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The 2001 decennial census established the population of Manitoba at 1,119,583 individuals. The effect of the Constitution Act, 1867 (U.K.), 30 & 31 Vict., c. 3, reprinted in R.S.C. 1985, App. II, No. 5, is that the province will continue to be represented by 14 members in the House of Commons. The members of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Manitoba were appointed as required by the provisions of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3, hereinafter called "the Act." The Act mandates that the Commission is to divide the province into 14 electoral districts each having, as nearly as possible, an equal population based on the 2001 decennial census figures. The electoral quota arrived at by dividing the total provincial population by 14 is 79,970.
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