Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries

• Nova Scotia electoral boundaries bill to proceed without amendments

  A bill proposing changes to how Nova Scotia's electoral map is drawn will proceed without amendments despite objections from Acadian groups.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2018
  
• Nova Scotia Acadian Federation threatens court action in electoral boundaries dispute

  A Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruling released in January found a previous boundary redrawing by the former NDP government in 2012 violated the voter rights section of the Charter of Rights.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2017
  
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• Nova Scotia election with current riding boundaries would be ‘legitimate’: McNeil

  A January court ruling found the previous NDP government was wrong to force an independent commission to redraw three predominantly French-speaking ridings to have them include a larger, English-speaking population.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2017
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• Reinstatement of ‘minority ridings’ supported by majority of Nova Scotians: poll

  Every 10 years Nova Scotia's electoral boundaries are subject to review.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2017
• Nova Scotia must review riding boundaries before election or risk legal action: Tories

  Nova Scotia's Liberal government will have a legal fight on its hands if it calls an election without first using a formal commission to redraw the province's electoral boundaries, warns the Official Opposition.

  Politics

  Mar 9, 2017