CHAP, 1] THE DOMINION OF CANADA 653 
& number for the other provinces based on the decennial 
census. The original House consisted of 181 members, of 
whom eighty-two were for Ontario, nineteen for Nova 
Scotia, and fifteen for New Brunswick. The changes in 
population, and the addition of new provinces which are 
represented in the House of Commons under the Imperial 
Act of 1871, have changed the proportions, and there were, 
after 1905 saw the addition of two new provinces, then in 
the House eighty-six members for Ontario, sixty-five for 
Quebec, eighteen for Nova Scotia, thirteen for New Bruns- 
wick, ten for Manitoba, seven for British Columbia, four for 
Prince Edward Island, four for Alberta, four for Saskatche- 
wan, and one for the Yukon territory. The number is now 
221, Alberta having seven and Saskatchewan ten members 
Yespectively ; automatic change has distressed very greatly 
the Maritime Provinces and especially Prince Edward 
Island, which sees itself at no distant date sure to be left 
with no representation at all, and a case has been brought 
to decide the claim of the province that the minimum 
Number given at the time of joining the Union must be 
held to continue good for all time : the rejection of this con- 
tention 1 has resulted in petitions from the province for the 
Passing of an amendment to the British North America 
Act to secure this result, but so far without any success.? 
It will be seen that there is no really satisfactory federal 
character about this House at all, and this is one of the 
Points which show how really different the Canadian Con- 
stitution is from that of the United States: there is merely 
2 decided attempt to secure Quebec a definite place, and 
Dothing more : the threatened extinction of the representa- 
tion of the province of Prince Edward Island, and the very 
Small representation of the provinces generally, shows 
clearly that the model of the Parliament is. the unitary 
Parliament of the United Kingdom. It may be added 
' Cf. Canadian Annual Review, 1908, pp. 593, 594. See Attorney-General 
for Prince Edward Island v. Attorney-General for Dominion of Canada, 
119051 A. 0. 37; 33 8. C. R. 564. 
* Ibid, 1907. n. 426: 1908, pp. 32 seq.