Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act to provide for the establishment of electoral boundaries commissions to report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons and to provide for the readjustment of such representation in accordance therewith[1]
CitationElectoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3
Passed byHouse of Commons
PassedNovember 16, 1964[2]
Passed bySenate
PassedNovember 20, 1964[3]
Royal assentNovember 20, 1964[4]
CommencedPartially on November 20, 1964[a]
Fully on April 23, 1968[b]
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons
Bill titleBill C-72
Introduced byPrime Minister Lester B. Pearson
First readingMarch 2, 1964[8]
Second readingApril 15, 1964[9]
Third readingNovember 16, 1964[10]
Second chamber: Senate
Bill titleBill C-72
Member(s) in chargeLeader of the Government in the Senate John Joseph Connolly
First readingNovember 18, 1964[11]
Second readingNovember 19, 1964[12]
Third readingNovember 20, 1964[13]
Repeals
Representation Act
Status: Amended

The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (French: Loi sur la révision des limites des circonscriptions électorales), commonly known by its acronym EBRA,[14] is an act of the Parliament of Canada that was passed by the 26th Canadian Parliament in 1964.[15]

Under the EBRA, every ten years, ten electoral boundaries commissions (one in each province) are established to revise the electoral district boundaries in their province. Each commission is composed of three members. It is chaired by a judge appointed by the chief justice of the province and has two other members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

  1. ^ Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3
  2. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Commissions". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: House of Commons of Canada. November 16, 1964. p. 10116.
  3. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. November 20, 1964. p. 1098.
  4. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. November 20, 1964. p. 1101.
  5. ^ a b Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, S.C. 1965, c. 31
  6. ^ "Canada Gazette, Part II (1947-1997), vol. 100, no. 13, Regular Issue, July 13, 1966". July 13, 1966. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Parliaments". Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Redistribution". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: House of Commons of Canada. March 2, 1964. p. 391.
  9. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Commissions". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: House of Commons of Canada. April 15, 1964. p. 2217.
  10. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Commissions". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: House of Commons of Canada. November 16, 1964. p. 10116.
  11. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. November 18, 1964. pp. 1069–70.
  12. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. November 19, 1964. p. 1090.
  13. ^ "Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Canada: Senate of Canada. November 20, 1964. pp. 1098–99.
  14. ^ "Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts". January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  15. ^ Ward, Norman (March 1967). "A Century of Constituencies". Canadian Public Administration. 10 (1): 105–122. doi:10.1111/j.1754-7121.1967.tb00966.x. Retrieved April 8, 2022.


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