Bill C-312 (Historical)

Democratic Representation Act

An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (democratic representation)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Jean Rousseau NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of March 7, 2012
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the rules in the Constitution Act, 1867 for readjusting the number of members of the House of Commons and the representation of the provinces in that House and provides for a minimum representation with respect to the number of members for the Province of Quebec.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-312s:

C-312 (2023) National Renewable Energy Strategy Act

C-312 (2021) Canada Post-Secondary Education Act

C-312 (2016) National Cycling Strategy Act

C-312 (2010) Made in Canada Act

Votes

March 7, 2012 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #149

Democratic Representation ActPrivate Members' Business

March 7th, 2012 / 6:35 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion lost.