BILL 108 a Bill to Amend the Legislative Assembly Act

No. 108

5th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 7 Elizabeth II, 1959

BILL 108 A Bill to amend The Legislative Assembly Act

HON. MR. COLBORNE

Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1959 Explanatory Note

General. This Act amends The Legislative Assembly Act (R.S.A. 1955, c. 174) in accordance with the recommendations (a) and (b) of the special committee of the Assembly set up on the 1Uh of February. Since the electoral divisions there dealt with were enacted by 19'57, chapter 41 (not yet proclaimed) these amendments are necessarily made to that latter Act. Clause 2 makes corresponding changes in rural electoral divisions affected by the alteration of boundaries in city constituencies.

This Bill will become effective only upon the commencement of 1957, chapteT 41. BILL

No. 108 of 1959

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act

(Assented to , 1959)

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. Chapter 41 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1957, being an Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act (2) is here by amended by striking out the legal descriptions of the following electoral divisions, that is to say: (a) Electoral Division of Calgary North East, (b) Electoral Division of Calgary Glenmore, (c) Electoral Division of Calgary South East, (d) Electoral Division of Strathcona East, (e) Electoral Division of Strathcona Centre, (f) Electoral Division of Strathcona West, and by substituting the following: (a) Electo,ral Division of Calgary North East, the boun dary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north east corner of section 10, township 25, range 29, west of the fourth meridian; thence westerly along the north boundaries of sections 10 and 9 in the said township and of sections 12 and 11, township 25, range 1, west of the fifth meridian; thence southerly along the east boundaries of sec tions 10 and 3, township 25, range 1, west of the fifth meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of section 34, township 24, range 1, west of the fifth meridian to the centre line of Centre Street in the City of Calgary; thence southerly along the centre line of Centre Street to the left bank of the Bow River; thence easterly and south erly along the said left bank to the north boundary of section 12, township 24, range 1, west of the fifth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of Section 12, Township 24, Range 1, west of the 5th Meridian, and along the north boundaries of Sections 9, 10 and 11, Township 24, range 29, west of the 4th Meridian to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the said Section 11; thence northerly and westerly along the east and north boundaries respectively of the south-west quarter 2

of Section 14, Township 24, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian and along the production westerly of the said north boundary of the south-west quarter of Section 14 to the east boundary of Section 15, Township 24, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian; thence northerly along the east boundaries of sec tions 15, 22, 27 and 34, township 24, range 29, west of the fourth meridian, and of sections 3 and 10, township 25, range 29, west of the fourth meridian, to the point of commencement. (b) Electoral Division of Cdgary Glenmore, the boun dary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre lines of Seventeenth Avenue South West and Centre Street in the City of Calgary; thence southerly along the centre line of Centre Street to the left bank of the Elbow River; thence in a generally south-westerly direction along the said left bank to its most southerly intersec tion with the centre line of Fourth Street West in the City of Calgary; thence southerly along the centre line of Fourth Street West to its intersection with the production easterly of the north boundary of Section 9, Township 23, Range 1, west of the 5th Meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said Section 9 and along the north boundaries of Sections 8 and 7 in the said town ship and the production thereof westerly to the Meridian between Ranges 1 and 2, west of the 5th Meridian; thence northerly along the said meridian between ranges 1 and 2 to the north-east corner of section 36, township 23, range 2, west of the fifth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of section 31, township 23, range 1, west of the fifth meridian, to the centre line of Twenty-fourth Street South West in the City of Calgary; thence northerly along _the said centre line of Twenty fourth Street South West to the centre line of Thirty-fourth A venue South West in the said city; thence easterly along the said centre line of Thirty fourth Avenue South West to the centre line of Fourteenth Street South West in the said city; thence northerly along the said centre line of Four teenth Street South West to the centre line of Seventeenth Avenue South West aforesaid; thence easterly along the centre line of Seventeenth Avenue South West to the point of commencement. ( c) Electo'ral Division of Calgary South East, the boun dary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of section 10, township 24·, range 29, west of the fourth meridian; thence westerly along the north boundaries of sections 10 and 9 in the said township and of section 12, township 24, range 1, west of the fifth meridian, to the left bank of the Bow River; thence northerly and west erly along the said left bank to the centre line of 3

Centre Street in the City of Calgary; thence south erly along the centre line of Centre Street to the left bank of the Elbow River; thence in a generally south-westerly direction along the left bank of the Elbow River to its most southerly intersection with the centre line of Fourth Street South West in the said city; thence southerly along the centre line of Fourth Street South West to its intersection with the production westerly of the north boundary of Section 10, Township 23, Range 1, west of the 5th Meridian; thence easterly along the said produc tion and along the north boundaries of Sections 10, 11 and 12 in the said township to the right bank of the Bow River; thence in a generally northerly direc tion along the said right bank to the north boundary of Section 23 in the said township; thence easterly along the north boundaries of Sections 23 and 24 in the said township and along the north boundaries of Sections 21 and 22, Township 23, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian to the north-east corner of the said Section 22; thence northerly along the east boundaries of Sections 27 and 34, Township 23, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian and along the east boundaries of Sections 3 and 10, T~ownship 24, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian, to the east quarter corner of the said Section 10; thence east erly and northerly along the south and east boun daries respectively of the north-west quarter of Section 11, Township 24, Range 29, west of the 4th Meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said north-west quarter of Sec tion 11 and its production westerly to the point of commencement. (d) Electo,ral Division of Strathcona East, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersec tion of the centre line of the North Saskatchewan River with the production northerly of the east boundary of River Lot 43 in the Edmonton Settle ment; thence in a generally south-westerly direc tion along the said centre line of the North Sas katchewan River to the production north-westerly of the centre line of Strathcona Road in the City of Edmonton; thence south-easterly and north easterly along the centre lines of Strathcona Road and 98th Avenue respectively to the centre line of Connors Road in the said city; thence southerly along the centre line of Connors Road to its inter section with Mill Creek; thence in a generally southerly direction upstream along Mill Creek to its intersection with the westerly limit of 91st Street in the said city; thence southerly along the westerly limit of 91st Street to the southerly limit of 51st Avenue; thence easterly along the southerly limit of 51st Avenue to the east boundary of Sec tion 15, Township 52, Range 24, west of the 4th 4

Meridian; thence northerly along the east boun daries of Sections 15, 22 and 27 in the said town ship to the production westerly of the north boun dary of King George Park Subdivision as shown on a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District as Plan No. 8097 A.H.; thence easterly along the said pro duction and along the said north boundary of King George Park Subdivision to the east boundary of the north-west quarter of Section 26 in the said township; thence northerly along the east boun dary of the north-west quarter of the said Section 26 and along the east boundary of the south-west quarter of Section 35 in the said township to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of the said Section 35; thence easterly and northerly along the south and east boundaries respectively of the north-east quarter of the said Section 35 to the north-east corner thereof; thence easterly along the north boundary of Section 36 in the said town ship to its intersection with the production south erly of the east boundary of River Lot 43 in the Edmonton Settlement; thence northerly along the said production and along the east boundary of the said River Lot 43 to the point of commencement. ( e) Elect'oral Division of Strathoooa Centre, the boun dary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the centre line of the North Saskatchewan River with the centre line of the Calgary and Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway as shown on a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District as Railway Plan No.1; thence in a generally north-easterly direction downstream along the said centre line of the North Saskatche wan River to its intersection with the production north-westerly of the centre line of Strathcona Road in the City of Edmonton; thence south-east erly and north-easterly along the centre line of Strathcona Road and 98th Avenue respectively to the centre line of Connors Road in the said city; thence southerly along the centre line of Connors Road to its intersection with Mill Creek; thence in a generally southerly direction upstream along Mill Creek to its intersection with the westerly limit of 9Ist Street in the said city; thence southerly along the westerly limit of 9Ist Street to the south east corner of Speedway Subdivision as shown on a plan of record in the said Land Titles Office as Plan No. 1930 R; thence westerly along the south boundary of the said Speedway subdivision to the east boundary of the right-of-way of the Calgary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Rail way as shown on the said Railway Plan No.1; thence southerly along the east boundary of the 5

said right-of-way to the north boundary of section 9, township 52, range 24, west of the fourth mer idian; thence westerly along the north boundary of sections 9 and 8 in the said towns hi p to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of the said section 8; thence northerly along the west boundary of the south-east quarter of section 17 in the said township to the north-west corner of the said quarter section; thence easterly along the north boundary of the south-east quarter of the said section 17 to the centre line of 106th Street in the said city; thence northerly along the said centre line of 106th Street to the centre line of University Avenue in the said city; thence westerly along the centre line of University Avenue to the centre line of 109th Street in the said city; thence northerly along the centre line of 109th Street to its inter section with the centre line of the Calgary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Rail way aforesaid; thence northerly along the centre line of the said Calgary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the point of com mencement. (/) Electoral Division Q1f Strathcona West, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the centre line of the North Sas katchewan River with the centre line of the Cal gary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway as shown on a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registra tion District as Railway Plan No.1; thence in a generally south-westerly direction upstream along the said centre line of the North Saskatchewan River to the north boundary of section 15, town ship 52, range 25, west of the fourth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundaries of sec tions 15 and 14 in the said township to the north east corner of the said Section 14; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north-east quarter of the said Section 14 to the south-east corner of the said quarter section; thence easterly along the south boundary of the west half of the north west quarter of Section 13 in the said township; thence northerly along the east boundary of the said west half to the north boundary of the said Section 13; thence easterly along the north boun dary of the said Section 13 and along the north boundary of Section 18, Township 52, range 24, west of the 4th Meridian to the north-east corner of the said Section 18; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north-east quarter of the said section 18 to the south-east corner of the said quarter section; thence easterly along the north boundary of the south-west quarter of sectiol} .17, township 52, range 24, west of the fourth merIdIan 6

and its production easterly to the centre line of 106th Street in the City of Edmonton; thence northerly along the centre line of 106th Street to the centre line of University Avenue in the said city; thence westerly along the centre line of Uni versity Avenue to the centre line of 109th Street in the said city; thence northerly along the centre line of 109th Street to its intersection with the centre line of the Calgary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway aforesaid; thence northerly along the centre line of the said Calgary and Edmonton branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the point of commencement. 2. The Legislative Assembly Act, being chapter 174 of the Revised Statutes is amended by striking out the legal descriptions of the following Electoral Divisions in Schedule 1, that is to say: (a) Electoral Division of Banff-Cochrane, (b) Electoral Division of Clover Bar, (c) Electoral Division of Gleichen, and by substituting the following: (a) Electoral Division of Banff-Cochrane, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the inter section of the Inter-Provincial Boundary of Alberta and British Columbia and the north boundary of township 32, range 19, west of the 5th meridian; thence easterly along a projection of the north boundary of township 32, ranges 19 to 14 inclusive, west of the 5th meridian to an intersection of the said north boundary with the boundary of the Banff National Park; thence in a generally south easterly direction along the said boundary to an intersection with the north boundary of township 28, range 11, west of the 5th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of township 28, ranges 11 to 4 inclusive, west of the 5th meridian to the north-east corner of township 28, range 4, west of the 5th meridian; thence southerly along the meridian between ranges 3 and 4, to the north east corner of township 27, range 4, west of the 5th meridian; thence easterly along the north boun dary of township 27, ranges 3, 2 and 1, west of the 5th meridian and range 29, west of the 4th meridian to the north-east corner of township 27, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence south erly along the meridian between ranges 28 and 29 to the north-east corner of section 12, township 25, range 29, west of the fourth meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of sections 12 to 9 inclusive of township 25, range 29, west of the 4th meridian and sections 12 to 7 inclusive of township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian and sections 12 to 7 inclusive of township 25, range 2, west of the 5th meridian; thence southerly 7

along the mer~d~an betwe~n ranges 2 and 3, west of the 5th merIdIan to an mtersection with the left bank of the EI~ow. River; thence in a generally ~ou~h-easter!y dIrectIon along the said left bank to Its mtersectIon with the meridian between Ranges 1 and 2, west of the fifth Meridian' thence souther l:y along the said meridian to a poi~t on the produc tIon we~terly of the north boundary of Section 7, TownshIp 23, Range 2, west of the fifth Meridian; t~ence easterly along the north boundaries of Sec tIons 7 to 12 inclusive, Township 23, Range 2 west of the fifth Meridian, to the left bank df the ~ow River; thence in a generally southerly direc tIon along the said left bank to its intersection with the east boundary of section 24, township 22, range 1, west of the 5th meridian; thence southerly along the 5th principal meridian to the north-east corner of township 21, range 1, west of the 5th meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of township 21, ranges 1 to 6 inclusive. west of the 5th meridian to an intersection with the Elbow River; thence in a generally south-westerly direc tion upstream along the Elbow River to an inter section with the east boundary of township 20, range 8, west of the 5th meridian; thence southerly along the meridian between ranges 7 and 8, west of the 5th meridian to an intersection with the Inter-Provincial Boundary of Alberta and British Columbia, thence in a generally westerly and north westerly direction along the said Inter-Provincial Boundary to the point of commencement. (b) Eilectoral Division of Clover Bar, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersec tion of the north boundary of township 50, range 26, west of the 4th meridian with the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; thence in a generally north-easterly direction along the said left bank to its intersection with the north boundary of section 15 township 52, range 25, west of the 4th meridian; th~nce easterly along the north boundaries of Sec tions 15 and 14 in the said township to the north east corner of the said Section 14; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north-east quarter of the said Section 14 to the south-east corner of the said quarter section; thence easterly along the south boundary of the west half of the north-west quarter of Section 13 in the said township; thence northerly along the east boundary of. the sa~d west half to the north boundary of the saId SectIon 13; thence easterly along the north boundary of the said Section 13 and along the north boundary of Section 18, Township 52, Range 24, west of ~he 4th Meridian to the north-east corner of the saId Sec tion 18' thence southerly along the east boundary of the ~orth-east quarter of the said section 18, 8

to the south-east corner of the said quarter section; thence easterly along the north boundary of the south-west quarter of section 17, township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian to the north east corner of the said quarter section; thence southerly along the east boundary of the said quarter section to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of section 8, township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of the said quarter section and the north boundary of section 9, township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian to an intersec tion with the east boundary of the right of way of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway as shown upon a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District as Railway Plan No.1; thence north along the said east boundary of the said right of way to the south boundary of Speedway Subdivision as shown upon a plan of record in the said Land Titles Office as No. 1930 R; thence easterly along the south boundary of Speedway Subdivision to the south-east corner thereof; thence southerly to the south boundary of 51st Avenue in the City of Ed monton; thence easterly along the south boundary of 51st Avenue to the east boundary of Section 15, Township 52, Range 24, west of the fourth Mer idian; thence northerly along the east boundaries of Sections 15, 2,2 and 27 in the said township to the production westerly of the north boundary of King George Park Subdivision as shown on a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District as Plan No. 8097 A.H.; thence easterly along the said produc tion and along the said north boundary of King George Park Subdivision to the east boundary of the north-west quarter of Section 26 in the said township; thence northerly along the east boundary of the north-west quarter of the said Section 26 and along the east boundary of the south-west quarter of Section 35 in the said township to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of the said Section 35; thence easterly and northerly along the south and east boundaries respectively of the north-east quarter of the said Section 35 to the north-east corner thereof; thence easterly along the north boundary of Section 36 in the said township to its intersection with the production southerly of the east boundary of River Lot 43 in the Edmonton Settlement; thence northerly along the said pro duction and along the east boundary of the said River Lot 43 to the centre line of the North Sas katchewan River; thence in a generally north-east erly direction along the said centre line to its inter section with the production southerly of the east boundary of River Lot 34 in the Edmonton Settle- 9

ment; thence northerly along the said production to its intersection with the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; thence in a generally north easterly direction along the said left bank to an intersection with the north boundary of section 6, township 56, range 21, west of the 4th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of sec tions 6 to 1 inclusive in township 56, range 21, west of the 4th meridian and sections 6 to 1 in clusive of township 56, range 20, west of the 4th meridian to the north-east corner of the said section 1; thence southerly along the meridian between ranges 19 and 20 to the north-east corner of township 48, range 20, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of town ship 48, ranges 20 to 23 inclusive, west of the 4th meridian to the north-east corner of town ship 48, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the meridian between ranges 23 and 24 to the north-east corner of township 50, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of township 50, ranges 24, 25 and 26 to an intersection with the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River, being the point of commencement. (c) Electoral Division of Gleichen, the boundary where of is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of township 27, range 23, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the meridian be tween ranges 22 and 23, to the north-east corner of township 26, range 23, west of the 4th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of town ship 26, ranges 22 and 21, west of the 4th meridian to the north-east corner of township 26, range 21, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the meridian between ranges 20 and 21 to its intersec tion with the north bank of the Bow River; thence in a generally westerly direction along the north bank of the Bow River to its intersection with the north boundary of section 23, township 23, range 1, west of the 5th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundaries of sections 23 and 24, town ship 23, range 1, west of the 5th meridian and sections 21 and 22 of township 23, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the east boundaries of Sections 27 and 34, Township 23, and Sections 3 and 10, Township 24, in Range 29 west of the fourth Meridian, to the south-east co~ner of the north-east quarter of the said Sec tion 10; thence easterly and northerly along the south and east boundaries respectively of the north west quarter of section 11, Township 24, Range 29, west of the fourth Meridian, to the north-east cor ner thereof; thence northerly and westerly along the east and north boundaries respectively of the south-west quarter of Section 14 in the said Town- 10

ship 24 and continuing westerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section 15 in the said Township 24; thence northerly along the east boundaries of Sections 15, 22, 27 and 34, Township 24, and Sections 3 and 10, Township 25, in Range 29, west of the fourth Meridian to the north-east corner of the said Section 10; thence easterly along the north boundary of sections 11 and 12, township 25, range 29, west of the 4th meridian to the north-east corner of section 12, township 25, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the meridian between ranges 28 and 29, to the north-east corner of township 27, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of township 27, ranges 28 to 23 inclusive, west of the 4th meridian to the point of commencement.

3. This Act comes into force immediately upon the com mencement of Chapter 41 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1957. No. 108

FIFTH SESSION

THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE

7 ELIZABETH II

1959

BILL An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act

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HON. MR. COLBORNE

Title: 1959 (13th, 5th) Bill 108, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act