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[Brit.E "an administrative division of a county, esp. Yorkshire" < ME thriding < ON thrithjungr a third part; the th- was lost by assimilation to the previous -t or -th in the compounds East Thriding, North Thriding, West Thriding]
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1n. — Hist.
in Upper Canada, a subdivision of a county, set up primarily for election purposes.
See: county(see note)
Quotations
1792
The said county of Glengarry, bounded as aforesaid, shall be divided into two ridings.
1853
When I do seek the votes of the electors of the north riding, I shall fearlessly submit my qualifications and character to the judgment of all who can cast aside their personal feelings and look only to the public goo
2n.
a district encompassing a body of electors entitled to return a member to the House of Commons or to a legislative assembly.
Quotations
1890
In that riding the New Party had only 50 pledged members, but pulled nearly 800 votes.
1900
The east and west ridings of Lilooet have a few names mentioned, but before the time comes a dark horse will no doubt appear in both fields.
1957
At one time Spadina regularly returned J. B. Salsberg as an LPP [Communist] member to the Provincial Legislature, a habit that inspired a waggish reporter to tag it the "Little Red Riding."
1958
Mr. Brundsen . . . represents one of two southern Alberta ridings containing irrigated sections. . . .
1966
Opposition Leader Diefenbaker scored the new electoral map for Saskatchewan for lumping wheat farmers and city dwellers together in common ridings.