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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Is that true? I may very well be mistaken, but I thought that Calgary and Edmonton ridings had fewer seats in the provincial legislature than our populations would warrant, thus Alberta's two largest cities are actually under-represented.
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This.
2/3 of population, 44 combined of 87 seats. I wouldnt mind it so much if the number was 50 or 52 but 44 is sto low.
I dont think the seat number should ever equal the same percentage because you have to give an appropriate amount of weight to the land area that exists and the people who live there. Just because Fort Mac only should have a few seats doesnt mean I want people in Edmonton or Calgary alone to determine its fate.
After living here for 9 years - people in bigger cities have more narrow focus on issues that they know nothing about. Its like asking someone in Bieseker about living in condos.
Ideally Alberta would have the exact % legislature and then a senate where Edmonton and Calgary would each have 2 seats out of say 10 total seats. The legislature would speak for the voters and the senate would speak for the province as a whole.
Its what the US system is supposed to accomplish but hopefully this would be less dysfunctional.