Thanks. I had encountered the term (Riding) and needed to know about it. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Kathy Shiell-Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: > At 01:40 PM 3/9/2010, you wrote: >>So then what are Ridings? > Ridings are a political designation that may or may not have any > relevancy for genealogy purposes.. A riding is allocated according to > the number of people living in an area and can change at the whim of > the federal or provincial government in power. Usually, MPs or > MLA(for the uninitiated an MP is a Member of Parliament(federal) > while an MLA is a Member of the Legislative Assembly(provincial) > represent a specific geographic area containing about(I think ) > 1,000,000 people.. The geographic area covered can change( and often > does) if the government in power perceives that a different > combination might give the ruling party a stronger power base. The > most recent reallocation of Federal ridings occurred a few years ago > (after the 2001 census)when the number of seats in the house of > Parliament reached 308. The next revision will occur after the next > census. Currently there are 107 seats in the Provincial legislative > assembly(for Ontario). Conceivably our ancestors could have lived in > MANY different ridings and never changed their physical residence. > I'm not sure I understand why recording the riding in which they > lived would have any value if you already have the physical > address...which you would HAVE to have in order to know the riding. > KAthy > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >
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