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REPRESENTATION BILL

No. 79

An Act respecting Representation in the Legislative Assembly

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Short title 5 Names of constituencies 2 Interpretation 6 S.S. 2002, c.R-20.4 repealed 3 Composition of Legislative Assembly 7 Coming into force

4 Constituencies established and SCHEDULE boundaries fixed

(Assented to )

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

Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Representation Act, 2012.

Interpretation 2 In this Act: (a) “constituency” means a constituency established pursuant to section 4; (b) “northern constituency” means a constituency north of the dividing line described in The Constituency Boundaries Act, 1993; (c) “southern constituency” means a constituency south of the dividing line described in The Constituency Boundaries Act, 1993.

Composition of Legislative Assembly 3 In accordance with The Constituency Boundaries Act, 1993, the Legislative Assembly is to consist of 61 members to be elected to represent constituencies.

Constituencies established and boundaries fixed 4 The constituencies that are hereby established, and the boundaries for the constituencies that are hereby fixed, are those: (a) described by the Constituency Boundaries Commission in its final report pursuant to The Constituency Boundaries Act, 1993, being Sessional Paper No. 284 of the First Session of the Twenty-Seventh Legislature laid before the Legislative Assembly by the Speaker; and (b) approved and adopted by resolution of the Legislative Assembly.

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REPRESENTATION

Names of constituencies 5 The names of the constituencies are those specified in the Schedule. S.S. 2002, c.R-20.4 repealed 6 The Representation Act, 2002 is repealed. Coming into force 7 Notwithstanding subsection 23(2) of The Constituency Boundaries Act, 1993, this Act comes into force on the day following the day the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly is dissolved or is determined by effluxion of time.

Schedule Names of Constituencies Northern Constituencies Regina Elphinstone-Centre Athabasca Regina Gardiner Park Cumberland Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Southern Constituencies Regina Pasqua Arm River Regina Rochdale Batoche Regina Rosemont Biggar-Sask Valley Regina University Cannington Regina Walsh Acres Canora-Pelly Regina Wascana Plains Carrot River Valley Rosetown-Elrose Cut Knife-Turtleford Rosthern-Shellbrook Cypress Hills Saskatchewan Rivers Estevan Saskatoon Centre Humboldt-Watrous Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Indian Head-Milestone Saskatoon Eastview Kelvington-Wadena Saskatoon Fairview Kindersley Saskatoon Meewasin Last Mountain-Touchwood Saskatoon Northwest Lloydminster Saskatoon Nutana Lumsden-Morse Saskatoon Riversdale Martensville-Warman Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Meadow Lake Saskatoon Southeast Melfort Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Melville-Saltcoats Saskatoon University Moose Jaw North Saskatoon Westview Moose Jaw Wakamow Saskatoon Willowgrove Moosomin Swift Current Prince Albert Carlton The Battlefords Prince Albert Northcote Weyburn-Big Muddy Regina Coronation Park Wood River Regina Douglas Park Yorkton

Printed by the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 20122