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Ontario: Revised Statutes 1970 c 413 Representation Act Ontario © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1970 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/rso Bibliographic Citation Representation Act , RSO 1970, c 413 Repository Citation Ontario (1970) "c 413 Representation Act," Ontario: Revised Statutes: Vol. 1970: Iss. 5, Article 6. Available at: http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/rso/vol1970/iss5/6 This Statutes is brought to you for free and open access by the Statutes at Osgoode Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ontario: Revised Statutes by an authorized administrator of Osgoode Digital Commons. Sec. 7 REPRESENTATION Chap. 413 13 CHAPTER 413 The Representation Act I. The boundaries of every territorial district, county, city, Boundaries town, village, township and improvement district shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the boundaries of such territorial district, county, city, town, village, township or im provement district as defined by statute, by-law, proclamation or other lawful authority on the 6th day of September, 1967. 1966, c. 137, s. 1, amended. 2. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall consist of one Numbcror hundred and seventeen members. 1966, c. 137, s. 2. members 3.- (1) Ontario shall, for the purpose of representation in the Divisi?n.of Assembly, be divided into the electoral districts as set out in the ~~~~~,in to Schedule. districts (2) One member shall be returned to the Assembly for each One electoral district. 1966, c. 137, s. 3. cl!c":o~;,per distr ict 4. The boundaries of the electoral districts as set out in the Changes in municipal Schedule shall not be affected by alterations in municipal boun boundaries daries made after the 6th day of September, 1967. 1966, c. 137, s. 4, amended. 5 . Where a city, town, village, township or improvement Munici· palitics on district becomes incorporated and is not expressly included in an boundary electoral district set ou t in the Schedule but is situated in part in lines two or more of such electoral districts, the electors entitled to vote in such municipality ar~ entitled to vote in the electoral district in which they would have been entitled to vote if the city, town, village, township or improvement district had not become incorporated. 1966,c. 137,s. 5. 6 . Except as otherwise expressly set out in the Schedule, every Augmenta tions or augmentation or gore of a township shall for the purposes of this gores of Act be considered as forming part of the electoral district in which townships the township is situate. 1966, c. 137, s. 6. 7 . Every city, town, village, township and improvement CitiC!I, district heretofore or hereafter incorporated, situate wholly t~:i~<l~'f~· within an electoral district as set ou t in the Schedule and not ~':i ~::;-:l n expressly included in any other electoral district in the Schedule, "'.hich SllU8le 14 Chap. 413 REPRESENTATION Sec. 7 forms part of the electoral district in which it is situate. 1966, c. 137, s. 7. Sfl('Cial 8. Every city, town, village, township and improvement Al'L O\'errulcd district that by the provisions of any special Act passed before the 6th day of September, 1967 forms or forms part of an electoral district shall, notwithstanding such provisions, form or form part of the electoral district or districts in which it is included in the Schedule. 1966, c. 137, s. 8, amended. Schedule REPRESENTATION Chap. 413 15 SCHEDULE In the following descriptions reference to " avenue", "boulevard", "canal", "channel", "court", "crescent", "drive", "highway", "railway line", "river", "road", "street", or "terrace" signifies the centre line of the features so named unless otherwise described. Where county, territorial district or township areas are named for inclusion in an electoral district, it is intended that the whole of any city, separated town, town, village, improvement district and Indian reserve situated within t>uch areas be included unless otherwise provided. Where "townships" named and described for inclusion in an electoral d istrict lie within a territorial district, it is intended that such townships refer to "geographic townships" as named and described in The Territarial Division A ct in the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1960, unless otherwise described. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS Tut: ELECTORAL D1sTRtCT or ALCOMA-<:onsists of that portion of the Territor ial District of Algoma lying within the following limits: Commenc ing at the intersection of the easterly boundary of the Township of Striker and the waters of the North Channel of Lake Huron; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of the townships of Striker and Mack to the northwest angle of the Township of Mack; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of the Township of Mack to the southeast angle of Township 161 ; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of townships 161, 162 and 163 to the northeast angle of Township 163; thence easterly along the southerly boun daries of townships IA, U, Q, M , I , E and A to the easterly boundary of the Territorial District of Algoma; thence northerly, westerly and southerly along the boundary of the Territorial District of Algoma to the International Boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence southeasterly along the said International Boundary to the westerly prolongation of the south erly boundary of the Township of Prince; thence easterly along the said prolongation and the southerly boundary of the Township of Prince to the southeast angle of the said township; thence northerly along the easterly boundary of the Township of Prince to the northeast angle thereof; thence easterly along the southerly boun daries of the townships of Pennefather and Aweres to the westerly boundary of the Township of Duncan; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the Township of Duncan, the easterly limit of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the southerly prolongation of the said limit to the International Boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence easterly and southeasterly along the said Internat ional Boundary to its intersection with the bound ary between the Territorial Districts of Algoma and Manitoulin; thence easterly along the last-mentioned boundary to the southerly prolongat ion of the easterly boundary of the Township of Striker; thence northerly along the said prolongation to the point of commencement; the towns of Blind River, Bruce Mines and The.'ISalon, and the Village of Iron llridge. T11E ELECTORAL D1sTRtC1' Ot' ALGOMA-i\1ANl'rouL1N-con11ists of the Territori al District of Manitoulin and thoi;e portions of the Territorial Districts of Algoma and Sudbury lying within the following limits: Commencing at the intersection of the southerly boundary of the Territorial District of Sudbury and the easterly boundary of the Township of C urtin; thence nort herly along the easterly houmlaries of the townships of Curtin and Fo.ster to the northeast angle of the 16 Chap. 413 REPRESENTATI ON Schedule Township of F011tcr ; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries of the townships of Foster, '.\territt, Hallam and May to the northwest. angle or the Township of !\lay; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of the Township of Tennyson and town ships 123, 124 and 125 to the northeast angle of Township 125; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries or townships 125, 132, 139, 145, 15 1 and 157 to the northwest angle of Township 157; thence southerly along the westerly boundaries of townships 157, 156 and 155 to the southwest angle of Township 155; thence easterly along the southerly boundary of Township 155 to the northwest angle of the Township of McGiverin; thence southerly along the westerly boundaries of the townships of McGiverin and Long and t he southerly prolongation of the westerly boundary of the Town ship o( Long to the southerly boundary of the Territorial District of Algoma; thence easterly along the southerly boundaries of the Territorial Districts or Algoma and Sudbury to the point. ol commencement; the towns of Espanola, Gore Bay, Little C urrent, Massey and Webbwood, and the Improvement Di.strict of Elliot Lake. THE ELEC'J'ORAL DISTRICT OF' BRAN'l'-consi.st.s or the townships of Blenheim, Burford, Onondaga, South Dumfries, Townsend, Tuscarora and Windham, and the towns of Paris and Waterford. T HE ELECTORAL 01sTRICT or BRANTFORD-Consists or the townships of Brantford and Oakland, and the City of Brantford. THE ELECTORAL D ISTR ICT Ot' CARLETON- consists of the townshiP8 of Fituoy, Goulbourn, Huntley, March, Marlborough, Nepean, North Gower and Torbolton, and the villages or Richmond and Stitt.sville. T HE ELEC'J'ORAL D1sTRICT OF' C ARLETON EAS"l'-COnsist.s of the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode, the Village of Rockcliffe Park and that portion of the C ity of Ottawa lying northeast or a line d~ribed as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the Tn terprovincial Boundary between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the westerly prolongation or Rideau Gate; thence easterly along the said prolongation to Sussex Dr ive; thence easterly along Sussex Drive to the limits of the Village or Rockcliffe Park; thence easterly, northerly, southerly and westerly along the limits or the Village or Rockclirfe Park to the northerly limit of the City of Vanier; thence easterly, southerly and westerly along the limits of the C ity of Vanier to the centre line of the Rideau River; thence southerly along t he centre line of the Rideau River to the Qucensway; thence easterly along the Queensway to Belfast Road; t hence southerly along the Belfast Road to Tremblay Road; thence easterly along Tremblay Road to Avenue " R"; thence southerly along Avenue " R" to the Canadian Pacific Railway line; thence easterly along the said railway line to St.