Alberta electoral districts

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Alberta electoral districts are the geographically defined constituencies that each elect a representative to the province’s Legislative Assembly.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituency system ⓘ
electoral district system ⓘ
administeredBy Elections Alberta ⓘ
appliesTo provincial referendum voting areas when aligned with districts ⓘ
basisOfRepresentation community of interest ⓘ
geographic considerations ⓘ
population ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission ⓘ
boundaryReviewFrequency every 8 to 10 years (approximate) ⓘ
cartographicRepresentation shown on official provincial electoral maps ⓘ
constitutionalContext operate within the Constitution of Canada framework ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dataUsedFor campaign planning ⓘ
election results reporting ⓘ
political party organization ⓘ
distinctFrom federal electoral districts in Alberta ⓘ
municipal wards in Alberta ⓘ
documentation described in Alberta electoral boundary reports ⓘ
electoralRollManagedBy Elections Alberta ⓘ
electorEligibility Canadian citizens resident in Alberta meeting provincial voting requirements ⓘ
elects MLA ⓘ
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta ⓘ
governingLegislation Alberta Election Act ⓘ
Electoral Boundaries Commission Act (Alberta) ⓘ
hasSubdivisionType polling divisions ⓘ
historicalChange boundaries periodically adjusted to reflect population shifts ⓘ
number of districts periodically adjusted by legislation ⓘ
include mixed urban–rural electoral districts ⓘ
rural electoral districts ⓘ
urban electoral districts ⓘ
jurisdiction Alberta ⓘ
surface form: Province of Alberta
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalStatus statutory geographic units ⓘ
legislativeBodyRepresented Legislative Assembly of Alberta ⓘ
levelOfGovernment provincial ⓘ
mappingStandard official electoral maps published by Elections Alberta ⓘ
oversight subject to judicial review in case of boundary disputes ⓘ
primaryFunction to group electors for choosing MLAs ⓘ
purpose to provide geographic representation in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta ⓘ
relatedProcess delimitation of electoral boundaries ⓘ
redistribution ⓘ
relatedTo Alberta general elections ⓘ
Alberta political parties ⓘ
representationPrinciple representation by population with allowable variances ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor general elections ⓘ
provincial by-elections ⓘ
usedIn Alberta electoral districts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alberta provincial elections
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta → seats → Alberta electoral districts ⓘ
Alberta electoral districts → usedIn → Alberta electoral districts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alberta provincial elections