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Political parties in Canada: Entities that evolve
(At least, most of them...)

by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)

Riding, district, county: those are all terms referring to the same thing — a given geographical area whose citizens send one (and in the past sometimes several) person(s) to represent them in a legislative assembly or the federal parliament.


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Pub.: 14 May 2023 12:51
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