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| 25 | ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ACT (Third Reading) |
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BILL 25 — 2023
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| Contents | ||
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| 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 | ||
HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 There are to be 93 electoral districts, with one member of the Legislative Assembly to be elected for each.
2 The names of the electoral districts are those specified in Schedule 1.
3 The boundaries of the electoral districts are those specified in Schedule 2.
4 The area of an electoral district consists of that part of the Province comprised within the boundaries of the electoral district.
5 The Electoral Districts Act, S.B.C. 2015, c. 39, is repealed and the electoral districts under that Act are disestablished.
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.