Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Naming conventions

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Some electoral districts have the same name. Some current and former electoral districts share the same name. If a district is abolished, then re-created years or decades later, is it the same district as before? or are they two distinct ridings that happen to share the same name?

Consider these following scenarios. Add other scenarios as you see fit.

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[edit] Richmond

Richmond is a municipality in B.C. It is also

[edit] Comments

  • Why no "British Columbia" in the current federal Richmond?
    • Too possible reasons, a) an ommission as the original author did not know there were other districts by the same name or b) it being the only current electoral district, it is named this way much in the way that London goes to London, England as it is likely to be the most commonly sought item under Richmond (electoral district) - Jord 23:48, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Should Richmond (Nova Scotia electoral district) not be called Richmond (Nova Scotia federal electoral district) so as to not confuse it with Richmond (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district). When one thinks about it, typing in Richmond (Nova Scotia electoral district) people are more likely to be looking for the provincial district which is currently in use as oppose to the federal district (which it curently houses) as it was abolished in 1914. - Jord 23:48, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Victoria

Victoria is a municipality in B.C. It is also

[edit] Comments

  • Why no "British Columbia" in the current federal Victoria?

[edit] Strathcona

Another example

Strathcona (electoral district) Strathcona (provincial electoral district) district abolished 1909 and recreated in 1999 both covered Strathcona county Alberta and Strathcona (N.W.T. electoral district) Strathcona territorial electoral district abolished when Alberta became a province, as the boundaries were redrawn by Liberal MP Frank Oliver so that all of Alberta would be covered, old Northwest Territories riding boundaries had nothing to do with the new map, as they were only created when an area the size of 1000 square miles had 1000 people --Cloveious 06:26, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kamloops

Bump this:

  1. Kamloops (electoral district) existed between 1933 - 1966.
  2. Then another Kamloops (electoral district) was created in 1987
  3. It was re-named Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys in 1998.

--maclean25 07:12, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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