34 - Wednesday, May 6, 1987 - North Shore News

Province of British Columbia

ROYAL COMMISSION ON ELECTORAL BOUN! ARIES ©

Order in Council No. 690

SCOPE AND PURPOSE
A Commission has been issued under the Inquiry Act appointing the Honourable Judge Thomas Kemp Fisher as Commissioner to
» Inquire into ‘the composition of those Electoral Districts that now return two members to the Legislative Assembly and into the
“, composition of the Electoral Districts that are contiguous to those Elactorai Districts that now return two members, and to carry out
the other duties hereinafter set out.

The Commissioner shail conduct his inquiries with a view to recommending the establishment of new Electoral Districts, each .
"returning one member to the Legislative Assembly, to replace those that now return two members to the Legislative Assembly.

The Commission has been directed to have regard to the following factors:

(a) Tho principle of the electoral quota, that is to say, the quotiont obtained by dividing t the population of the Province, as":
ascertained by the most recent population figures published by Statistics Canada, pureuant tc to the Statistics Act (Canada), By. a
the total number of members of the Leglelative Assembly;

(bd): Historical and regional claims for representation; — a

(c) Special geographic considerations including the sparsity or density of population of. various regions, the sccesetlty to ‘such. _
regions.or the size or shape thereof; -

{d) Special community interests of the Inhabitants of particular regions; and

(e) The need for a balance of community interests.

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_ Those Electoral Districts that could be affected by the Commission's recommendations include:

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PROVINCIAL ELECT ORAL
. DISTRICTS CURRENTLY :
RETURNING TWO MEMBERS

1. Boundary — Simiikameen

_ 2 Cariboo = -

"3. Centrat Fraser Vatley
a Delta

CONTIGUOUS PAOVINCIAL .
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
CURRENTLY RET VANING
CNE MEMBER

Yale — Lillooet
Okanagan North
Rossland — Trail

McKenzie —

*“ Omineca
-Prince George South.

Yale — Lillooet

_Chittiwack

Surrey — Guildford
— Whalley

: Surrey — Newton

Me ‘Surrey — White Rock

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‘ “Surrey - Guildtord ae

=> Whalley

“Coquitlam — Moody * er

West Vancouver — Howe Sound

*< Chiltiwack’
"Yate == Littooet °

Prince George — South

. Shuswap — Revelstoke

” Surrey "— White Rock

— Cloverdale ~
Surrey — Guildlord
— Whalley

- HEARINGS

PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL :
DISTRICTS CURRENTLY .-
RETURNING TWO MEMBERS -

“8, Nanaimo:

. Okanagan South |.
. Richmond

. Saanich and the tslands

. Vancouver Centre - ,

. Vancouver East 92)

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. Vancouver Little Mountain, J

}. Vancouver South =:

16. Vancouver — “Point Grey us

. Vietorla -

” Burnaby — Willingdon

CONTIGUOUS PROVINCIAL

“ ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

CURRENTLY RETURNING .
ONE MEMBER - -

. Cowichan —— Malahat

Alberni
Comox

Yale — Lillooet.

Okanagan — North...

Burnaby - Wiilingdon Ls

New Westminster ...-

Esquimalt

_¢ Port Rentrew ° :
- Cowichan —' Malahat

Oak Bay — Gordon Head. .

West Vancouver — Howe Sound

’ North Vancouver — Capilano
. North Vancouver — Seymour

:. North Vancouver — Seymour .
Burnaby North: ..°-
» Burnaby Willington

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Esquimalt — Port Rentrew

a Oak Bay.—. Gordon Head

“Public Hearings wil be | held in those: Electoral Districts that.currently return two members. The date and location of such Public ‘

Hearings will be advertised following the first meeting} The first meeting shall be only to receive the formal documents constituting

a : Ans. Commission and will be held at. 10:00 a. m.on Friday, May 15, 1987 at:

Windsor Room ae
Hotel Georgia -
801 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia

‘SUBMISSIONS INVITED oo ay

Interested persons and organizations are invited to submit written briefs. Those delivering written briefs should indicate whether or

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me not an oral submission will also be made. Written briefs are requested on or before June 12, 1987. Forward written briefs to:

: The Honourable Judge Thomas K. Fisher
Commissioner
; 580 - 625 Howe Street
2 . Vancouver, British Columbia
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, The ‘Commission will also receive oral submissions at Public Hearings to be held on dates and at locations to be announced.

| All enquiries should be directed to Mr. Terry Julian, Chief Administration Officer, at 580 - 625 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C. VEC 2T6.
Telephone: 660-4169. — '