Representation Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c. 35, Sched. 1

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Representation Act, 2005

S.o. 2005, chapter 35
Schedule 1

Historical version for the period December 15, 2005 to December 2, 2015.

No amendments.

Definition

1. In this Act,

“federal electoral districts” means the federal electoral districts that were established under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Canada) and were in effect on September 1, 2004. 2005, c. 35, Sched. 1, s. 1.

Redistribution

2. (1) For the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly, Ontario is divided into the following electoral districts:

1. The 11 northern electoral districts listed in section 4, with the same boundaries as were in effect on October 2, 2003, subject to subsection (2).

2. In the part of Ontario that lies outside the 11 northern electoral districts, 96 southern electoral districts whose names and boundaries are identical to those of the corresponding federal electoral districts, subject to subsection (3). 2005, c. 35, Sched. 1, s. 2 (1).

Boundary adjustment

(2) In accordance with the process by which the federal electoral districts were established, the Municipality of Algonquin Highlands forms part of the southern electoral district of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock rather than part of the northern electoral district of Parry Sound-Muskoka. 2005, c. 35, Sched. 1, s. 2 (2).

Name changes

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of subsection (1), the following rules apply with respect to the names of southern electoral districts:

1. If, as the result of a redistribution under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (Canada) that takes place after September 1, 2004, a new federal electoral district is established with the same boundaries as one of the 96 southern electoral districts, that southern electoral district is renamed so as to have the same name as the new federal electoral district.

2. If a federal electoral district with the same boundaries as one of the 96 southern electoral districts is renamed by an Act of Parliament that comes into force after September 1, 2004, that southern electoral district is renamed so as to have the same name as the federal electoral district.

3. A name change under paragraph 1 or 2 takes effect on the same day as the establishment or renaming of the federal electoral district, unless the establishment or renaming takes effect during the period that begins on the day after the day a writ is issued for a general election or for a by-election in the southern electoral district and ends...