Conservative support crumbling in Western Canada
(globalnews.ca)
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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.