4th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2023) FIRST READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE NIKI SHARMA

ATTORNEY GENERAL

BILL 25 – 2023

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT

Contents

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

This Bill gives effect to the resolution of the Legislative Assembly approving the report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission entitled "Final Report", dated April 3, 2023.

HIS 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 93 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5 The Electoral Districts Act , S.B.C. 2015, c. 39, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.

Commencement

6 This Act comes into force on the day the 42nd Parliament is dissolved.

Schedule 1

Names of Electoral Districts

Abbotsford-Mission

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Abbotsford South

Peace River North

Abbotsford West

Peace River South

Boundary-Similkameen

Penticton-Summerland

Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Port Coquitlam

Burnaby Centre

Port Moody-Burquitlam

Burnaby East

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Burnaby-New Westminster

Prince George-Mackenzie

Burnaby North

Prince George-North Cariboo

Burnaby South-Metrotown

Prince George-Valemount

Cariboo-Chilcotin

Richmond-Bridgeport

Chilliwack-Cultus Lake

Richmond Centre

Chilliwack North

Richmond-Queensborough

Columbia River-Revelstoke

Richmond-Steveston

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Saanich North and the Islands

Coquitlam-Maillardville

Saanich South

Courtenay-Comox

Salmon Arm-Shuswap

Cowichan Valley

Skeena

Delta North

Surrey City Centre

Delta South

Surrey-Cloverdale

Esquimalt-Colwood

Surrey-Fleetwood

Fraser-Nicola

Surrey-Guildford

Juan de Fuca-Malahat

Surrey-Newton

Kamloops Centre

Surrey North

Kamloops-North Thompson

Surrey-Panorama

Kelowna Centre

Surrey-Serpentine River

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream

Surrey South

Kelowna-Mission

Surrey-White Rock

Kootenay Central

Vancouver-Fraserview

Kootenay-Monashee

Vancouver-Hastings

Kootenay-Rockies

Vancouver-Kensington

Ladysmith-Oceanside

Vancouver-Langara

Langford-Highlands

Vancouver-Little Mountain

Langley-Abbotsford

Vancouver-Point Grey

Langley-Walnut Grove

Vancouver-Quilchena

Langley-Willowbrook

Vancouver-Renfrew

Maple Ridge-East

Vancouver-South Granville

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Vancouver-Strathcona

Mid Island-Pacific Rim

Vancouver-West End

Nanaimo-Gabriola Island

Vancouver-Yaletown

Nanaimo-Lantzville

Vernon-Lumby

Nechako Lakes

Victoria-Beacon Hill

New Westminster-Coquitlam

Victoria-Swan Lake

North Coast-Haida Gwaii

West Kelowna-Peachland

North Island

West Vancouver-Capilano

North Vancouver-Lonsdale

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

North Vancouver-Seymour

Schedule 2

Areas and Boundaries of Electoral Districts

The electoral districts listed in

Schedule 1 have the areas and boundaries as described in the file entitled "British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (2023).zip", and dated April 3, 2023, on file with the chief electoral officer as defined in

section 1 (1) of the Election Act .

Explanatory Note

This Bill gives effect to the resolution of the Legislative Assembly approving the report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission entitled "Final Report", dated April 3, 2023.

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