Anatomy of a fixed riding
With accusations of gerrymandering flying, here’s a study in the art of redrawing electoral maps
As the Alberta Tories prepare to redraw the electoral map, Calgary Heraldcolumnist Don Braid outlines how contorting Ralph Klein’s constituency 20 years ago kept him his seat for a long while. "A rational rectangular riding became an misshapen monster, with a tentacle stretching from the inner city down Crowchild Trail to Lakeview, and a gap at the north end where Mount Royal had been."
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