POPULATION AND REPRESENTATION. TABLE VI. Population of Canada in 1901, and representation in the House of Commons according to the districts of the Representation Acts 1903 and 1904-con. 1 Including the unorganized districts of Abitibi, Ashuanipi and Mistassini, which are TABLE VI. POPULATION AND REPRESENTATION. Population of Canada in 1901, and representation in the House of Commons according to the districts of the Representation Acts 1903 and 1904-concluded. 1 ACT OF 1907. The Territories, exclusive of Yukon, were in 1905 erected into the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and after the census of 1906 a Representation Act was passed which gave Saskatchewan 10 members and Alberta 7 after the next ensuing election, which came off in October, 1908. Saskatchewan (pop. 257,763) comprises the districts of Assiniboia, 34,910, Battleford, 18,622, Humboldt, 23,903, Mackenzie, 25,998, Moose Jaw, 23,156, Prince Albert, 19,782, Qu'Appelle, 30,997, Regina, 29,633, Saltcoats, 22,119, and Saskatoon, 28,643, each with one member. Alberta (pop. 185,412), comprises the districts of Calgary, 25,391, Edmonton, 26,320, Macleod, 25,961, Medicine Hat, 22,323, Red Deer 32,001, Strathcona, 29,658 and Victoria, 23,758, each with one member. 2 The unorganized territories are without representation in Parliament. REPRESENTATION. TABLE VII. Members of the House of Commons and Senate, 1867-1908. 1 1 Representation in the Senate reduced in 1871 as provided in section 47 of the B.N. Act. |