Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districtsin Canada/History/Members of Parliament

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The elected MPs section can be organized in a number of ways. Some things to keep in mind: some districts are abolished and re-created years later, some MPs change parties or go independent, and then there is Saint John

Examples:

# Name, Party (Years)

# Years: Name - Party

(dot) Years: Name - Party

# Year Name Party (in a colour-coded box)

[edit] Comments

• I would go with # Name, Party (Years) since that is the one that seems to be most commonly used, from my recollection, and I don't think there is much to be gained from changing things now. I would, however, changes this section to "List of Members of Parliament" to be in line with Wikipedia and standard writing style of not using an initialism at the first instance, but spelling it out. "MP" will not be recognized by many readers from outside the Commonwealth. Ground Zero | t 16:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

• I've recently started using the template shown below for provincial pages (the example chosen is the historical Manitoba constituency of Mountain). I don't have a strong objection to the proposed model above, but the version I've been using has the added advantages of (i) colour coding, and (ii) a more orderly presentation.

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Thomas Greenway	Independent Conservative	1879	1882
		Liberal	1882	1904
	Daniel McIntyre	Progressive Conservative	1905	1907
	James Bryson Baird	Liberal	1907	1922
	Charles Cannon	Progressive	1922	1927
	Irving Cleghorn	Liberal	1927	1930
	Ivan Schultz	Liberal	1930	1932
		Liberal-Progressive	1932	1955
	Walter Clark	Liberal-Progressive	1955	1958

CJCurrie 23:05, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Me likes!!! - Jord 00:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

• I never seriously considered a table for this. But now that I think about it, since every entry will have common info (ie. name, party, years) perhaps a table is a better organizing structure. Concerning the proposed table above, I would like to see the years centered, the years column-width shrunk as much as possible (without creating two lines), and a generally smaller box (10 pt font?). Maybe even have one column for the years. I'd like to experiment with the background colours to make it different, yet related, to the final election box that will be designed. Also, how could this format of table be altered for a multi-member district like Halifax? --maclean25 00:52, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

• • For my approach to the latter question, see Winnipeg North (provincial electoral division). As to the former -- perhaps a column marked "Tenure" would solve the problem. CJCurrie 00:59, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

This is what I was starting to use as a table for Alberta provincial electoral districts, while not as refined it has the same spirit as CJ Currie's --Cloveious 05:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

				Member	Party	Elected	Left office
				James McNaughton	Liberal	1913	1921
				Oran McPherson	United Farmers	1921	1935
				Peter Dawson	Social Credit	1935	1963
				Raymond Speaker	Social Credit, Independent Representative, Progressive Conservative	1963	1992
				Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative	1992	present