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THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES.

Manitoba. ~~ Manitoba. Here there are 81 electoral districts each
returning one member,
British British Columbia. This province is divided into 13
Columbia. o1o0toral districts, five returning one member each; five
returning 2 members each; two returning 3 members each
and one returning 4 members®. By the 48 Vic. c. 3, provision
 has been made for slightly altering the above arrangement
 after the next dissolution.
N.W.Ter- North West Territories. Members of the Council are
tories. olected by electoral districts not exceeding 1000 square
miles in extent and containing a population of not less than
1000 inhabitants of adult age. Each district returns one
member. The districts are constituted by the Lieutenant-Governor
 by proclamation ®

4. METHOD OF ELECTION.

Notice of
slection.

Nomina-Hon.


The methods adopted for returning members to the
Provincial Assemblies, though varying to some extent in
she different provinces, possess some important features in
common. The returning officer, on receipt of the writ or
sther authority requiring him to hold an election, gives
public notice, that on a certain day he will hold a court, or
sttend at a certain place, to receive the nomination of candilates,
 and that in case a poll be demanded, it will be taken
on a named day.
Candidates are, except in Ontario and Prince Edward's
[sland, nominated in writing. The nomination paper must
be signed by 25 electors in Quebec; by 2 electors in Nova
Scotia ; by 12 electors in Manitoba ; by 5 electors in British
Columbia : and by one or more in New Brunswick.

I Man. Consol. Stat. ¢. 5, 8. 2. M. 44 Vic. ¢. 12, 8. 1.
2 B. C. Constitution Act, 1871, Sched. A; B. C. 42 Vie. c. 19.
$i R.S. C.e. 50, 8. 18.