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Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commissions Reports

Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commissions. Reports. https://www.elections.ab.ca/resources/reports/electoral-boundaries-commission/

British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Reports. https://elections.bc.ca/resources/reports/

New Brunswick Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission. Reports. https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/ebrcr.html

Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission 2015. Reports. https://www.nledbc.ca/reports

Newfoundland and Labrador Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission 2006 and 1995. Reports. https://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/ebc/reports.htm

Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries Commission. (2019). Final Report. https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/2019ElectoralBoundariesCommission_FinalReport.pdf

Report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission of Prince Edward Island. (2017). http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/epeiEBC2017.pdf

2017 Quebec Commission de la représentation électorale. Reports. https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/cartes-electorales/carte-electorale-du-quebec/elaboration-de-la-carte-electorale-2017/

2022 Saskatchewan Provincial Boundaries Commission. Reports. https://www.saskboundaries.ca/reports/

2012 Saskatchewan Provincial Boundaries Commission. Final Report. https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/reports/20121018_Constituency_Boundaries_Commission_Final_Report.pdf

2021-2022 Northwest Territories Electoral Boundaries Commission. Final Report.  https://nwtelectoralboundaries.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/05/2021-electoral-boundaries-final-report-web.pdf

Report of the 2011 Nunavut Electoral Boundaries Commission. (2011). https://www.elections.nu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/report-2011-nunavut-electoral-boundaries-commission-8-en.pdf

Yukon. (2002). Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report.

Yukon. (2018). Yukon Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report.https://yukonassembly.ca/sites/default/files/inline-files/sp-34-2-58.pdf

Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Nova Scotia. (1986). Report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Nova Scotia, 1986.

Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New Brunswick. (1983). Report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New Brunswick, 1983.

Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Prince Edward Island. (1987). Report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Prince Edward Island, 1987.

 

Other Reports

British Columbia Chief Elections Officer. (2009). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution.

Alberta Legislative Assembly Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries. (1992). Report of the Select Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries.

Library of Parliament. (2003). Draft Report of the Subcommittee on electoral boundary adjustment of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on the matter of the 2003 electoral boundaries redistribution. 10 October 2003.

Library of Parliament. (2003). Points for consideration in advance of the electoral boundaries review of the 2003 Electoral Redistribution which was prepared for the Subcommittee on electoral boundaries readjustment of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. (2003). Final Investigation Report on Complaints Concerning the Readjustment of the Federal Electoral District of Acadie-Bathurst Proposed by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for New Brunswick.

Preliminary Report of the Miramichi and Acadie-Bathurst Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2 December 2004.

Saskatchewan. (1991). Report of Electoral Boundaries Commission 1991. Queen's Printer.

Select Committee on Electoral Boundaries. (1978). Select Committee on Electoral Boundaries Report. Nova Scotia House of Assembly.

Case Law

Bedford (Town) v. Nova Scotia (House of Assembly, Law Amendments Committee), [1993] N.S.J. No. 75

Charlottetown (City) v. Prince Edward Island, [1998] P.E.I.J. No. 101

Dixon v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1989] B.C.J. No. 583

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, (1991), 11 L.W. 1135-030

Friends of Democracy v. Northwest Territories (Attorney General), [1999] N.W.T.J. No. 28

Jennings v. Commission de la représentation électorale du Québec, [2020] Q.J. No. 2044

Klein v. Prince Edward (County), [2017] O.M.B.D. No. 1232

Lac la Biche (Town) v. Alberta (Alta. C.A.), [1993] A.J. No. 321

MacKinnon v. Prince Edward Island, [1993] P.E.I.J. No. 17

Penner v. Ontario (Electoral Boundaries Commission), [1977] 2 F.C. 51

Raîche v. Canada (Attorney General) (2004), 252 F.T.R. 221 (FC)

Reference re: House of Assembly Act (Nova Scotia), [2017] N.S.J. No. 26

Reference Re Electoral Boundaries Commission Act (Alberta) (1991), 86 D.L.R. (4th) 447, [1992] 1 W.W.R. 481

Reference re Electoral Boundaries Commission Act (Alta.) (Alta. C.A.), [1991] A.J. No. 1065

Reference re Electoral Divisions Statutes Amendment Act, 1993 (Alberta) (1994), 119 D.L.R. (4th) 1 at 12, 24 Alta. L.R. (3d), 1 157 A.R. 241

Reference re Prov. Electoral Boundaries (Saskatchewan), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 158

Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34

West Hants (Municipality) v. Nova Scotia (Utility and Review Board), [2016] N.S.J. No. 275

Yellowknife (City) v. Northwest Territories (Commissioner), [2015] N.W.T.J. No. 63