Members of the Senate, by Provinces, As at Mar. 31,1952—Concluded The

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7.—Members of the Senate, by Provinces, as at Mar. 31,1952—concluded

Province and Province and P.O. Address P.O. Address Name of Senator Name of Senator

Ontario—concluded Saskatchewan— Ottawa (6 Senators) Peterborough CALDER, JAMES ALEXANDER Ottawa HAYDEN, SALTER ADRIAN Toronto HORNER, RALPH BYRON Blaine Lake PATERSON, NORMAN MCLEOD.. Fort William ASELTINE, WALTER MORLEY Rose town Peterborough STEVENSON, JOHN JAMES Prince Albert Kitchener DAVIES, WILLIAM RUPERT . . , Toronto CAMPBELL, GORDON PETER. ... Toronto TAYLOR, WILLIAM HORACE Brantford Alberta— BISHOP, CHARLES LAWRENCE. . Ottawa (6 Senators) ROEBUCK, ARTHUR WENT- BUCHANAN, WILLIAM ASHBURY Lethbridge Toronto HURTUBISE, JOSEPH RAOTJL. ... Sudbury GERSHAW, FRED WILLIAM Medicine Hat Little Current Ross, GEORGE HENRY Ottawa MACKINNON, JAMES ANGUS. .. FRASER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. . Trenton STAMBAUGH, J. WESLEY Bruce GOLDING, WILLIAM HENRY Seaforth

British Columbia— Manitoba— (6 Senators—1 vacancy)

Winnipeg FARRIS, JOHN WALLACE DE St. Jean Baptiste CRERAR, THOMAS ALEXANDER. Winnipeg TURGEON, JAMES GRAY Vancouver Norwood Grove MCKEEN, STANLEY STEWART. . Vancouver St. Boniface

The House of Commons.—In Sect. 37 of the British North America Act of 1867 it was provided that "The House of Commons shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, consist of one hundred and eighty-one members, of whom eighty-two shall be elected for Ontario, sixty-five for Quebec, nineteen for Nova Scotia, and fifteen for New Brunswick" Further, under Sect. 51, it was enacted that, after the completion of the Census of 1871 and of each subsequent decennial census, the representation of the four provinces should be readjusted by such authority, in such manner, and from such time, as the Parliament of Canada provided, subject to and according to certain rules set out in the original Act.

The representation of the provinces in the Federal Parliament as at 1867 and the readjustments that took place with the admission of the newer provinces into Confederation and with each decennial census up to 1931, are outlined in the 1946 Year Book, pp. 57-59. The postponement of redistribution of parlia mentary constituencies following the 1941 Census, together with the petition of both Houses of Parliament to the Imperial Parliament requesting the required amendment to Sect. 51 of the British North America Act, the wording of the new Section, and the passage of the Representation Act, 1947 (11 Geo. VI, c. 71), pro viding for an increase of membership from 245 to 255 effective at the following general election, are described in the Year Book 1951, p. 65.