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1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament

THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 14th day of July, 1999

Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk

HONOURABLE UJJAL DOSANJH

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR

MULTICULTURALISM, HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION

BILL 96 – 1999

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT

Contents

Section

Number of electoral districts

Names of electoral districts

Boundaries of electoral districts

Area of electoral districts

Repeal of former Act

6-17

Consequential Amendments

Commencement

Schedule 1 – Names of Electoral Districts

Schedule 2 – Areas and Boundaries of Electoral Districts

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 79 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, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.

108, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.

Consequential Amendments

Constitution Act

6 Sections 18 and 19 of the Constitution Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 66, are repealed

and the following substituted:

Members represent electoral districts

(1) For returning members of the Legislative Assembly,

there are to be the number of electoral districts established by the Electoral

Districts Act, with the names, boundaries and areas determined in the manner provided

for by the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act.

(2) The Legislative Assembly consists of the members elected in

the manner provided for by the Election Act.

(3) A member represents the electoral district for which the

member was elected.

Election Act

Section 1 of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended in the

definition of "electoral district" by striking out

"section 19" and substituting "section 18" .

Section 12 (2) (

e) is amended by striking out "18 (1)"

and substituting "18 (1) or (1.1)" .

Section 18 is amended

(

a) by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) If an enactment establishes a new electoral district but the

enactment does not come into force until a future time, the chief electoral officer may

appoint a district electoral officer and a deputy district electoral officer for the

future electoral district. ,

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:

(3) The term of appointment for a district electoral officer ends

(a) 6 months after general voting day for the first general

election called after the appointment, or

(

b) when the electoral district is disestablished,

whichever is earlier. , and

(

c) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following:

(5) The term of appointment for a deputy district electoral

officer ends

(

a) as specified by the chief electoral officer in the

individual's appointment, or

(

b) when the electoral district is disestablished,

whichever is earlier.

Section 55 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(b.1) if the nomination deposit is in relation to a nomination

under

section 57 for an electoral district that is disestablished before an election is

held, the nomination deposit is to be returned to the financial agent of the individual

for whom it was paid; .

Section 57 is amended by adding the following subsections:

(12) If an electoral district is disestablished after nomination

documents are filed under this

section in relation to the electoral district, the

nomination is cancelled.

(13) If an enactment establishes a new electoral district but the

enactment does not come into force until a future time, the chief electoral officer may

accept nomination documents under this

section for the future electoral district.

Section 166 (2) is amended by striking out "abolished,"

and substituting "disestablished," .

Section 170 (3) is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) Except in the case of a report for a constituency association

that is required because an electoral district is disestablished, a report under

subsection (1) (

a) or (

b) must be audited.

(3.1) In addition to the requirements under subsection (3), the

chief electoral officer may require any other report under subsection (1) to be audited.

Section 173 (4) is amended by striking out "abolished"

wherever it appears and substituting "disestablished" .

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act

Section 15 (1) of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.

107, is amended by striking out "75" .

Interpretation Act

Section 29 of the

Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is amended

in the definition of "electoral district" by striking out

"section 19" and substituting "section 18" .

Recall and Initiative Act

17 The Recall and Initiative Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 398, is amended by adding the

following section:

Continuation of petition if an electoral district is

disestablished or changed

7.1 If an electoral district is disestablished or changed

between the time an initiative petition is issued and the time it is to be submitted to

the chief electoral officer, the references in this Part to an electoral district are

deemed to be a reference to the electoral district as it was at the time the petition was

issued.

Commencement

18 Sections 1 to 6, 15 and 16 come into force on the day

the 36th Parliament is dissolved.

Schedule 1

Names of Electoral Districts

Abbotsford-Clayburn

Peace River North

Abbotsford-Mount Lehman

Peace River South

Alberni-Qualicum

Penticton-Okanagan Valley

Bulkley Valley-Stikine

Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain

Burnaby-Edmonds

Port Moody-Westwood

Burnaby-North

Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Burnaby-Willingdon

Prince George-Mount Robson

Burquitlam

Prince George North

Cariboo North

Prince George-Omineca

Cariboo South

Richmond Centre

Chilliwack-Kent

Richmond East

Chilliwack-Sumas

Richmond-Steveston

Columbia River-Revelstoke

Saanich North and the Islands

Comox Valley

Saanich South

Coquitlam-Maillardville

Shuswap

Cowichan-Ladysmith

Skeena

Delta North

Surrey-Cloverdale

Delta South

Surrey-Green Timbers

East Kootenay

Surrey-Newton

Esquimalt-Metchosin

Surrey-Panorama Ridge

Fort Langley-Aldergrove

Surrey-Tynehead

Kamloops

Surrey-Whalley

Kamloops-North Thompson

Surrey-White Rock

Kelowna-Lake Country

Vancouver-Burrard

Kelowna-Mission

Vancouver-Fairview

Langley

Vancouver-Fraserview

Malahat-Juan de Fuca

Vancouver-Hastings

Maple Ridge-Mission

Vancouver-Kensington

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Vancouver-Kingsway

Nanaimo

Vancouver-Langara

Nanaimo-Parksville

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant

Nelson-Creston

Vancouver-Point Grey

New Westminster

Vancouver-Quilchena

North Coast

Victoria-Beacon Hill

North Island

Victoria-Hillside

North Vancouver-Lonsdale

West Kootenay-Boundary

North Vancouver-Seymour

West Vancouver-Capilano

Oak Bay-Gordon Head

West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Okanagan-Vernon

Yale-Lillooet

Okanagan-Westside

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