DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS. 
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3. DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS. 
Ontario. The British North America Act 1867! fixed Ontario. 
the number of electoral divisions at 82, each returning one 
member. In 1871 the Ontario legislature re-arranged the 
constituencies and increased the Assembly from 82 to 89 
members ?, and in 1885 the number was increased to 90. One 
member is returned by each electoral district. 
Quebec. The Legislative Assembly consists of 65 members* Quebec. 
elected by 65 electoral colleges, each returning one member. 
An electoral college is formed of an electoral district except 
in three instances where it is formed of two districts. 
At the time of the Union certain districts in Quebec 
were inhabited by a large Protestant population, and in 
order to safeguard the representation of these districts it was 
provided , that the limits of such districts should only be 
altered if the 2nd and 8rd readings of the Bill were passed in 
the Assembly with the concurrence of the majority of the 
members representing those districts. 
Nova Scotia. The province is divided into 18 electoral Nova 
counties, two returning 3 members each and the remainder ’ 
2 members each ®. 
New Brunswick. The province is divided into 15 counties New 
and one city. Five counties return 4 members each, one Drum s 
county 3 members, seven counties 2 members each, two 
counties 1 member each. The city of St John’s returns 
2 members”. 
Prince Edward's Island. The province is divided into P. E. I. 
15 electoral districts each returning 2 members. 
39 Vie. ¢. 8, 42 Vic. e. 13. N. B, 45 Vie. c¢. 21. Man, Consol. Stat. c. 5. 
B. C. 40 Vie. c. 42, ss. 10—24, 40 Vie. c. 66, ss. 5, 6. 
1g 70. 2. 38 Vict, ¢. 2, 8. 1. 
2 0. 48 Vic. e. 2, 8. 7, and see O. R. 8.1887, ¢. 11,8. 1. 
! B. N. A. Act, s. 80; Q. 49 & 50 Vie. 8. 127. 
5 B. N. A, Act, 1867, s. 80. 6 N. S., R. 8.1884, ¢. 8, s. 2. 
? N. B. Consol. Stat. 1877, c. 4, s. 79. 
8 P. E. I, Rev. Stat. 1856, ce. 21, 24.