Conservative support crumbling in Western Canada
(globalnews.ca)
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Ontario, Quebec, BC and Alberta have almost the same average population per electoral district. A vote in Alberta is as much worth as in Ontario.
Ont - 121 seats, Que 78, NFLD 7. PEI 4. NB10, NS 11 thats 231 seats. total is 331. There is no proportional representation in the West.
Will never be either, as it would upset the laurentianites.
There are almost 15 million people living in Ontario with 121 seats in the parliament. That's 124,000 people for every seat.
There are 4.4 million people in Alberta with 34 seats. That's 130,000 people for every seat in the parliament.
There are 8.5 million people in Quebec with 78 seats. That's 110,000 people for every seat.
The reason why the Prairies aren't as represented in the parliament as Ontario and Quebec is that these two provinces account for 65% of the population living in Canada. The three Prairie provinces (AB, SK and MB) account for 16% of the population.
Here is my summation. The last Federal election was won by 34 seats... Population Atlantic Canada 2,375,828 (6.6%) with 32 seats
1 seat per 74,275 pop. Population Alberta 4,231,959 (11.7%) with 34 seats 1 seat per 124,470 pop. If Alberta had the same number of seats as Atlantic Canada they would have 57 seats or 23 more Population of Quebec 8,294656 (23.0%) 78 seats
1 seat per 106,341. Population of Ontario 13,873,933 (38.5%) 121 seats 1 seat per 114,660 Pop. Population of Saskatchewan 1,174,462 14 seats 1 seat per 83,890 pop.
If Saskatchewan had the same number of seats as Atlantic Canada they would have 16 seats or 2 more. Population of British Columbia 5,071,000 42 seats 1 seat per 120,738 pop. If B.C. had the same number of seats as Atlantic Canada they would have 68 seats or 26 more.
17 of the current 42 seats went Conservative or 40% See how the Prairies are not quite represented fairly when compared with the East?
How many seats would have Ontario and Quebec more if they had the same voting power as the Atlantics? Toronto and Montreal would even gain more seats.
With your logic these two massive cities aren't either represented fairly. Same goes for Vancouver. A lot of new Liberal seats.
Why the fuck does stupid fking toronto own everything? jesus christ everyone is off lockdown but toronto is still locked down
Alberta has about the same amount of federal seats as Atlantic Canada with about double the population.
And Saskatchewan has 25% of the population of Alberta but 40% of the voting power of Alberta. Saskatchewan is as powerful as the Atlantics when it comes to voting power.
But elections aren't decided in the Atlantics or the Prairies. They are decided in the GTA and Greater Montreal. These two areas account for 12 million people and for over 100 seats in the parliament.
I highly doubt our elections are legitimate in current year.