Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title An Act to provide for the establishment of electoral boundaries commissions to report on the readjustment of the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons and to provide for the readjustment of such representation in accordance therewith[1]
Citation	Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3
Passed by	House of Commons
Passed	November 16, 1964[2]
Passed by	Senate
Passed	November 20, 1964[3]
Royal assent	November 20, 1964[4]
Commenced	Partially on November 20, 1964[a] Fully on April 23, 1968[b]
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons
Bill title	Bill C-72
Introduced by	Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
First reading	March 2, 1964[8]
Second reading	April 15, 1964[9]
Third reading	November 16, 1964[10]
Second chamber: Senate
Bill title	Bill C-72
Member(s) in charge	Leader of the Government in the Senate John Joseph Connolly
First reading	November 18, 1964[11]
Second reading	November 19, 1964[12]
Third reading	November 20, 1964[13]
Repeals
Representation Act
Status: Amended

The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (French: Loi sur la révision des limites des circonscriptions électorales), commonly known by its acronym EBRA,^[14] is an act of the Parliament of Canada that was passed by the 26th Canadian Parliament in 1964.^[15]

Under the EBRA, every ten years, ten electoral boundaries commissions (one in each province) are established to revise the electoral district boundaries in their province. Each commission is composed of three members. It is chaired by a judge appointed by the chief justice of the province and has two other members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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