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  
1  Number of electoral districts
2  Names of electoral districts
3  Boundaries of electoral districts
4  Area of electoral districts
5  Repeal of former Act
6  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5  The Electoral Districts Act, S.B.C. 1999, c. 31, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.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)".