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Electoral systems, age, sex, provincial.

This document presents a full report giving the voting results, together with any other information that the Chief Electoral Officer may deem fit to include. The report presents the results, first in the form of synoptic tables and then by polling station, of the by-elections held on Monday, February 13, 1995, in the electoral districts of Brome-Missisquoi, Saint-Henri-Westmount and Ottawa-Vanier. It also contains the candidates' names and political affiliations, as well as the names of the returning officers. It also lists the contributions received by the candidates in these by-elections and the election expenses they incurred in running for office.

Parliament, elections, election districts.

This document presents the report of the Chief electoral officer of Canada. It covers, more specifically, the administration of three by-elections held in the federal ridings of Saint-Henri-Westmount and Brome-Missiquoi in Quebec and Ottawa-Vanier in Ontario on February 13, 1995.

Two principles underlie our system of electoral representation. Firstly, the principle of 1̀ elector, 1 vote', all voters being equal. Secondly, the principle of territorial representation: each elector being represented in the House of Commons on a territorial basis, for instance the electoral district. This publication has been prepared to shed some light on 2 fundamental but little-known aspects of the federal electoral system, namely: the principle of representation in the House of Commons and how the seats are divided among the provinces and territories; and, secondly, how the riding boundaries are determined and periodically readjusted.