All To Do with Ridings
How many ridings are there in Canada?
338
How many parties did you get to choose to research on for your assignment?
5
What is the method Canadian use to choose who their Prime Minster will be?
First Past the Post
Where is Parliament located?
Ottawa
What age do you have to be to vote?
19
How many ridings are there in Burnaby?
5
Who is our Prime Minister?
Justin Trudeau
What method is used to determine how many seats parties get in the House of Commons?
Proportional Representation.
How does the Senate get appointed?
The Prime Minister chooses the Senate
What are the two official languages in Canada?
French and English
How many ridings are there in BC?
93
Who is the current leader (2025) of the NDP party?
Jagmeet Singh
Where did the saying "First Past the Post" come from?
British hourse racing
What three entities does Parliament contain?
1. Monarch
2. Senate
3. House of Commons
How are the amount of seats in the House of Commons determined?
It is determined by how many ridings there are in Canada that year
What is a riding?
Who is the current (2025) leader of the Conservative Party?
Pierre Poilievre
What is a minority rule vote?
The party that represesents the whole of Canada has less than 52 % of the seats in the House of Commons.
Name two things that happens in the House of Commons.
1. Bills are presented
2. Laws are passed
3. The spending of the budget is determined
4. The Party members vote on bills
5. The Senate collaborates with PM and party members.
Which party advertises the most about their environmental action plans?
Green Party
Name all the ridings in Burnaby
Burnaby South/ Metrotown
Burnaby North
Burnaby East
Burnaby Central (or Central Burnaby)
New Westminster-Burnaby
Name the 5 parties you got to research on.
Explain what Proportional Representation means.
The amounts of seats a party has in the House of Commons is proportionally related to the amount of ridings who had voted for them.
Why do we have a monarch in Parliament? Who represents the Monarch?
What is a mock vote? (Take your best guess)
A mock vote is hosted by school. It is where those under the age of 19 can vote. The results are tallied and given to government officials so that they can make predictions on what young people care about.