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If you want your vote to really matter, head north, all the way up to Fort McMurray-Conklin.

Thanks to low turnout and a small population, your vote would’ve been one of only 6,700 ballots in the 2015 provincial election.

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Compare that to St. Albert-Spruce Grove where your vote would have drowned among 24,805 others.

The smallest riding in Alberta contains about 25,000 people, while the largest has nearly 80,000. Based on census information released this week, the average riding in Alberta should have about 46,700 people.

This is what the province’s electoral boundaries commission is grappling with as it reviews the boundaries of Alberta’s 87 electoral constituencies. The commission is to release an interim report on May 31 and a final report on Oct. 31.

“Bottom line, it’s not a straight mathematical exercise,” said Justice Myra Bielby, who is chairperson of the commission. “One of the tensions here is balancing the right of equality of vote. But the overall question we have to answer is how can we make effective representation for Albertans.”