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Sunday 23 June 2013

Information About Your Representative - Provincial and Territorial Level

I'm going to look at a representative from Ontario, from Prince Edward Island and from Nunavut. This will show you a pretty good example of the kind of information you can expect to find on your representative at any level of government.

For Ontario I have chosen Paul Miller. His page has his photograph and shows that he represents Hamilton East--Stoney Creek. It shows his parliamentary roles and that he is a member of the New Democratic Party. There are three tabs below that information, Contact Details, Parliamentary Career Details and Riding Map.

The default tab that is open is Contact Details. The information provided includes his email address, Queen's Park address with phone and fax numbers and his Constituency address with its phone and fax number and an email address for that office.

The Parliamentary Career Details tab brings up all the roles Paul Miller has performed while serving in the Ontario government. The Riding Map tab brings up a map that shows the boundaries of the riding that he represents. Under the Contact Details other members may also list their web site address.

For Prince Edward Island I will look at Charles McGeoghegan. His page has a photograph of him and says that he is a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for District 4: Belfast - Murray River. There is a mailing address for him and an office address. As well there is contact information, which includes a telephone number, fax number and email address. Below that there is a brief biography that includes the information that he is a Liberal member of the legislature.

By random selection for Nunavut I have chosen their Premier, The Honourable Eva Aariak. On her page under her photograph it says her constituency is Iqaluit East and she is an MLA for Iqaluit. In addition to being Premier she holds four other cabinet posts for Nunavut.

There is an email address for her and for her constituency office. There are addresses, phone and fax numbers given for her constituency office and for her legislative office. Below that information there is a brief biography for her.

Looking at the examples discussed here you can see that for any given government representative that there is quite a bit of information presented for each of them. In addition to that each representative usually has at least one email address, telephone and fax numbers that may be used to contact them.