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Bill 73 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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 73
Full title
Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Nov 23, 2016

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd 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
Nov 23, 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

This bill amends the Representation Act, 2015 to include Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 within the Nickel Belt electoral district, rather than in the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district.

What It Means

Bill 73, the Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae First Nation), 2016, changes the boundaries of two electoral districts in Ontario. Specifically, it moves Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 from the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district to the Nickel Belt electoral district. This amendment ensures that the reserve is represented within the Nickel Belt constituency.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Representation Act, 2015 to change the boundaries of electoral districts.
  • Includes Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 in the Nickel Belt electoral district.
  • Removes Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 from the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district.
Who Is Affected
  • Residents of Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11.
  • The electoral district of Nickel Belt.
  • The electoral district of Timiskaming-Cochrane.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill text does not specify any limits or further details beyond the boundary change.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Representation Act, 2015
amends

The Act's schedule, which defines electoral district boundaries, is changed to include Wahnapitae Indian Reserve No. 11 in the Nickel Belt electoral district and exclude it from the Timiskaming-Cochrane electoral district.

Source: Section 1

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
Nov 23, 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