1. Acknowledgements: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of theCanadian Political Science Association, Quebec, 2001. I would like to thank Lynda Erickson, Andrew Heard, Michael Howlett and the Journal's anonymous reviewers for their helpful advice and comments on this work.
2. R.K. Carty, “The Electoral Boundary Revolution in Canada,”American Review of Canadian Studies15, no. 3 (Autumn 1985): 274.
3. Kent Roach, “One Person, One Vote? Canadian Constitutional Standards for Electoral Distribution and Districting,” in David Small, ed.Drawing the Map–Equality and Efficacy of the Vote in Canadian Electoral Boundary Reform, vol. 11 (Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing, 1991), p. 7.
4. See, for example, Roach, “One Person, One Vote”.
5. Munroe Eagles, “Enhancing Relative Vote Equality in Canada: The Role of Electors in Boundary Adjustment.” in Small, ed.Drawing The Map, p. 176.