New federal electoral boundaries are now in effect across Canada. (Photo: Electoral Boundaries Commission)

By David Opinko

New federal electoral boundaries now in effect

Sep 27, 2023 | 9:46 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – If the next federal election were to take place after April 22, 2024, some residents would find themselves voting in a different riding.

Elections Canada said orders describing and naming Canada’s future electoral districts are now in force.

Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Stéphane Perrault said, “The independent review of electoral boundaries is a crucial part of our democratic system. I want to acknowledge the complex work undertaken by the commissions that led the effort to determine the new electoral district boundaries.” 

Over the past decade, Alberta will have gone from 28 federal ridings to 37.

The goal of electoral redistribution is to ensure that all of Canada’s federal ridings have a similar population of approximately 115,000. Redistributions are done every 10 years.

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The Lethbridge riding is set to stay the same, but there will be a few changes for the other ridings south of Calgary.

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner:

• Lose the Blood Tribe

Foothills:

• Gain the Blood Tribe
• Gain Vulcan and several areas to the west, north and south of it
• Lose the Kananaskis region

Bow River:

• Lose Vulcan and several areas to the west, north and south of it
• Lose several small communities in its northernmost section

The next scheduled federal election is in October 2025.

An interactive map showing the changes to electoral ridings can be viewed here.

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