The Representation Act, 2012
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REPRESENTATION 1 B I L L 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Legislative Assembly TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Short title 5 Names of constituencies 2 Interpretation 6 S.S. 2002 c.R-20.4 repealed 3 Composition of Legislative Assembly 7 Coming into force 4 Constituencies established and boundaries fixed Schedule (Assented to ) HER MAJESTY, by and with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. Names of constituencies 5 The names of the constituencies are those specified in the Schedule. REPRESENTATION 2 S.S. 2002, c.R-20.4 repealed 6 The Representation Act, 2002 is repealed.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 Athabasca Cumberland Southern Constituencies Arm River Batoche Biggar-Sask Valley Cannington Canora-Pelly Carrot River Valley Cut Knife-Turtleford Cypress Hills Estevan Humboldt-Watrous Indian Head-Milestone Kelvington-Wadena Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Lloydminster Lumsden-Morse Martensville-Warman Meadow Lake Melfort Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Prince Albert Carlton Prince Albert Northcote Regina Coronation Park Regina Douglas Park Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Gardiner Park Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Regina Pasqua Regina Rochdale Regina Rosemont Regina University Regina Walsh Acres Regina Wascana Plains REPRESENTATION 3 Rosetown-Elrose Rosthern-Shellbrook Saskatchewan Rivers Saskatoon Centre Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Fairview Saskatoon Meewasin Saskatoon Northwest Saskatoon Nutana Saskatoon Riversdale Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Saskatoon Southeast Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Saskatoon University Saskatoon Westview Saskatoon Willowgrove Swift Current The Battlefords Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton REPRESENTATION 4 SECOND SESSION Twenty-seventh Legislature SASKATCHEWAN BILL No. 79 An Act respecting Representation in the Legislative Assembly Received and read the First time Second time Third time And passed Honourable Gordon Wyant Printed under the authority of The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2012.