Riding rejig proposes tightening representation around Alberta’s growing cities

Seven provinces now have proposed new maps out for Canadian politics enthusiasts to chew over, including Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, B.C., Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia.

Five new seats will be added to the House of Commons as a result of the current redistribution process—assuming Bill C-14, which would stop Quebec from losing a seat is passed as anticipated—bringing the Chamber to 343 seats total. Three of those new seats are in Alberta, where a proposed new map was released on June 10. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 22, 2022

Three more electoral map proposals are out as part of Canada's ongoing redistribution process, including for Alberta, where the addition of three new seats has led to a tightening of ridings around cities other than Edmonton and Calgary, with Red Deer, for one, set to get its own electoral district....

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