Comment 23 (8 July 2022) – comments and feedback
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Roger Kingsley
Dear Electoral Boundaries Commission,
I read with interest your interim report, recently distributed with the Winnipeg Free Press. Thank you for providing this information.
I have one small suggestion to offer to you. I do not wish to make a presentation at any of your hearings; I am satisfied to submit my proposal by e-mail. In support of my suggestion, I attach a copy of a spreadsheet which I assembled. Most importantly, this spreadsheet shows the percentage that the population of each proposed electoral district would be over or under the provincial average.
I accept that the over/under statistics range from -7.03% to +4.77%. This is well within the range required by the Electoral Boundaries Act. However, there is one small adjustment that could make things a tiny bit better. I refer to the boundary between Brandon-Souris and Portage-Lisgar.
This boundary runs north-south along concession roads, with a slight jog about halfway from north to south. Brandon-Souris is well below the provincial average (third lowest by percentage) while Portage-Lisgar is the furthest above the provincial average. A slight shift of the boundary could bring each electoral district a bit closer to the provincial average.
I suggest that the southern half of the boundary between Brandon-Souris and Portage-Lisgar be pushed west to make it a straight north-south line. This would transfer some voters from Portage-Lisgar to Brandon-Souris, bringing both electoral districts closer to the provincial average.
I realize that there are reasons other than size for setting electoral boundaries; I accept this and realize that these reasons may be more important to your decision-making than my simple numerical concern.
Thank you for accepting my suggestion. As I said above, I do not desire to make a formal presentation before you; this message is my suggestion as it stands.
As a retired person, I do not represent any interest but my own.
Electoral District | Population | Plus/Minus |
---|---|---|
Churchill-Keewatinook Aski | 89,132 | -7.03% |
Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa | 90,662 | -5.43% |
Brandon-Souris | 90,805 | -5.28% |
Kildonan-St Paul | 93,321 | -2.66% |
Winnipeg North | 95,082 | -0.82% |
Winnipeg South | 95,515 | -0.37% |
Winnipeg Centre | 96,951 | 1.13% |
Provencher | 97,650 | 1.86% |
Winnipeg West | 97,677 | 1.89% |
Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman | 97,682 | 1.89% |
Elmwood-Transcona | 98,324 | 2.56% |
St Boniface-St Vital | 98,751 | 3.01% |
Winnipeg South Centre | 100,160 | 4.48% |
Portage-Lisgar | 100,441 | 4.77% |
Total | 1,342,153 | |
Average | 95,868.07 |