Category Archives: Electoral Boundaries Readjustments

Ontario Needs to Readjust Its Provincial Electoral Boundaries Regularly

Posted on 2025/12/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

Ontario recently repealed its fixed-date election law and abolished pre-writ spending limits. Instead of putting those amendments to the Election Act in an omnibus budget implementation bill, they should have formed part of an electoral bill that would also allow … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Gerrymandering and Mid-Term Redistricting in the United States

Posted on 2025/09/30 by J.W.J. Bowden

Gerrymandering means that the party in power manipulates the boundaries of electoral districts to maximize the votes of its own supporters and dilute the votes of its opponents in an attempt to stay in office as long as possible. [1] … Continue reading →

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Single-Member Electoral Districts Cannot Be Unconstitutional Because They Form Part of the Constitution of Canada

Posted on 2025/08/26 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction  The Ontario Court of Appeal issued a ruling in August 2025 which upheld the constitutionality of single-member electoral districts and lambasted so-called “Fair Vote British Columbia” (which for some reason litigated single-member plurality in Ontario) for having “repackage[ed] failed … Continue reading →

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Doug Ford’s Gibberish on Gerrymandering: Why Ontario Needs Its Own Separate Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission

Posted on 2024/08/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction: Readjusting Federal Electoral Boundaries Section 51(1) of the Constitution Act, 1867 requires that the number of MPs per province be recalculated after each decennial census and, consequently, that the electoral boundaries of ridings within each province be readjusted every ten years. … Continue reading →

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My Latest Article on Federal Electoral Redistribution in the Canadian Parliamentary Review

Posted on 2024/05/20 by J.W.J. Bowden

  The Canadian Parliamentary Review recently published my article “Adjusting Federal Electoral Boundaries in Canada: Redistribution 2022” as part of a special issue on federal electoral redistribution based on the presentations that my colleagues and I gave to the Canadian … Continue reading →

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