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List Of Canadian Electoral Districts (1903–1907)
This is a list of electoral districts or ''ridings'' in Canada for the 1904 federal election. Electoral Districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament in Canada's House of Commons every election. Nova Scotia - 18 seats *Annapolis *Antigonish * Cape Breton South *Colchester *Cumberland *Digby *Guysborough * Halifax* * Hants *Inverness *Kings * Lunenburg * North Cape Breton and Victoria *Pictou *Richmond *Shelburne and Queen's *Yarmouth Prince Edward Island - 4 seats * King's *Prince * Queen's* New Brunswick - 13 seats * Carleton *Charlotte *City and County of St. John *City of St. John *Gloucester *Kent * King's and Albert *Northumberland * Restigouche * Sunbury—Queen's * Victoria *Westmorland *York Quebec - 65 seats *Argenteuil * Bagot *Beauce * Beauharnois * Bellechasse * Berthier * Bonaventure * Brome * Chambly—Verchères *Champlain * Charlevoix * Châteauguay *Chicoutimi—Saguenay *Compton * Dorchester *Drummond—Arthabaska * Gaspé * Hochelaga *Huntin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cape Breton And Victoria
Cape Breton North and Victoria (also known as North Cape Breton and Victoria and Cape Breton North—Victoria) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. History This riding was created in 1903 as "North Cape Breton and Victoria"' riding from Cape Breton (electoral district), Cape Breton and Victoria (Nova Scotia electoral district), Victoria ridings. It consisted initially of the county of Victoria, the northern part of the County of Cape Breton: the districts of Boisdale, Boularderie, East Bay (North), French Vale, George's River, Grand Narrows, and Little Bras d'Or, and the towns of North Sydney and Sydney Mines. In 1924, its name was changed to "Cape Breton North—Victoria", and then to "Cape Breton North and Victoria" in 1933. It was redefined to consist of the county of Victoria, and that part of the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of St
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City And County Of St
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte (electoral District)
New Brunswick Southwest (french: Nouveau-Brunswick-Sud-Ouest; formerly known as Charlotte and St. Croix—Belleisle) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2016 was 65,287. Political geography As the name implies, the district comprises the southwestern portion of New Brunswick. It includes all of Charlotte County and portions of York, Sunbury, Queens, Kings and Saint John Counties. Major towns include St. Stephen, St. Andrews, St. George, Grand Bay–Westfield, McAdam, Harvey Station, Fredericton Junction, Gagetown, and the Kingsclear and Hanwell regions near Fredericton. The neighbouring ridings are Tobique—Mactaquac, Fredericton, Fundy Royal, and Saint John. "Charlotte" riding was created in 1867. In 1966, it was merged into Carleton—Charlotte. "Charlotte" riding was re-created in 1996 primarily from Carleton—Charlotte, and incorporating parts of Fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton (New Brunswick Federal Electoral District)
Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Victoria—Carleton. It was named for Carleton County, New Brunswick. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results By-election on Mr Connell's death, June 28, 1873. By-election: On Mr. Connell's death, 15 February 1881 By-election: On election of 1891 being declared void See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and French as its official languages. New Brunswick is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. New Brunswick is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas. New Brunswick's largest cities are Moncton and Saint John, while its capital is Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's (Prince Edward Island Electoral District)
Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. History This riding was created in 1903 from parts of East Prince, East Queen's and West Queen's ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cardigan, Hillsborough and Malpeque ridings, to take effect at the time of the next election (which took place in 1968). It consisted of the County of Queen's and elected two members. In 1914, it was redefined to elect only one member unless the British North America Act, 1867, were amended to entitle the province of Prince Edward Island to four members. When that happened, before the next election, Queen's again was entitled to elect two members. It continued to have two members until it was abolished in 1966. It elected its MPs through Block Voting. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince (electoral District)
Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. History This riding was created in 1903 from parts of East Prince and West Prince ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Egmont and Malpeque ridings. It consisted of the County of Prince. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External links Riding history for Prince (1903–1966) from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa ... {{coord missing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's (Prince Edward Island Electoral District)
King's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1968. History This riding was created from King's County riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Cardigan riding. It initially consisted of the town of Georgetown and other parts of the County of King's. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the whole of the County of King's. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External links Riding history for King's (1892–1966) from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". Its capital and largest city is Charlottetown. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Part of the traditional lands of the Miꞌkmaq, it was colonized by the French in 1604 as part of the colony of Acadia. The island was ceded to the British at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 and became part of the colony of Nova Scotia, and in 1769 the island became its own British colony. Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 to discuss a Maritime Union, union of the Maritime provinces; however, the conference became the first in a series of meetings which led to Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarmouth (electoral District)
''For the current provincial electoral district, see Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)'' Yarmouth was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867. It consisted of the County of Yarmouth. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Yarmouth and Clare riding. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External links Riding history for Yarmouth (1867–1914) from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
