Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding in Canadian English political terminology, is a geographically-based constituency upon whichCanada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a circonscription, but frequently called a comté .Federal electoral districts each return one Member of Parliament to the Canadian House of Commons provincial or territorial electoral districts each return one representative called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly Member of the National Assembly Member of Provincial Parliament or Member of the House of Assembly to the provincial or territorial legislature. While electoral districts in Canada are now exclusively single- member districts, in the past, multiple-member districts were used at both the federal and provincial levels. Alberta had a few districts in its history that returned from two up to seven members

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An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding in Canadian English political terminology, is a geographically-based constituency upon whichCanada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a circonscription, but frequently called a comté .Federal electoral districts each return one Member of Parliament to the Canadian House of Commons provincial or territorial electoral districts each return one representative called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly Member of the National Assembly Member of Provincial Parliament or Member of the House of Assembly to the provincial or territorial legislature. While electoral districts in Canada are now exclusively single- member districts, in the past, multiple-member districts were used at both the federal and provincial levels. Alberta had a few districts in its history that returned from two up to seven members