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Manner of Election

Members are elected by the first-past-the-post system (as in Britain) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ridings (known as ‘constituencies’ in Britain). Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory, but some ridings are more populous than others and the Canadian constitution contains some special provisions regarding provincial representation.