Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Mar 27 Alberta's new electoral boundary recommendations would see the two biggest cities have less representation in the legislature, per person, compared to the provincial average: Edmonton: 5.7% more people per MLA Calgary: 2.6% more people per MLA Rest of Alberta: 4.8% fewer people per MLA
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The new allocation implies we only grew by 104,000 people (2 x 54,000) when in fact we grew by 290,000 from 2017/8. There should be 5.4 new seats. But as most of the growth was in YYC and YEG we won't see them. This is a type of gerrymandering.
How does that population per riding variance compare to the current situation? Improving or getting worse?
The two places with the lowest support for the UCP will have the lowest representation. What a surprise.
Well, that’s one way to secure a UCP government for, well, ever…
Gerrymandering 101. Smith said years ago she didn't need the urban vote. She's ensuring she doesn't.
Geez, I knew the UCP loves the states but they're even getting into gerrymandering now?
So scrollers don't have to do the math: If Calgary and Edmonton had the same representation as RoA, each would have two more seats.
Alberta cities representatives should grow by the number indicated by the UCP immigration fibs they've been telling.
It’s always been that way. It’s wrong and it stunts progressive thinking. It promotes “we want it the way it used to be” Good news? UCP gets defeated utterly in 2027
Apparently, land votes but has no rights to itself or its own longevity, in Alberta.
That's much less uneven than I would have guessed