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The public inquiry on municipal boundaries and municipal representation was set up in June 1962 in response to the phenomenon of rapid suburbanization. Sole commissioner was William Daniel Outhit QC, chair of the Public Utilities Board. The inquiry was to investigate whether there should be a periodic review of municipal boundaries and electoral districts and, if so, whether existing legislation was sufficient for their adjustment; whether there should be a metropolitan authority such as would be established for the municipalities comprising Halifax County in 1978; and generally the impact of municipal boundaries and representation on the provision of municipal public services. The inquiry reported in March 1963. Though its recommendation to establish a new permanent and independent municipal board was not acted upon until 1981, the Outhit Report led directly to passage of the Municipal Boundaries and Representation Act of 1964.