Alberta population boom causing a conundrum over electoral boundaries | Unpublished
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Author: Carrie Tait
Publication Date: October 12, 2024 - 07:00

Alberta population boom causing a conundrum over electoral boundaries

October 12, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will soon create a panel with a dull name but consequential assignment: redesigning the province’s electoral map.To complete the task, the next Electoral Boundaries Commission will have to wrestle with Alberta’s unexpected and explosive population growth, particularly in urban centres. The provincial headcount has increased by 20 per cent since 2017, when the last commission recommended Alberta consolidate a number of rural ridings in order to create three new urban constituencies in time for the 2019 election.


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