A Canadian political shorthand for 'representation by population' — the democratic principle that legislative seats should be allocated based on how many people live in a given region, not equal weight per province or territory.
A Canadian political shorthand for 'representation by population' — the democratic principle that legislative seats should be allocated based on how many people live in a given region, not equal weight per province or territory. It was a hot-button debate in pre-Confederation Canada and remains a meaningful concept in discussions about electoral fairness. The snappy abbreviation cuts through the jargon and makes a complex constitutional concept instantly accessible in casual political conversation.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
Something standing for something else.
(law, UK) A collective title for a particular collection of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the electoral system; not merely equivalent to every Representation of the People Act.
(British, transitive) To make popular again.
The smaller provinces have always been nervous about rep by pop because it gives Ontario and Quebec so much more power.
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(UK, politics) representation by population.
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