Northwest (Cascadian House constituency)

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Northwest
Obsolete constituency
Northwest constituency Aug 2022.png
The constituency's boundaries for the August 2022 election.
Created August 2022
Eliminated September 2022
Recreated
Seats 3
Representatives (August 2022) EstiQT
CatPerson136
Toasterburnt †
Furballen
Body Legislature of Cascadia
Population (8/17/23) 8
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Major settlements Victoria, Bend, Old Port McNeill
Created from
Period active Aug-Sep 2022

Northwest was an electoral division in Cascadia containing what was then the northwesternmost territory of the Republic of Cascadia, with a majority of its population located on Vancouver Island. Created during the inaugural election of the House of Representatives in the August 2022 Electoral Law Decree, it returned three representatives to the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cascadia on the system of Score Voting. It was only contested once, before its abolition the following election; however did see the very first resignation from the House of Representatives, and the process to fill the seat. It was mostly replaced by the constituency of Frontier in the following election, however some parts became part of the Salish constituency.

Geography

As constituencies in Cascadia are based only on their contained towns, rather than defined geographic boundaries, there were no defined borders. However, it was characterized by Vancouver Island, and the territory in Cascadia directly to the north of it. It contained 3 towns.

List of towns

  • Victoria
  • Port McNeill (old)
  • Bend

Members

Representatives for Northwest (Aug-Sep 2022)
Leg. Election Rep.

(Town)

Rep.

(Town)

Rep.

(Town)

1st Aug 17, 2022 EstiQT
(Victoria)
CatPerson136
(Bend)
Toasterburnt
(Port McNeill)
Aug 19, 2022
special election
Furballen

(Victoria)

2nd Sep 17, 2022 Constituency abolished. See Frontier.

Elections

House Vote to Approve Furballen's Nomination to Fill Vacancy, August 19, 2022
Candidate Votes %
Yes 7 100.0
No 0 0.0
Total 7 100.0
Absent 4
Eligible 11
General election August 2022: Northwest (3 seats)
Candidate Votes %
EstiQT 12 60.0
CatPerson136 9 45.0
Toasterburnt 7 35.0
Total 28 100.0
Turnout 4