Canadian Redistribution - Federal, Provincial, Municipal

[Hatman 🍁]

I PMed you my commentary (and is now lost in cyberspace). But overall, a very good map except for Conestoga-Brant.

[Krago]

Conestoga-Preston-Hespeler and Galt-Brant?

By the way, having that maple leaf in your name makes it difficult to PM you.  You don't appear on any searches of member's names.  Or maybe that was the point?

[Hatman 🍁]

Conestoga-Preston-Hespeler and Galt-Brant?

By the way, having that maple leaf in your name makes it difficult to PM you.  You don't appear on any searches of member's names.  Or maybe that was the point?

Unintended consequence. I'll move the maple leaf to after my display name. But searching my original display name, "EarlAW" should work, shouldn't it?

[Hatman 🍁]

Conestoga-Preston-Hespeler and Galt-Brant?

This works. Cambridge needs to be split up anyways, as it's too big to be one riding. Might as well split it down the middle, Barrie-style.

[DC Al Fine]

Have you done an Alberta map. Five new seats would be interesting. Also, you should do an NS one because I said so

[adma]

This works. Cambridge needs to be split up anyways, as it's too big to be one riding. Might as well split it down the middle, Barrie-style.

Isn't it already split with Hespeler off on its own?  At this point, just getting rid of North Dumfries might do the trick (though "Galt-Preston" feels a little too anachronistic as a riding name)

[Hatman 🍁]

I'm all for anachronistic riding names.

[Krago]

And having a riding named after John Galt would make the Libertarians happy.

Anyway, I've updated my map with changes in Wellington, Halton and Peel.  But Conestoga-Brant stays put.

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

[Hatman 🍁]

And having a riding named after John Galt would make the Libertarians happy.

Anyway, I've updated my map with changes in Wellington, Halton and Peel.  But Conestoga-Brant stays put.

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

At least the Brampton-Caledon riding makes more sense.

[Krago]

Oh my god, they killed Conestoga--Brant! You bastards!

Please check my new improved map (same URL).

[Hatman 🍁]

Much better. It's a very natural split for Cambridge.

[Krago]

Have you done an Alberta map. Five new seats would be interesting. Also, you should do an NS one because I said so

Any preliminary thoughts on Pictou-Preston and Sackville-Bedford?

[DC Al Fine]

Have you done an Alberta map. Five new seats would be interesting. Also, you should do an NS one because I said so

Any preliminary thoughts on Pictou-Preston and Sackville-Bedford?

Sackville-Bedford makes sense and would make for an interesting district (working class suburb next to a UMC one). No one really lives in between Pictou and Preston though. It's a bit odd.

[Njall]

Have you done an Alberta map. Five new seats would be interesting. Also, you should do an NS one because I said so

I second the motion in favour of an Alberta map

[toaster]

I got ahold of some 2021 population projections, so I decided to do what I do best.

Using the provincial figures, Alberta would add five seats in the House of Commons and Ontario would gain one.  All other provinces would remain the same, including BC.

Here’s what an Ontario map of 122 Federal ridings (9 North, 113 South) could look like.

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

I don't think ridings of 130k+ are going to fly (when you have ridings of 110k in the same city) particularly in Toronto, when it means residents in those ridings will now be losing out on voter parity at 3 levels because the boundaries will all align. Also, crossing Steeles will be a problem.

[Krago]

Anyway, I've updated my map with 32 proposed federal ridings in Atlantic Canada.

Bonavista--Burin--Avalon!  Truro--Cole Harbour!  Saint John West--Charlotte!

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

[Krago]

Anyway, I've updated my map with 32 proposed federal ridings in Atlantic Canada.

Bonavista--Burin--Avalon!  Truro--Cole Harbour!  Saint John West--Charlotte!

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

Now with 28 proposed ridings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Saskatoon North--Warman!  Regina South!  Others!

[Krago]

Still working on Alberta, but here are where the five 'new' seats would go:

• Airdrie-Chestermere
• Calgary East
• Calgary North
• St. Albert-Edmonton would split into St. Albert and Edmonton Northwest
• Edmonton-Wetaskiwin would split into Leduc-Wetaskiwin and Edmonton South

Overall, the ridings would be allocated:

- Calgary 12 (entirely within city limits) - avg 121,000
- Edmonton 9 (entirely within city limits) - avg 121,000
- Miscellaneous 18 - avg 117,000

[Njall]

Still working on Alberta, but here are where the five 'new' seats would go:

• Airdrie-Chestermere
• Calgary East
• Calgary North
• St. Albert-Edmonton would split into St. Albert and Edmonton Northwest
• Edmonton-Wetaskiwin would split into Leduc-Wetaskiwin and Edmonton South

Overall, the ridings would be allocated:

- Calgary 12 (entirely within city limits) - avg 121,000
- Edmonton 9 (entirely within city limits) - avg 121,000
- Miscellaneous 18 - avg 117,000

I'm excited to see this.

[Krago]

Alberta is now up.   https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

A few points:

- Every riding is within 5% of the provincial average.  Suck it Ontario!

- Yeah, I know about Vegreville.  Stuff happens.  I guess Battle River-Crowfoot's recruitment slogan ("Come live where the lead singer of Nickelback grew up!") hasn't taken off.  Yet.

- For the most part, the new riding names are rather boring (Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton South, Calgary North, Airdrie-Chestermere).  However, I chose Woodlands instead of Whitecourt (after Westlock's removal from the seat), since the revised Peace River riding does have a lot of trees.  Since Griesbach is no longer in the riding, I came up with Edmonton Commonwealth as a counterpoint to Calgary Confederation.  Finally, I waffled between resurrecting "Rocky Mountain" or "Wild Rose" for the Banff-Cochrane-Sundre-Rocky Mountain House riding.

[Tintrlvr]

Alberta is now up.   https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

A few points:

- Every riding is within 5% of the provincial average.  Suck it Ontario!

- Yeah, I know about Vegreville.  Stuff happens.  I guess Battle River-Crowfoot's recruitment slogan ("Come live where the lead singer of Nickelback grew up!") hasn't taken off.  Yet.

- For the most part, the new riding names are rather boring (Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton South, Calgary North, Airdrie-Chestermere).  However, I chose Woodlands instead of Whitecourt (after Westlock's removal from the seat), since the revised Peace River riding does have a lot of trees.  Since Griesbach is no longer in the riding, I came up with Edmonton Commonwealth as a counterpoint to Calgary Confederation.  Finally, I waffled between resurrecting "Rocky Mountain" or "Wild Rose" for the Banff-Cochrane-Sundre-Rocky Mountain House riding.

Is there any reasonable way to put Red Deer into a single district and draw the other district around it? Seems like the rest of the map follows the philosophy of not drawing rurban seats.

[Krago]

Red Deer has approx. 113,000 people while the rest of Lacombe-Mountain View has 123,000.  Just find 5,000 people hiding in the Red Deer suburbs and you have yourself a Viable Electoral District.

[Njall]

Red Deer has approx. 113,000 people while the rest of Lacombe-Mountain View has 123,000.  Just find 5,000 people hiding in the Red Deer suburbs and you have yourself a Viable Electoral District.

I don't know if this would quite get you to 5,000, but the hamlet of Springbrook (adjacent to the Red Deer Regional Airport) is very Red Deer-centric. I believe that most working folks there commute into Red Deer (or Gasoline Alley), and Red Deer Transit actually runs peak-hour bus service to Springbrook.

I'll likely have a bit more feedback for the rest of the map later, but overall I actually really like this.

[DC Al Fine]

Anyway, I've updated my map with 32 proposed federal ridings in Atlantic Canada.

Bonavista--Burin--Avalon!  Truro--Cole Harbour!  Saint John West--Charlotte!

https://goo.gl/6UMkjz

Got a chance to look at Nova Scotia. A few points:

1) There's a near 20k difference between Sackvile and Halifax. That might fly if the difference was between Halifax and a rural riding, but it won't if both ridings are in the city.
2) West Nova is good, but no one in Nova Scotia calls anything _____ Nova
3) I like how you did Northern NS/Cape Breton
4) Truro-Cole Harbour is awkward.

[Krago]

(1) Sackville/Halifax is now balanced.

(2) Red Deer is now reunified.

(3) Edmonton-Mill Woods is now 20% more Mill Woods-y.


Enjoy your Labour Day weekend.



Any opinions on Wild Rose vs. Rocky Mountain?