Canadian federal polling division files

[minionofmidas]

Wow, keep em coming.

I echo the Saskatchewan demands!

Oh, and that Edmonton (I think it was Edmonton) suburban riding that almost went iCon. I'd like to see whether that was locally polarized much.

[minionofmidas]

Thanks!

[minionofmidas]

I would like to see the rest of the Sas rurban seats.

[minionofmidas]

I was going to get around to Central Nova soon anyway...

Greens did the best in Antigonish, where St. FX is, so that makes sense, and it looks like their best result was Pictou Island. (interesting). I don't know anything about Pictou Island.  Wikipedia says it is a fishing Island but it also uses solar and windpower, which might explain some things.

The NDP polls seem kind of random...

The two rural ones look perfectly random. I tried to figure out what that NDP-voting village east of Antigonish is, and it seems that it's a Micmac reservation (Afton).

Median household income is a third of Manitoba's... and the households are larger on average.

[minionofmidas]

Riding boundaries really seem to mean a lot.

A local Member's personal vote, perhaps?

Somewhat, but also factor in strategic voting. I think maps like this prove it exists.

I don't think that was needed anymore.

[minionofmidas]

That lightblue corridor is interesting.

[minionofmidas]

You could probably gerrymander an NDP riding into there somewhere.

And you wouldn't have to head out to Moose Jaw or any reservation.

[minionofmidas]

Welcome. -_-

[minionofmidas]

Where is that on the map?

[minionofmidas]

I demand the closer North Ontario ridings!

[minionofmidas]

Why is that stretch along the east coast (North from Nanaimo) so Conservative?
Also, wow at Nanaimo itself. Does it just naturally fall into a northside and a southside, or is there a lot of personal vote for incumbents involved in creating that impression?

[minionofmidas]

It's not as if splitting the town can be avoided, except maybe by drawing a district tightly around it and having another connecting coastal areas north and south of it, nominally connected through the comparatively empty west coast - now that would be a gerrymander (though it wouldn't look it).

[minionofmidas]

Why is that stretch along the east coast (North from Nanaimo) so Conservative?

It's one of those areas where old middle class people go to die.

Might have guessed. Semi sorta did, actually.

[minionofmidas]

Why is that stretch along the east coast (North from Nanaimo) so Conservative?

It's one of those areas where old middle class people go to die.

Might have guessed. Semi sorta did, actually.

Some of those old people vote NDP, though. Vancouver Island is full of them.

Well there's a difference between old people who go there to die and old people who've lived there all their life...

[minionofmidas]

Why is Bowen Island so liberal? Makes little sense from what the wiki has to say about how it is now - you can guess from the article that it is latte liberal, but are left wondering why.

[minionofmidas]

Why is Bowen Island so liberal? Makes little sense from what the wiki has to say about how it is now - you can guess from the article that it is latte liberal, but are left wondering why.

Probably the same reason the Gulf Islands area.

Which are what, Conservatives don't use ferries to commute?

[minionofmidas]

Do we have the Halifax agglomeration? I don't think we do.

[minionofmidas]

Like a kid in a candy shop, I would like the Kitchener Waterloo Conurbation...

Echoed.

And London. And Thunder Bay.

[minionofmidas]

I do. Quebec City is hella depressing.

[minionofmidas]

You can cheer me up by doing Halifax first.

[minionofmidas]

Thanks for Halifax!

I oppose that name change idea. "Democratic Party" sounds dull and MOR.

That northern Brampton riding seems to have an odd population distribution... what's that about (I don't know anything about the area).

[minionofmidas]

Hey folks...don't know if this is old news or not, but I just noticed this today. Federal polling division boundaries are finally available to us peons through GeoGratis, if you have a GIS program. They go back to 2000.

Would it be possible to make maps of 2006 with that?

If so, I have an odd request. (Actually, I'd be somewhat interested even in 2008. Dull as it will look.) Macleod, Alberta. Myron Wolf Child took 2.1% of the vote riding-wide in 2006 as a Native Nationalist indy... I want to see how he did on the riding's four reserves.

[minionofmidas]

For Myron Wolf Child in 2006:

Sarcee 15: 1.3%. 61.7% Cons
Sarcee 16: 2.7%. 55.3% Cons
Sarcee 17: 17.1%. 68.6% Libs

Sarcee has white-inhabited areas. It shows, I suppose...

Now I wonder what percentage of Wolf Child's vote came from the rezzes... and what percentage of the Liberal candidate's. And what the result for the nonrez part of the riding is.

[minionofmidas]

For Myron Wolf Child in 2006:

Sarcee 15: 1.3%. 61.7% Cons
Sarcee 16: 2.7%. 55.3% Cons
Sarcee 17: 17.1%. 68.6% Libs

Sarcee has white-inhabited areas. It shows, I suppose...

Now I wonder what percentage of Wolf Child's vote came from the rezzes... and what percentage of the Liberal candidate's. And what the result for the nonrez part of the riding is.

Easy to calculate. I'll calculate about tomorrow. Too tired now. With or without Sarcee 15 and 16?

I don't care, just mention which you did. Or just post me the exact link and I'll do it myself.

[minionofmidas]

Some stats on Eden Valley... (figure on right is Alberta)

Number of dwellings constructed before 1986      25                              785,200                
Number of dwellings constructed between 1986 and 2006    40                    470,995          
Dwellings requiring major repair - as a % of total occupied private dwellings    76.9                    6.7          
Dwellings with more than one person per room - as a % of total occupied private dwellings    30.8                    1.3