BILL NO. 112

(as amended)

1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47-48 Elizabeth II, 1998-99

Private Member's Bill

House of Assembly Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 10 OF THE ACTS OF 1999

Hyland Fraser
Antigonish

First Reading: June 4, 1999

Second Reading: June 15, 1999

Third Reading: June 17, 1999 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: June 17, 1999

WHEREAS in 1987 the boundary of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish was altered to include a small part of the County of Guysborough;

AND WHEREAS in 1992 a map of the electoral boundaries prepared for the Provincial Electoral Boundaries Commission included the annexed part of the County of Guysborough in the electoral district of Antigonish;

AND WHEREAS the House of Assembly Act puts the annexed part of the County of Guysborough in the electoral district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury;

AND WHEREAS in 1993 and 1998 electors residing in the annexed part of the County of Guysborough were enumerated in error in the electoral district of Antigonish;

AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the annexed part of the County of Guysborough be included in the electoral district of Antigonish;

AND WHEREAS this change would not infringe the principle of having an independent electoral boundaries commission as set out in Section 5 of the House of Assembly Act;

THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Clause 4(b) of Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, is repealed and the following clause substituted:

(b) Antigonish, consisting of

(i) the County of Antigonish, including Pomquet and Afton Reserve (23),

and, in the County of Guysborough,

(ii) that part of the County in the Municipality of the County of Antigonish;

2 Subclause 4(y)(i) of Chapter 1 is amended by adding ", except that part in the Municipality of the County of Antigonish" immediately after "Guysborough".