Talk:Riding (division)

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The term "riding" in Canadian politics never had anything to do with horses.

The following links provide examples of how the term was used in the 19th century (and should clearly show the reader how the evovled from British usage into present Canadian usage)

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=80&Include=

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=81

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=79

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=83

Lindsey - Three Ridings or Four
Yes, I know, Riding rather implies three, but the following map shows N, S, E, and W Lindseys! http://www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/lincoln1895.jpg Any thoughts? Phlogistomania 15:07, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

Canada
As far as I can tell, "riding" is only a colloquialism, and is not an official designation. Both the Canada Elections Act and the Ontario Election Act  use only the term "electoral district", and do not use "riding". Of course, government agencies may use the colloquial term as do many Canadians, but it is not "official". Ground Zero 17:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Also, I want to point out that the article states that the term riding was in use in the 19th century. However in British Columbia, where I'm from, the term riding is used all the time to refer to electoral districts. It's safe to say that the term is in everyday use. --70.77.37.70 05:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Word History
I took out the claim that the word has been "known since 1295", since the earliest citation the OED has is 1066, in Latin like the 1295-6 quotation from the Rolls of Parliament. The latter is also preceded by quotations from the Domesday book (1086) and the Magna Carta (1215). The earliest English quotation is 13.., Estriding, and the earliest English example of the simplex given is rydding in 1514. --Dependent Variable, Jul 9, 2007.

Page move
This page 1566 links. Clearly the majority refer to Canadian electoral districts, and many more are governmental units in England and elsewhere. However, there are clearly hundreds of links where the meaning is horseriding (equestrianism). It's in many biographies, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Diana, Princess of Wales. A particularly egregious case is Modern pentathlon, which has this:. I see this as a must move situation. We need to make riding]] a disambiguation page, and let the disambiguation gnomes look at these links. — Randall Bart (talk) 08:17, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Yorkshire citations
Looks like someone went really insane with the citation needed tags for the Yorkshire section, was it really necessary to request a citation for every other word? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.30.220 (talk) 22:05, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I have removed the tags as they are covered by the tag at the top of the section. Keith D (talk) 22:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Misleading information about Dropping the initial th
"The modern form riding was the result of initial th being absorbed in the final th or t of the words north, south, east and west, by which it was normally preceded."

One of those is not like the others. OK, there was the book, but the word was already in its modern form by the time that were writ. It's confusing at best and at worst just plain wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:2788:1008:2C3:E2CB:4EFF:FE88:1A2C (talk) 00:48, 30 April 2020 (UTC)