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2008 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 38th Parliament

FIRST READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE WALLY OPPAL

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER

RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTICULTURALISM

BILL 19 – 2008

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT

This Bill gives effect to the resolution of the Legislative Assembly approving with alterations the report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission entitled "Amendment to the Preliminary Report (February 14, 2008)".

Contents

Section

Number of electoral districts

Names of electoral districts

Boundaries of electoral districts

Area of electoral districts

Repeal of former Act

Commencement

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Number of electoral districts

1 There are to be 85 electoral districts, with one member of the Legislative Assembly to be elected for each.

Names of electoral districts

2 The names of the electoral districts are those specified in

Schedule 1.

Boundaries of electoral districts

3 The boundaries of the electoral districts are those specified in

Schedule 2.

Area of electoral districts

4 The area of an electoral district consists of that part of the Province comprised within the boundaries of the electoral district.

Repeal of former Act

5 The Electoral Districts Act , S.B.C. 1999, c. 31, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.

Commencement

6 This Act comes into force on the day the 38th Parliament is dissolved.

Schedule 1

Names of Electoral Districts

Abbotsford-Mission

Parksville-Qualicum

Abbotsford South

Peace River North

Abbotsford West

Peace River South

Alberni-Pacific Rim

Penticton

Boundary-Similkameen

Port Coquitlam

Burnaby-Deer Lake

Port Moody-Coquitlam

Burnaby-Edmonds

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Burnaby-Lougheed

Prince George-Mackenzie

Burnaby North

Prince George-Valemount

Cariboo-Chilcotin

Richmond Centre

Cariboo North

Richmond East

Chilliwack

Richmond-Steveston

Chilliwack-Hope

Saanich North and the Islands

Columbia River-Revelstoke

Saanich South

Comox Valley

Shuswap

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Skeena

Coquitlam-Maillardville

Stikine

Cowichan Valley

Surrey-Cloverdale

Delta North

Surrey-Fleetwood

Delta South

Surrey-Green Timbers

Esquimalt-Royal Roads

Surrey-Newton

Fort Langley-Aldergrove

Surrey-Panorama

Fraser-Nicola

Surrey-Tynehead

Juan de Fuca

Surrey-Whalley

Kamloops-North Thompson

Surrey-White Rock

Kamloops-South Thompson

Vancouver-Fairview

Kelowna-Lake Country

Vancouver-False Creek

Kelowna-Mission

Vancouver-Fraserview

Kootenay East

Vancouver-Hastings

Kootenay West

Vancouver-Kensington

Langley

Vancouver-Kingsway

Maple Ridge-Mission

Vancouver-Langara

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Nanaimo

Vancouver-Point Grey

Nanaimo-North Cowichan

Vancouver-Quilchena

Nechako Lakes

Vancouver-West End

Nelson-Creston

Vernon-Monashee

New Westminster

Victoria-Beacon Hill

North Coast

Victoria-Swan Lake

North Island

West Vancouver-Capilano

North Vancouver-Lonsdale

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

North Vancouver-Seymour

Westside-Kelowna

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Schedule 2

Areas and Boundaries of Electoral Districts

1 The following electoral districts have the areas and boundaries as described in the CD-ROM entitled "Official Digital Version of Electoral District Maps prepared by the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission: 2008.02.14", on file with the Chief Electoral Officer:

Abbotsford-Mission

Peace River South

Abbotsford South

Penticton

Abbotsford West

Port Coquitlam

Alberni-Pacific Rim

Port Moody-Coquitlam

Burnaby-Deer Lake

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Burnaby-Edmonds

Prince George-Mackenzie

Burnaby-Lougheed

Prince George-Valemount

Burnaby North

Richmond Centre

Chilliwack

Richmond East

Chilliwack-Hope

Richmond-Steveston

Columbia River-Revelstoke

Saanich North and the Islands

Comox Valley

Saanich South

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Shuswap

Coquitlam-Maillardville

Surrey-Cloverdale

Cowichan Valley

Surrey-Fleetwood

Delta North

Surrey-Green Timbers

Delta South

Surrey-Newton

Esquimalt-Royal Roads

Surrey-Panorama

Fort Langley-Aldergrove

Surrey-Tynehead

Juan de Fuca

Surrey-Whalley

Kamloops-North Thompson

Surrey-White Rock

Kelowna-Lake Country

Vancouver-Fairview

Kelowna-Mission

Vancouver-False Creek

Kootenay East

Vancouver-Fraserview

Kootenay West

Vancouver-Hastings

Langley

Vancouver-Kensington

Maple Ridge-Mission

Vancouver-Kingsway

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Vancouver-Langara

Nanaimo

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Nanaimo-North Cowichan

Vancouver-Point Grey

Nelson-Creston

Vancouver-Quilchena

New Westminster

Vancouver-West End

North Coast

Vernon-Monashee

North Island

Victoria-Beacon Hill

North Vancouver-Lonsdale

Victoria-Swan Lake

North Vancouver-Seymour

West Vancouver-Capilano

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Parksville-Qualicum

Westside-Kelowna

Peace River North

2 The following electoral districts have the areas and boundaries as described in the CD-ROM entitled "Official Digital Version of Appendix P – Electoral District Maps of the Amendments to the Preliminary Report prepared by the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission: 2008.03.11", on file with the Chief Electoral Officer:

Boundary-Similkameen

Kamloops-South Thompson

Cariboo-Chilcotin

Nechako Lakes

Cariboo North

Skeena

Fraser-Nicola

Stikine

Explanatory Note

This Bill gives effect to the resolution of the Legislative Assembly approving with alterations the report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission entitled "Amendment to the Preliminary Report (February 14, 2008)".

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