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Ontario: Revised Statutes 1980 c 450 Representation Act Ontario © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1980 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/rso Bibliographic Citation Representation Act, RSO 1980, c 450 Repository Citation Ontario (1980) "c 450 Representation Act," Ontario: Revised Statutes: Vol. 1980: Iss. 8, Article 6. Available at: http://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/rso/vol1980/iss8/6 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. 6 REPRESENTATION Chap. 450 13 CHAPTER 450 ,. Representation Act 1. The boundaries of every territorial district, county, Boundaries city, town, village, township, improvement district, borough, district municipality, regional municipality and ward in any municipality shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the boundaries of such territorial district, county, city, town, village, township, improvement district, borough, district municipality, regional municipality and ward as defined by statute, by-law, proclamation or other lawful authority on the 10th day of March, 1975. 1975, c. 13, s. 1. 2. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall consist of Number of II1GII1D6FS one hundred and twenty-five members. 1975, c. 13, s. 2. 3. Ontario shall, for the purpose of representation in — (1) on^i°°i°to the Assembly, be divided into the electoral districts as set out electoral ^^'^'''^ in the Schedule. One member shall be returned to the for each (2) Assembly 2f/eU!ctoiS electoral district. 1975, c. 13, s. 3. district 4. The boundaries of the electoral districts as set out i"^^^5ff!^° the Schedule shall not be affected by alterations in municipal or ward^ boimd&irics or ward boundaries made after the 10th day of March, 1975. 1975, c. 13, s. 4. 5. Where a county, city, town, village, township, im- J^??^/^*" provement district, borough, district municipality or regional on boundary ^^°®* municipality becomes incorporated and is not expressly included in an electoral district set out in the Schedule but is situated in part in two or more of such electoral districts, the electors entitled to vote in such municipality are entitled to vote in the electoral district in which they would have been entitled to vote if the county, city, town, village, township, improvement district, borough, district municipality or regional municipality had not become incor- porated. 1975, c. 13, s. 5. 6. Except as otherwise expressly set out in the Schedule, Au^en- tationor r t-i^iir^i- every augmentation or gore of a township shall tor the gores of 'o*°8^i» purposes of this Act be considered as forming part of the electoral district in which the township is situated. 1975, c. 13, s. 6. 14 Chap. 450 REPRESENTATION Sec. 7 Munici- 7. Every county, city, town, village, township, improve- palities included in ment district, borough, district municipality and regional electoral district in municipality heretofore or hereafter incorporated, situate which wholly within an electoral district as set out in the Schedule situate and not expressly included in any other electoral district in the Schedule, shall form part of the electoral district in which it is situate. 1975, c. 13, s. 7. Special Act g^ Every county, city, town, village, township, improve- ment district, borough, district municipality or regional municipality that by the provisions of any special Act passed before this Act comes into force 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. 1975, c. 13, s. 8. Sched. REPRESENTATION Chap. 450 IS SCHEDULE In the following descriptions reference to "avenue", "boulevard", "canal", "channel", "court", "crescent", "drive", "highway", "railway line"7 "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, township, improvement district and Indian reserve situated within such areas be included unless otherwise provided. Where "townships" named and described for inclusion in an electoral district lie within a territorial district, it is intended that such townships refer to "geographic townships" as named and described in The Territorial Division Act in the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1970, unless otherwise described. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS The Electoral District of Algoma — consists of that portion of the Territorial District of Algoma lying within the following limits: Commencing 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 northeast 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 boundaries of townships lA, U, Q, M, I. E and A to the easterly boundary of the Terri- torial District of Algoma; thence northerly, westerly and southerly along the boundary of the Territorial District of Algoma to the International Bound- ary between Canada and the United States of America; thence southeasterly along the said International Boundary to the westerly prolongation of the southerly 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 boundaries 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 Inter- national Boundary' to its intersection with the boundary between the Terri- torial Districts of Algoma and Manitoulin; thence easterly along the last- mentioned boundary to a point due south of the point of commencement; thence due north to the point of commencement ; the towns of Blind River, Bruce Mines and Thessalon, and the villages of Hilton Beach and Iron Bridge, and the Improvement District of White River, but excluding the townships of Ebbs and Templeton. 16 Chap. 450 REPRESENTATION Sched. The Electoral District of Algoma-Manitoulin —consists of the Territorial District of Manitoulin and those 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 thfe easterly boundary of the Township of Curtin; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of the townships of Curtin and Foster to the northeast angle of the Township of Foster; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries of the townships of Foster, Merritt, Hallam and May to the northwest angle of the Township of May; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of the Township of Tennyson and townships 123, 124 and 125 to the northeast angle of Township 125; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries of townships 125, 132, 139, 145, 151 and 157 to the northwest angle of Township 157; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the Township 157 to the northwest angle of the Township of Elliot Lake; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the Township of Elliot Lake to the northeast angle of the Township of Striker; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of the Township of Striker to its intersection with the waters of the North Channel of Lake Huron; thence due south to a point in the southerly boundary of the Territorial District of Algoma; thence easterly along the southerly boundaries of the Territorial Districts of Algoma and Sudbury to the point of commencement; the towns of Espanola, Gore Bay, Little Current, Massey and Webbwood, and the Improvement District of the North Shore. The Electoral District of Brampton — consists of the City of Brampton. The Electoral District of Brantford— consists of the City of Brantford. The Electoral District of Brant-Oxford-Norfolk— consists of the townships of Blandford-Blenheim, Brantford, Burford, Oakland, Onondaga, South Dum- fries and Tuscarora, that portion of the Township of Delhi contained in Wards 1 and 2, that portion of the Township of Norfolk contained in the former Township of Middleton and annexed to the Township of Norfolk on April 1, 1974, that portion of the City of Nanticoke contained in Ward 3, and the Town of Paris. The Electoral District of Brock—consists of that portion of the City of St. Catharines lying west and south of a line described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the shore of Lake Ontario and Twelve Mile Creek; thence southerly and easterly along Twelve Mile Creek to its intersection with the Old Welland Canal; thence northerly and easterly