Comment 83133

By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted November 23, 2012 at 09:09:20

Good read and admirable advocacy.

Some additional redistricting detail.

Current Electoral Districts and Their Variance from the Provincial Quota, Representation Order of 2003 (2011 Provincial Quota: 106,213)

Federal Electoral District: Pop'n 2001 / Pop'n 2011 / Variance(%)

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale: 106,245 / 116,357 / 9.55
Hamilton Centre: 118,186 / 116,398 / 9.59
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek: 115,709 / 117,721 / 10.83
Hamilton Mountain: 119,830 / 125,586 / 18.24

http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=on&dir=now/proposals&document=sched1&lang=e


Of those ridings, Hamilton Centre alone was shrinking but I wouldn't have expected it to disappear entirely. That said, the proposed solution isn't unprecedented.

Wikipedia:

"Hamilton Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Centre

"Hamilton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created for the 1926 provincial election but abolished with the 1999 provincial election when the number of constituencies represented in the legislature was reduced. It was re-created for the 2007 election from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot ridings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)

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