Sentences with phrase «electoral boundaries»

The redistribution of electoral boundaries in southern Alberta could lead to incumbent UCP MLAs facing off in nomination contests.

Yet analysts say Najib is expected to win a third term due to infighting in the opposition, the unfavorable electoral boundary changes and strong support for the government among rural ethnic Malays.

This is the organisation that draws electoral boundaries in Australia.

Our provincial population has grown considerably since the last commission was appointed to redraw Alberta's electoral boundaries in 2009.

Draft federal electoral boundaries for Queensland will be released on Friday, and several marginal seat holders will be waiting to learn their fate.

Six incumbent MLAs were acclaimed to run as Wildrose Party candidates in February and March 2017, before the formation of the United Conservative Party and the redistribution of electoral boundaries for the next election.

12) Edmonton - Gold Bar A Liberal Party stronghold since 1986, the retirement of MLA Hugh MacDonald and the redistribution of electoral boundaries south encompassing Tory - voting neighbourhoods may give second - time PC candidate David Dorward a boost.

The opposition and other critics have said that recently redrawn electoral boundaries favor the ruling coalition, which has been accused of gerrymandering.

The new government should not just amend the timelines for the next commission, it should amend the Act to empower the commission to draw fair electoral boundaries that will ensure more effective representation and equality of the voting power in Alberta.

As the categories mentioned above are unevenly distributed throughout the nation, this seriously distorts the drawing of constituency electoral boundaries.

Far from putting proportional representation on the agenda, the Tories are now in a position to push through reform of electoral boundaries under the existing first - past - the - post system to make it fairer (i.e. better for them).

Gerrymandering is all about drawing electoral boundaries such that the artifact of most electoral systems (that one citizen's vote doesn't translate directly into voting weight in parliament) can override the natural outcome of a vote.

Yesterday Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan opened public consultation into how Assembly electoral boundaries might be drawn in future.

A similar situation exists in Australia where the independent Australian Electoral Commission and its state - based counterparts determine electoral boundaries for federal, state and local jurisdictions.

With a fixed term parliament, the Electoral Commission was able to complete its re-drawing of electoral boundaries more than a year ahead of the 2012 election.

The graph below shows clearly the demographic and electoral boundary changes that have moved Grey from the Labor to the Liberal side of the electoral ledger.

Last time the ruling UMNO - led Barisan Nasional coalition received a minority of the popular vote, only winning a majority of the seats thanks to some creatively drawn electoral boundaries.

If repeated at a General Election on a uniform swing, these figures would give Labour a majority of almost 100 seats, though of course, in reality the next election will almost certainly be fought upon a new set of electoral boundaries that are likely to be more favourable to the Conservatives and, depending on the result of May's referendum, possibly even a new electoral system.

The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, made up of five civil servants, redrew the electoral boundaries and changed the constituency sizes again this election.

Probably not, but that has not stopped the speculation that the PCs would take advantage of changes in the electoral boundaries to put their top fiscal mallard Ted Morton on the ballot against Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith.

Ms. Ganley should recommend that the commission instead be made up of non-partisan judicial appointees made by the Speaker of the Assembly, similar to the commissions appointed to draw the federal electoral boundaries.

As a result of the electoral boundary changes, Labor notionally gained two seats in Victoria and one in the ACT, and the Coalition lost two seats in Victoria.

[1] The question of change rather than absolute levels of immigration has rarely been addressed at a small geographic scales; this is because of changing electoral boundaries, making direct comparison difficult.

Here, I used GIS (rgeos and sp packages in R) to calculate 2001 statistics within 2011 electoral boundaries.

As a result of the electoral boundary changes, Labor notionally gained two seats in Victoria and one in the ACT, and the Coalition lost two seats in Victoria.

The Senate Democrats, who stand to pick up seats if the Republicans who have long controlled the Senate no longer have the power to draw electoral boundaries, have become gadflies on the redistricting issue, despite their dubious standing as reformers, after having done nothing to fix the process during their own chaotic two - year stint in the Senate majority.

We know that electoral boundaries are currently drawn in ways that disadvantage the Conservative party.

Gerrymandering — the drawing of electoral boundaries to benefit one party or group — is currently a hot political topic in the US, where the Supreme Court is considering a landmark case on the practice.