Canada with Maori style Electorates.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Background http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates

 

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

This is a proposal BTW. I've tried my best to balance the native population in each riding. Each riding should also have as many possible electors as each "white" riding does.

Any comments or thoughts? Like the idea? Hate it?

[Hatman 🍁]

Neat. The boundaries don't seem right though.

I guess one problem is that Natives were under counted during the census, as many reserves weren't counted at all.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I used provincial numbers, that map, and this map:

EDIT - I cant seem to find the map again, gimme a bit.

The General idea is to start with this, and once we get voter rolls with natives on it, we can adjust the boundaries. This is what they've done in NZ, and why the Maori electorates have gained in numbers, and do not match possible electors. For example, I'd expect Nunavut voters to remain on the main rolls, thus taking away many "Native" voters in the north. Many of the Natives in NWT have a lot in common with northern SK, and you could draw a boundary to include both etc.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I found a different base map and made a second attempt:

[MaxQue]

Two problems.

You separated North Coast Innus and Labrador Innus.
Whapmagoostui Cree reservation was put with Inuits, not with the other Cree reservations.

[Hatman 🍁]

And another thing. In NZ, all the Natives are Maori. In Canada, the Natives are different, and probably wouldn't want to be in the same district with another native group.

[Peeperkorn]

I lived in NZ during the 2005 elections and nobody liked the concept of maori electorates (especially considering it was the first year of the Maori Party, which eventually gained four of the six electorates from Labour).

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Do you guys really think the ethnic thing would really prevent this from becoming?