Elections BC

Electoral Boundaries Commission Reports

British Columbia is currently divided into 85 areas called electoral districts. Each electoral district is represented by one Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Every eight years an independent commission reviews the electoral district boundaries and names. This ensures that each MLA represents about the same number of people.

The Legislative Assembly reviews the commission’s proposals and votes to approve them, reject them, or approve them with alterations. If the commission’s proposals are approved or approved with alterations, the government must introduce them as a bill.

On February 14, 2008, the most recent commission submitted its final proposals. The Legislative Assembly voted to approve the proposals with alterations. On April 10, 2008, the Legislative Assembly passed the Electoral Districts Act, establishing the 85 electoral districts. The electoral districts came into effect on April 14, 2009, the day the writs were issued for the 2009 General Election.

Please see below for links to the commission’s two reports: the Preliminary Report and the Amendments to the Preliminary Report. Also available are reports from past commissions.

• Amendments to the Preliminary Report - February 14, 2008 - British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Preliminary Report - August 15, 2007 - British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Report (Amendments to report of Dec. 1998) - June 3, 1999
• Electoral Boundaries Commission Report - December 3, 1998
• Report of the Royal Commission on Electoral Boundaries for BC - December 1988
• Preliminary Report of Proposed Boundaries for British Columbia Electoral Districts - May 1988

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Amendments to the Preliminary Report - February 14, 2008
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission

• Report Cover
• Part 1-2
• Part 3 A-F
• Part 3 G-L
• Part 4-6
• Appendices:
  • Appendix A , Appendix B, Appendix C, Appendix D, Appendix E,
    Appendix F, Appendix G, Appendix H, Appendix I, Appendix J, Appendix K, Appendix L, Appendix M, Appendix N, Appendix O, Appendix P, Appendix Q

Preliminary Report - August 15, 2007
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• The Role of the Commission
• History of Electoral Boundaries
• Legal Framework
• Effective Representation
• District Populations
• Regional Groupings
• Electoral Districts
• Proposed SMP Boundaries:
  • A Description and the Process
  • The North
  • The Cariboo-Thompson
  • The Okanagan
  • The Columbia-Kootenay
  • The Fraser Valley
  • The Tri-Cities Area
  • Surrey
  • Richmond and Delta
  • Burnaby and New Westminster
  • Vancouver
  • The North Shore
  • Vancouver Island and South Coast
• Proposed BC-STV Boundaries:
  • Sections A-D
  • The North
  • Cariboo-Thompson
  • Okanagan
  • Columbia-Kootenay
  • Fraser Valley
  • Tri-Cities
  • Surrey
  • Richmond and Delta
  • Burnaby New Westminster
  • Vancouver
  • North Shore
  • Vancouver Island South Coast
• Looking Ahead
• Descriptions of Proposed Electoral Boundaries
• Additional Information