AHC: Colony integrates with colonizer

The thought had occurred to me, but personally speaking (and going into rather murky waters as a sometimes controversial issue) I wouldn't count either Northern Ireland in particular or Ireland in general as a British colony, given that prior to the Act of Union it was, at least on paper, independent, and that after it Ireland received the same representation given any other part of the United Kingdom. If you're going to count Ireland as a British colony then you'd have to count, say, Croatia as an Austrian colony or Poland as a Russian colony (and while those were without a doubt occupied territories they're not usually termed colonies)

I think you can legitimately count Northern Ireland as a colony that meets the terms of the OP, given that more than half the population of the province are the descendants of colonists.
 
I think you can legitimately count Northern Ireland as a colony that meets the terms of the OP, given that more than half the population of the province are the descendants of colonists.

Again in which case most of the United States, half of Poland and Russia east of the Urals also qualify
 

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France's overseas departments do fit the bill. The British Overseas Territories do not since none of them have Westminster representation. Taking the Falklands as an example they're effectively independent excluding Britain taking control with foreign affairs and defence. Since the OP requires that they have representation in the national legislature they're excluded.

What about the Portugese, Spanish and Dutch autonomous regions, the Azores, Madeira, Ceuta, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten?

Should we count out previously uninhabited territories, "integrated" through settling them, or would they have to have a previously present population?

Anyway, I imagine Cyprus might have become that towards Turkey in case of different invasion of Cyprus, leading to the entire island being occupied. Malta had a large chance at becoming an integral part of the UK, the Italian Aegean Islands a part of Italy. Maybe Greenland and Iceland towards Denmark as well, if their independence movements went a different path, Denmark being less willing to give them up.
 
What about the Portugese, Spanish and Dutch autonomous regions, the Azores, Madeira, Ceuta, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten?

Should we count out previously uninhabited territories, "integrated" through settling them, or would they have to have a previously present population?

Anyway, I imagine Cyprus might have become that towards Turkey in case of different invasion of Cyprus, leading to the entire island being occupied. Malta had a large chance at becoming an integral part of the UK, the Italian Aegean Islands a part of Italy. Maybe Greenland and Iceland towards Denmark as well, if their independence movements went a different path, Denmark being less willing to give them up.

Given that the Azores, Canaries and Madeira have never really be colonies and for most of their history were to my knowledge part of their respective countries (and were colonised so long ago that they predate most of Europe) I'm not entirely sure about terming them as colonies.

The Dutch Caribbean Islands are iffy, I'm unsure if Aruba, Curacao or Sint Maarten are represented in the Dutch Parliament (since they are constituent countries of the Netherlands, a status that seems to be like the British Overseas Territory), and if not they would not be covered by the definition the OP is asking for. Ceuta though seems to fit
 
The Dutch Caribbean Islands are iffy, I'm unsure if Aruba, Curacao or Sint Maarten are represented in the Dutch Parliament (since they are constituent countries of the Netherlands, a status that seems to be like the British Overseas Territory), and if not they would not be covered by the definition the OP is asking for. Ceuta though seems to fit
Some of the Netherlands Antilles are part of "the Netherlands", one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netrherlands. Others are themselves constituent countries.
 
Some of the Netherlands Antilles are part of "the Netherlands", one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netrherlands. Others are themselves constituent countries.

I knew something slipped my mind! Yes, Saba, Bonaire and Sint Eustatius are integrated into the Netherlands, so they too fall within the scope of the OP's request.

Actually that reminds me of another possibility. Suriname. It's been mentioned many times on AH.com that Suriname more or less had to be kicked out by the Netherlands, and that they'd much rather have remained Dutch (indeed IIRC a third of the Surinamese population emmigrated to the Netherlands ahead of independence). However if Suriname did remain Dutch it would probably end up a Constituent Country like Aruba rather than directly integrated, so it wouldn't really count.
 
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