MR. ANDREW WEAVER

BILL M 236 – 2017

ELECTION AMENDMENT ACT 2, 2017

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

This Bill would ensure that term limits would be placed on elected officials of the legislature.

1 Section 52 of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3) An individual is not entitled to be nominated if they have already served a total of 12 years in the provincial legislature.

(4) An individual is not entitled to be nominated if they have already served 8 years as the Premier of the province.

Explanatory Note

This Bill would ensure that term limits would be placed on elected officials of the legislature.