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	Law Society of British Columbia: Benchers' Bulletin
		Electoral boundaries and the number of Benchers can be changed by approval by 2/3 of the members at a general meeting of the Society, or in a referendum.
		In examining the adequacy of the present electoral boundaries for the election of Benchers, the first consideration is the relative lawyer population of the electoral districts.
		This alternative would create three electoral districts in the City: the downtown (west of Carroll), the region west of Cambie Street (528 lawyers) and the region that is east of Cambie and east of Carroll downtown (255 lawyers).
	www.lawsociety.bc.ca /publications_forms/bulletin/1990-99/92-12supp.html (3289 words)

	CBC - British Columbia Votes 2005 - Features - Election Dictionary
		District Magnitude (n) the number of candidates who are to be elected from an electoral district.
		District magnitude under the current electoral system is one: only one person wins in each riding.
		On a map, the controversial district was in the shape of a salamander.
	www.cbc.ca /bcvotes2005/features/dictionary.html (3914 words)

	Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is a sub-provincial administrative district within the province of British Columbia, Canada.
		The unincorporated Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A, which comprises all unincorporated land within the Regional District boundaries, including the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands and Fraser River islands of Douglas Island and Barnston Island.
		The population of Electoral district A is 7,096 (2001).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District (473 words)

	Canada Gazette
		The task of the Commission is to propose readjustment of the boundaries of federal electoral districts in British Columbia based on the 2001 decennial census.
		The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (the Act) mandates in paragraph 15(1)(a) that the Commission "proceed on the basis that the population of each electoral district in the province as a result thereof shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota for the province".
		The population in the 10 electoral districts in the interior of the province divided by the electoral quota, indicated that that area was entitled to 8.8 electoral districts rather than 10.
	canadagazette.gc.ca /partI/2002/20020720-s/html/suppl-e.html (2232 words)

	BCCLA Position Paper: Redistibution of electoral boundaries in B.C., 1987
		Redistibution of electoral boundaries in B.C. The redistribution of electoral boundaries is an issue of special interest to the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, an organization established and maintained to protect and enhance the rights of citizens, and to encourage them to take seriously the responsibilities implied by those rights.
		In our brief written submission to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission of B.C. in November 1986, the BCCLA informed the Commission of the litigation our Association is engaged in concerning the applicability of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to electoral districting laws at the provincial level.
		As you may be aware, the divergence in the number of electors between the most populous and least populous provincial electoral districts in British Columbia is a ratio of 14 or 15 to one.
	www.bccla.org /positions/political/87electoral.html (1406 words)

	nanaimo - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Nanaimo : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		NANAIMO : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Phrases that include nanaimo: nanaimo bar, alberni nanaimo, esquimalt & nanaimo railway, esquimalt and nanaimo railway, nanaimo alberni, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=nanaimo (169 words)

	Encyclopedia: NanaimoÂ—Alberni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The district includes Lasqueti Island, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoqout, and all of the Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the extreme northern part of Nanaimo.
		The electoral district was created in 1996 from the ridings of Comox—Albernia and Nanaimo—Cowichan.
		Categories: British Columbia federal electoral districts For the Reform Party that existed prior to Canadian Confederation see Reform Party (pre-Confederation) The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party in the 1980s and 1990s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nanaimo%97Alberni (279 words)

	Estate Administration Act -- OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATORS DESIGNATION REGULATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That portion of the County of Kootenay embraced in the Cranbrook Electoral District
		That portion of the County of Yale embraced in that portion of the Similkameen Electoral District lying to the east of the 120th meridian of longitude
		That portion of the County of Cariboo embraced in the Fort George Electoral District lying south of the 55th parallel, and that portion of the County of Cariboo embraced in the Omineca Electoral District
	www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/reg/E/24_58.htm (606 words)

	Welland (electoral district) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Welland is the name of a federal electoral district in (A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada) Ontario, (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada.
		The electoral district was created in 2003 74.9% from Niagara Centre, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls.
		There was also a district called Welland that existed from 1867 to 1987.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/We/Welland_(electoral_district).htm (334 words)

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Electoral recall is a process by which voters can petition to remove an elected politician - and in some jurisdictions, an appointed judge - from his or her position.
		Only an individual who is a registered voter of the member's electoral district can apply to have a petition issued for the recall of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
		An individual can apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for a petition for the recall of the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district in which the applicant is registered to vote.
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/recall/recall.html (1075 words)

	Peace River Regional District, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Its member municipalities are the cities of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, the district municipalities of Tumbler Ridge, Chetwynd, Taylor, and Hudson's Hope, and the village of Pouce Coupe.
		The regional district is characterized by rolling hills with grain and cattle farms.
		To the east the Regional District borders with the Alberta counties of Greenview, Grande Prairie, Saddle Hills, Clear Hills, and Northern Lights at the BC-Alberta border.
	bestproxy.info /myspace/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River_Regional_District,_British_Columbia (714 words)

	Linked Web: Nanaimo
		Nanaimo (population: 73000) is located on the east side of Vancouver Island, along the Strait of Georgia.
		Nanaimo is the regional library of the Nanaimo Judicial District.
		Nanaimo Information is the best place to come for information about Nanaimo including real estate, shopping and movie theaters.
	www.linkedweb.com /search/nanaimo.html (332 words)

	Malpeque (electoral district) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Malpeque is the name of a federal electoral district in (An island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada) Prince Edward Island, (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada.
		The district includes the extreme eastern part of (additional info and facts about Prince County) Prince County and most of (additional info and facts about Queens County) Queens County except the extreme eastern portion and the City of (The provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island) Charlottetown.
		The electoral district was created in 1966 from Prince and Queen's.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Malpeque_(electoral_district).htm (308 words)

	BCCLA Position Paper: Electoral Boundaries, 1985
		3 enacted the said recommendations of the Electoral Commission and provided that the new electoral boundaries and the conversion of the aforementioned electoral districts from single member electoral districts to dual member electoral districts was to come into force "on the day on which the 33rd Legislative Assembly is dissolved".
		The said report of the Electoral Commission notes in Table A that the Electoral District of Atlin had 6,314 residents in the 1981 census, while the Electoral District of Vancouver Little Mountain had 81,591 residents, and the Electoral District of Coquitlam-Moody had 58.219 residents.
		The disparity between the number of voters per electoral district infringes upon the right of Canadian citizens and registered voters to vote by granting less representation and less effective representation in the legislative assembly of the Province of British Columbia to voters in the electoral districts with more voters than the average.
	www.bccla.org /positions/political/85boundaries.html (781 words)

	BC-EBC.ca - History and Timeline
		A watershed moment in the history of electoral boundaries readjustment occurred with the formation of the Royal Commission on Electoral Districts, chaired by Justice Thomas Fisher, the sole member of the commission.
		The commission readjusted all electoral districts to ensure that, for the first time, each had a population within plus or minus 25% of the electoral quotient for the Province.
		Its recommendations included utilizing the very special circumstances clause to preserve six electoral districts, of which some would have faced elimination, if population alone were the deciding factor.
	www.bc-ebc.ca /about/learn_more/history_and_timeline (632 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nanaimo (provincial electoral district)
		B.C. General Election 2001: Nanaimo (70% Voter turnout)
		B.C. General Election 1996: Nanaimo (70% Voter turnout)
		B.C. General Election 1991: Nanaimo (71% Voter turnout)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nanaimo-%28provincial-electoral-district%29 (998 words)

	Nanaimo Petition, 1878
		The Humble Petition of the undersigned Voters of the Electoral District of Nanaimo:
		That by the "Constitution Act, 187l," of this Province, the tract of land included in a circle with a radius of 17 miles from the Bastion in the City of Nanaimo, is constituted the Electoral District of Nanaimo, and is allotted One Member of Parliament for its representation.
		That at the last revision of the Electoral Roll there were 452 voters for the Electoral District of Nanaimo, of whom 282 belong to the city.
	www.rootsweb.com /~canbc/nanpet78.htm (246 words)

	District of Sooke's Liquid Waste Mgmt. Plan
		The standard three stage LWMP process would take 2 to 4 years for our community to complete, but since the District of Sooke has already done a lot of work on the first stage, it is expected the process can be somewhat accelerated.
		Based on an earlier meeting with MOE staff in Nanaimo, there seems to be a consensus that a full Stage 1 LWMP will not be required due to the previous work, including several public meetings, carried out on the issue of sewage collection and disposal.
		District of Sooke Bylaw #90 - A bylaw to establish the service of the promotion of water quality of the Sooke Harbour and Basin
	www.district.sooke.bc.ca /lwmp.htm (1146 words)

	Nanaimo - Government
		Nanaimo is among British Columbia's most liveable cities, having a favorable balance of lifestyle, employment and investment opportunities.
		Residents pay only for those services provided to the electoral area or municipality in which they live.
		Some of the RDN's responsibilities and services are: transit, liquid and solid waste treatment, recreation and parks, water and sewer utilities.
	www.relocatecanada.com /nanaimo/govern.html (648 words)

	The Powell River Peak - Electoral reform 'not dead'
		Members of the Yes Campaign for electoral change in BC are calling on the government to implement a different system for the 2009 provincial election.
		New Democratic Party leader Carole James has indicated she is in favour of electoral reform, although she voted no for STV.
		BC Green Party leader Adriane Carr, who ran as a candidate in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding, said the results were a resounding vote for electoral reform.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14590597&BRD=1998&PAG=461&dept_id=221589&rfi=6 (512 words)

	DND Estimated Expenditures by Electoral District and Province for Fiscal Year 2001-2002
		DND Estimated Expenditures by Electoral District and Province 2002-2003
		The identification of the electoral districts by postal codes is based on information obtained from Statistics Canada.
		It must be emphasized that the data provided in this report does not represent the exact amount spent in each electoral district, but is an estimate based on the best information available in expenditure based systems. This is not to be construed as an economic analysis but an estimate of direct financial activity.
	www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca /financial_docs/expend/2002/Publication_Final_e.asp (459 words)

	RDN / Regional District of Nanaimo / Mount Benson Regional Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mount Benson Regional Park is located in Electoral Area C in the Regional District of Nanaimo.
		Stunning views from the peak and higher elevation viewpoints overlook the City of Nanaimo, the Strait of Georgia and Mainland on the north and east, with a mountain panorama into the central Vancouver Island highland mountains to the south and west.
		Over the past two years, the Nanaimo Area Land Trust has collected several documents identifying flora and fauna species and other special features of the property; and two groups of Malaspina University-College students and staff conducted two-day site-specific ground-truthing inventories on the property in the fall of 2003 and spring of 2004.
	www.nanaimosidewinders.com /landuse/mtbenson.htm (820 words)

	Encyclopedia: Woodward's
		Meanwhile the Edmonton store grew in parallel with the Vancouver store, although it was not until Charles' death in 1937 that it would be combined with the Vancouver business under one unified administrative structure.
		A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction.
		The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Woodward%27s (4048 words)

	Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform - News release - Nanaimo hearing
		He proposed BC adopt a type of mixed electoral system which gives voters expanded choice by allowing them to vote for both a constituency candidate – by ranking the options on the ballot – and for a party candidate – by selecting a candidate from the party list.
		West’s system included electoral districts based on BC’s existing Regional Districts, with varying numbers of candidates elected in each district, depending on the district’s population.
		Advocating a similar system, Grade 11 student Stephen McCarthy suggesting enlarging electoral districts and having multiple representatives elected in each based on the proportion of the vote each party received in that district.
	www.citizensassembly.bc.ca /public/news/2004/05/mjacobson-16_0405272327-435 (610 words)

	Nanaimo Hotels
		The district includes Lasqueti Island, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoqout, and all of the Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the extreme northern part of Nanaimo.
		The electoral district was created in 1996 from the ridings of Comox—Albernia and Nanaimo—Cowichan.
		It comprises of the City of Nanaimo, the City of Duncan, the Town of Ladysmith, and the District of North Cowichan.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/143/nanaimo-hotels.html (790 words)

	Nanaimo Free Press: June, 1889 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The County Court opened at two o'clock, and the entire session was occupied in hearing the evidence in the case of John Foster versus Alex.
		Verily, Nanaimo and the surrounding districts are magnificent for fruit culture.
		The ledge is situated on the gulf side of the island, and the coal found is similar in appearance to that found this section of Nanaimo district.
	www.island.net /~gm_chin/nfpjun89.html (1451 words)

	The Powell River Peak - Island Coastal Economic Trust
		The Sunshine Coast Regional District, the Town of Gibsons and the District of Sechelt have all passed resolutions calling for the entire Sunshine Coast to be considered as a third RAC, with committed funding of $10 million.
		Powell River Regional District directors passed a motion at the November 23 board meeting generally agreeing with the principles of the motion from Gibsons.
		Colin Palmer, board chairman and Electoral Area C director, reported that he and Mayor Stewart Alsgard attended an ICET workshop on Vancouver Island over the weekend of November 17 and 18.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17559447&BRD=1998&PAG=461&dept_id=221589&rfi=6 (719 words)

	Elections Canada On-line / Élections Canada On-line
		This form allows you to search summaries of contributions and expenses reported by candidates, by electoral district.
		In the case of a general election, you can obtain summaries for up to six electoral districts at a time.
		If you wish to search for more than six electoral districts, simply click on "Continue" at the bottom of the summary results page, which will bring you back to this form.
	www.elections.ca /eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 (83 words)

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