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Quebec tables bill to increase number of ridings to 127 after Supreme Court decision
The legislation would keep Montreal and the Gaspé Peninsula from losing seats after a commission proposed shifting representation to faster-growing regions.
- On Wednesday, the Quebec government tabled legislation to increase the number of provincial ridings to 127 from 125, marking the latest attempt to adjust the electoral map.
- An independent electoral boundaries commission previously proposed eliminating one riding in Gaspé and another in Montreal's east end in favor of two new districts in the growing Laurentians, Lanaudière, and Centre-du-Québec regions.
- Minister of Democratic Institutions Jean-François Roberge introduced the legislation with support from the Liberals, Parti Québécois, and Québec solidaire, addressing concerns that the commission's map reduced political weight in eastern Quebec.
- Quebec previously passed a law to block similar boundary changes in 2024, but that legislation was deemed unconstitutional by the Court of Appeal and eventually by the Supreme Court of Canada.
- The government's new bill seeks to finalize a revised map while avoiding the constitutional pitfalls of previous attempts, aiming to balance population growth without making ridings in eastern Quebec overly large.
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The government and the opposition agreed to increase the number of electoral districts on the electoral map from 125 to 127.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Left
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- 58% of the sources lean Left
58% Left
L 58%
C 42%
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