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Bill 206 explained in plain English

Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 206
Full title
Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
May 30, 2016

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
May 30, 2016
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill 206 amends the Representation Act, 2015 to include Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 within the Nickel Belt electoral district and remove it from the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district.

What It Means

Bill 206, the Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016, amends the Representation Act, 2015. It changes the boundaries of two electoral districts in Northern Ontario: Nickel Belt and Timiskaming-Cochrane. The Wahnapitae First Nation's reserve, known as Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11, will now be part of the Nickel Belt electoral district instead of the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Schedule to the Representation Act, 2015.
  • Changes the boundaries of the electoral district of Nickel Belt to include Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11.
  • Changes the boundaries of the electoral district of Timiskaming-Cochrane to exclude Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Residents of Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11
  • Electors in the Nickel Belt electoral district
  • Electors in the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district
  • The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The provided text does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the Act came into force on that day.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Representation Act, 2015
amends

Modifies the Schedule to redefine the boundaries of electoral districts. Specifically, it adjusts the descriptions for the Nickel Belt and Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral districts to include or exclude Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11, respectively.

Source: Section 1(1) and 1(2)

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
May 30, 2016
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
France Gélinas
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Nickel Belt
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced