Commissioned ridings : designing Canada's electoral districts / John C. Courtney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Courtney, John C. (John Childs), 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election districts--Canada.

Election districts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of institutional transformation and changing public and political attitudes toward the redistribution of electoral constituencies in Canada.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Electoral Districts in a Federal State

Institutional Role-Modelling: Canada’s First Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commissions

Going Down Under: Canada Looks to Australia

Drawing the Maps

Professional and Independent Commissions

Participation, Objections, and Delays

“A Full and Generous Construction”: The Courts and Redistribution

Life with Carter : Commissioned Ridings in the 1990s

Community of Interest and Effective Representation

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Decennial Boundary Readjustment Process (Canada)

Chronology of Redistribution Related Events, 1993 – 7

Interviews

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85944-7

9786612859441

0-7735-6943-X

OCLC:

76898701