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- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 abstract "The British Columbia electoral redistribution of 2008 was undertaken over a lengthy period that began in late 2005 and was completed with the passage of the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 on April 10, 2008. The redistribution modified most electoral boundaries in the province, and increased the number of MLAs from 79 to 85. The electoral boundaries created by the restribution will first be used in the 2009 provincial election.The provincial government mandated the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission to recommend new maps (for both BC-STV and the traditional \"single-member plurality\" SMP systems) prior to the second electoral reform referendum. The commission's preliminary report, delivered in August 2007, was received with concern by both the New Democratic Party opposition and the governing Liberal party. In addition to concerns about boundaries and size of individual ridings, the commission was criticized for shifting seats to the Lower Mainland (which was growing in population) and away from larger but less-populated areas (BC has traditionally given some electoral weight to vast but relatively underpopulated regions without large urban centres, particularly in the North).The commission held subsequent hearings and, in February 2008, submitted 50 amendments to its preliminary report. Province-wide, the amendments would result in a net increase of four electoral districts, for a total of 83 single member plurality electoral districts. The number of proposed BC-STV electoral districts remains at 20. Because of the concern of both parties about the loss of seats in the North and Cariboo, the Commission also reported on the 85-seat map it would have designed if the legislature had passed an amendment requiring this. The legislature then approved the alternative boundaries for 85 ridings.The 2008 provincial election in neighbouring Alberta served as a reminder to BC of the \"unfinished business\" looming ahead. Ed Stelmach's Conservative party won a sizable majority government (73 out of 83 seats) on the strength of a bare majority of votes cast. In response, the Vancouver Sun described BC's indecision over boundaries as \"a significant hitch (that) has developed in the electoral boundary reform process that was to have illustrated how an STV system would carve up the province...Unless members of the legislature are able to forge a compromise that will rescue the politically unpalatable recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, voters will face another vote on whether to change the system while still uncertain as to how it will look in their home communities.\"".
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- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford-Clayburn.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford-Mission.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford-Mount_Lehman.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford_South.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Abbotsford_West.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Alberni-Pacific_Rim.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Alberni-Qualicum.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Alberta.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Alberta_general_election,_2008.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Boundary-Similkameen.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia_electoral_reform_referendum,_2009.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia_general_election,_2009.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Bulkley_Valley-Stikine.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby-Deer_Lake.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby-Edmonds.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby-Lougheed.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby-Willingdon.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burnaby_North.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Burquitlam_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Cariboo-Chilcotin_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Cariboo_North.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Cariboo_South.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Category:2008_in_British_Columbia.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Category:2008_in_Canadian_politics.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Electoral_redistributions_in_Canada.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parliament_of_British_Columbia.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Chilliwack-Hope.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Chilliwack-Kent.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Chilliwack-Sumas.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Chilliwack_(electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Columbia_River-Revelstoke.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Comox_Valley_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Coquitlam-Burke_Mountain.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Coquitlam-Maillardville.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Cowichan-Ladysmith.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Cowichan_Valley_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Delta_North.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Delta_South.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Ed_Stelmach.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Esquimalt-Metchosin.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Esquimalt-Royal_Roads.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Langley-Aldergrove.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Fraser-Nicola.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Juan_de_Fuca_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kamloops-North_Thompson.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kamloops-South_Thompson.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kamloops_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kelowna-Lake_Country_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kelowna-Mission.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kootenay_East_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Kootenay_West_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Langley_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Malahat-Juan_de_Fuca.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Maple_Ridge-Mission.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Maple_Ridge-Pitt_Meadows.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Nanaimo-North_Cowichan.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Nanaimo-Parksville.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Nanaimo_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Nechako_Lakes_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Nelson-Creston.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink New_Brunswick_electoral_redistribution,_2006.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink New_Westminster_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink North_Coast_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink North_Island_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink North_Vancouver-Lonsdale.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink North_Vancouver-Seymour.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Oak_Bay-Gordon_Head.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Okanagan-Westside.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Parksville-Qualicum.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Peace_River_North.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Peace_River_South.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Penticton-Okanagan_Valley.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Penticton_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Plurality_voting_system.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Coquitlam-Burke_Mountain.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Coquitlam_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Moody-Coquitlam_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Port_Moody-Westwood.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Powell_River-Sunshine_Coast.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Prince_George-Mackenzie.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Prince_George-Mount_Robson.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Prince_George-Valemount.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Prince_George_North.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Prince_George–Omineca.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Richmond-Steveston.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Richmond_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Richmond_East.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Saanich_North_and_the_Islands.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Saanich_South.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Shuswap_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Skeena_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Stikine_(provincial_electoral_district).
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Surrey-Cloverdale.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Surrey-Fleetwood.
- British_Columbia_electoral_redistribution,_2008 wikiPageWikiLink Surrey-Green_Timbers.