Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act
70-71 Elizabeth II, c. 6 (Canada)
An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (electoral representation)
[Assented to 23rd June, 2022.]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. This Act may be cited as the Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act.
2. Rule 2 of subsection 51(1) of the Constitution Act, 1867 is replaced by the following:
2. If the number of members assigned to a province by the application of rule 1 and section 51A is less than the total number assigned
to that province during the 43rd Parliament, there shall be added to the number of members so assigned the number of
members that will result in the province having the same number of members as were assigned during that Parliament.
3. A reference to the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 is deemed to include a reference to section 2.
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