Alberta electoral districts

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constituency system electoral district system

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Alberta electoral districts canonical	1
Alberta provincial elections	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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