1.209,000 times 3.616 = 4.371M
in discussion on Wales ER, someone said the number of members is sometimes set by the cube root rule.
That writer said Wales should have 147 members.
It has 60, possibly moving to 96 in next election.
147 X 147 X 147 = 3.2M,, approx the pop of Wales
Alberta under this rule would have 163 MLAs.
163 X 163 X 163 = 4.331M
actual pop. 4.371
today Alberta has much less than it would have if simple cubed was the rule.
it has 87 members.
it apparently uses rule of cubed times 6.6
87 X 87 X 87 X 6.6 = 4.371M (exactly right for Alberta pop. today)
87 x 87 x 87 = 660,000
today Wales, with 3.2M pop., has far less than cube root.
60 x 60 x 60 = 216,000
216,000 X 6.6 = 1.4M
if cubed times 6.6 (like in Alberta) was the rule, Wales should have 79 members.
485,000 times 6.6 = 3.2M
79 X 79 X 79 = 493,000 approx. 485,000
Wales with proposed 96 members
96 x 96 x 96 = 885,000 times 3.616 = 3.2M
Alberta
106 x 106 x 106 = 1,191,000
1.209,000 times 3.616 = 4.371M
so with the cubed times 3.616 rule, Alberta should have 106 members or so.
Tom
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