194  CONSTITUTIONAL LA W OF BRITISH DOMINIONS
Chapter merely for unsoundness of mind and conviction for
	I   crime, where the sentence has not been undergone or a
pardon granted*,butthe details vary greatly. In Canada,
the federation and the provinces control their own
franchises, but the federation excludes from the vote
persons who are not permitted to vote at provincial
elections. These include North American Indians in
New Brunswick, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and
Alberta; Chinese in Saskatchewan; British Indians,
Chinese, and Japanese in British Columbia. Women are
granted the vote save for provincial elections in Quebec,
despite the fact that they exercise it in federal elec-
tions. Quebec- clings to a small property qualification,
as in Nova Scotia. In the federation the number of
members is determined by the rule that Quebec shall
have 65, and the other provinces a number propor-
tional to relative population as ascertained by the
decennial census. At present the House of Commons
has: Ontario, 82; Quebec, 65; Nova Scotia, 14; New
Brunswick, 11; Prince Edward Island, 4—the number
is preserved by an Imperial Act of 1915 giving each
province as a minimum the same number of members
as it has Senators; Manitoba, 17; British Columbia, 14;
Saskatchewan, 21; Alberta, 16; and the Yukon Terri-
tory, 1. The rule of single-member constituencies pre-
vails, and redistribution once was a mere matter of
gerrymandering; it is now more fairly carried out by a
Commission representing both parties. The provinces
have in the main single-member constituencies,^1 but
with certain exceptions.
^1 Ontario, 112; Quebec, 90; Nova Scotia, 41 (at next election, 38);
New Brunswick, 48; British Columbia, 48; Prince Edward Island, 30;
Manitoba, 55; Saskatchewan, 63; Alberta, 63.