HONOURABLE WALLY OPPAL
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER
RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTICULTURALISM

BILL 19 — 2008

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT

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5  The Electoral Districts Act, S.B.C. 1999, c. 31, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.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