With new electoral map coming into effect April 22, MPs and candidates preparing for next election

Only 45 of 338 ridings remain unchanged while 293 have updates ranging between a minor tinkering to a riding totally disappearing, according to Elections Canada.

Liberal MPs, including Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, centre, pictured at the party's caucus retreat last January. Because of the redistribution of electoral boundaries, the House of Commons will have 343 MPs after the next federal election.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

April 8, 2024

The new federal electoral map will come into effect in two weeks' time, and MPs and electoral district associations across the country are already strategizing, analyzing, and preparing for the next election based on the newly rejigged and renamed ridings.

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