Re: elections canada

Posted by Daniel Haran on Feb 02, 2007; 5:10pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/elections-canada-tp814p819.html

On 2/2/07, Hugh McGuire <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > For the other elements, I don't know. A mapping zipcode/riding
> > would be very useful for example
> elections canada provides this search tool:
> http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/FindED.aspx?L=e
>
> so the data is there... can we get it out tho?
> >
>
> h.

Well, I first checked the copyright, which seems OK for non-profit use.

Second, I tried to replace the postal code parameter in the URL, but
no dice. Non-geek translation: they make it difficult to check
different postal codes. Since no list that I know is public domain,
you'd have to more or less try each one to find the 500,000+ that are
valid. Could take a while.

d.