Editing British North America Acts (section)

===British North America Act, 1974===
{{Infobox Canadian legislation
|short_title          = Constitution Act, 1974
|type                 = Act
|parliament           = Parliament of Canada
|long_title           = An Act to provide for representation in the House of Commons, to establish electoral boundaries commissions and to remove the temporary suspension of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
|year                 = 1974
|citation             = SC 1974-75-76, c 13, part I
|introduced_by        = 
|territorial_extent   = Canada
|royal_assent         = 20 December 1974
|commencement         = 
|repeal_date          = 
|replaces             = 
|amends               = British North America Act 1867
|amendments           = 
|related_legislation  = 
|repealing_legislation= 
|status               = Current
|original_text        = 
|legislation_history  = 
|revised_text         = 
|collapsed            = yes
}}

The ''British North America Act, 1974'' was the third of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Parliament of Canada. This had been made possible by the provisions of the ''British North America (No. 2) Act 1949''.

It was originally titled ''Representation Act, 1974'', then changed to ''British North America Act, 1974'' in 1977 before changing to ''Constitution Act, 1974'' in 1982.

This act changed the rules for the redistribution of seats in the House of Commons of Canada so that Quebec was allocated the fixed number of 75 seats, while the number of seats allocated to each of the other provinces would always be determined based upon the sizes of their populations in comparison with that of Quebec. However, the  Provinces continued to be guaranteed to have at least as many members of the House of Commons as they had Senators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ca_1974.html|title = Constitution Act, 1974}}</ref> In 1982, this act was renamed the ''Constitution Act, 1974''.