Amendments to the Elections Act and the Municipal Elections Act now made it possible for the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer to oversee and draw up new polling divisions for the first time in the history of the electoral process. This had previously been the responsibility of returning officers and deputy municipal electoral officers, who now provide input and review changes. It was believed that it would be much less confusing for voters if polling divisions could remain the same for both elections-the Municipal and School Board Elections and the Provincial General Elections. These new boundaries were drawn up through the help of the branch's mapping division with the aid of a state-of-the-art digitized mapping software.

As a result of these and other changes to the Elections Act, the polling divisions which had been in place at the time became obsolete. The number of eligible voters for each of these divisions was increased by 100, with each district now holding an amount up to, but not exceeding, 450 eligible voters. The Municipal Elections Act was likewise changed, increasing the number of voters to no more than 450.

All polling divisions have been re-drawn to respect the new provincial electoral district boundaries along with all municipal and school board boundaries. These polling divisions were used during the 1995 Municipal and School Board Elections. As areas of population growth are detected, the polling division lines will be adjusted to accommodate these demographic changes giving due consideration to all factors, geographic or other, that may affect the convenience of the voters in casting their votes.