg Free Press
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition August 13, 2012
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The proposed changes will be open to comment at public hearings this fall.
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WINNIPEG — The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Manitoba has proposed a new riding map for the province in advance of the 2015 federal election.
The proposed changes will be open to comment at public hearings this fall.
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