An electoral redistribution in

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

was undertaken by the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission beginning in 2014 and was formalized by the passage of Bill 42, the ''2015 Electoral Districts Act'', during the 40th British Columbia Parliament. The act came into effect on November 17, 2015. The redistribution added two seats to the previous total, increasing the number of MLAs in the province from 85 to 87. The electoral boundaries came into effect for the 2017 election. The next redistribution is required to occur following the

2020 British Columbia general election The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd Parliament of British Columbia, 42nd parliament of the Canadian ...

Changes

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* Burnaby-Deer Lake * Burnaby-Edmonds *

Cowichan Valley The Cowichan Valley is a region around the Cowichan River, Cowichan Bay and Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. There is some debate as to the origin of the name Cowichan, which many believe to be an anglicized for ...

* Delta North * Delta South *

Kamloops-North Thompson Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was formerly considered a political bellwether for the next provincial government, having swung to the governing party ever ...

* Kelowna-Lake Country *

Kelowna-Mission Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Kelowna-Mission comprises the southeastern portion of the Regional Dist ...

Kootenay West Kootenay West was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1914 from parts o ...

Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. A riding covering a similar area, Maple Ridge-Mission, was first created in 2001 and then had its boundaries adjusted in 2008. The r ...

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the provin ...

Nechako Lakes The Nechako Lakes is a term for group of lakes in Northern British Columbia, Canada on the Nechako Plateau. Major lakes in the group are Babine Lake, Francois Lake, Ootsa Lake, Trembleur Lake, Takla Lake and Stuart Lake. "Nechako Lakes," ...

Nelson-Creston Kootenay Central is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance under the name Nelson-Creston in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earli ...

* North Coast *

North Island The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...

* Peace River North *

Peace River South Peace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name South Peace River by the ''Constitution Amendment Act, 1955'', which split the old riding of Peace Ri ...

Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley of the British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan Lake, Okanagan and Skaha Lake, Skaha lakes. In the 2021 Canadian Census, its population was 36,885, while its Census geographic un ...

Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam ( ) is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. Located east of Vancouver, it is on the north bank of the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders ...

Powell River-Sunshine Coast Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Member of the Legislative Assembly Current MLA Randene Neill (BC NDP) was elected to repre ...

Saanich North and the Islands Saanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands. Saani ...

* Skeena * Shuswap * Stikine *

Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fairview is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada in use from 2001 to 2024. Fairview is made up of two rectangles: one bounded by Granville Street to the east, 16th Avenue ...

* Vancouver-Fraserview * Vancouver-Hastings * Vancouver-Kensington * Vancouver-Kingsway * Vancouver-Langara * Vancouver-Mount Pleasant *

Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was first contested in the general election of 1933. It was created out of parts of Richmond-Point Grey, South Vancouver and V ...

* Vancouver-Quilchena * Vernon-Monashee * Victoria-Swan Lake * West Vancouver-Capilano

Adjusted (39)

* Abbotsford-Mission * Abbotsford South *

Abbotsford West Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia established by the 2008 British Columbia electoral redistribution, ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was fi ...

Boundary-Similkameen Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in 2008 out of parts of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. The riding's name corresponds to that of a form ...

* Burnaby-Lougheed * Burnaby North * Cariboo-Chilcotin *

Cariboo North Cariboo North is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Cariboo, which came into effect for the 1991 BC e ...

Chilliwack Chilliwack ( ) is a city of about 100,000 people and in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located about east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley. The enumerated population is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the gr ...

* Columbia River-Revelstoke * Coquitlam-Burke Mountain * Coquitlam-Maillardville * Fraser-Nicola *

Kamloops-South Thompson Kamloops-South Thompson is a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada in use from 2009 to 2024. The district was established by the '' Electoral Districts Act, 2008'' and first contested in the 2009 general election. Un ...

Kootenay East Kootenay East (also known as Kootenay East—Revelstoke) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1997. This riding was created as ...

* Langley *

Nanaimo Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating fr ...

* Nanaimo-North Cowichan *

New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the cap ...

North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Lonsdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver (electoral districts) Dem ...

North Vancouver-Seymour North Vancouver-Seymour is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver (electoral districts) Geogr ...

* Oak Bay-Gordon Head *

Parksville-Qualicum Parksville-Qualicum was a former provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest betwe ...

* Port Moody-Coquitlam * Prince George-Mackenzie * Prince George-Valemount * Richmond-Steveston *

Saanich South Saanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1 ...

Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Cloverdale is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography 1999 redistribution Changes to Surrey- ...

* Surrey-Fleetwood * Surrey-Green Timbers * Surrey-Newton * Surrey-Panorama * Surrey-Whalley *

Surrey-White Rock Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region. Demographics ...

* Vancouver-False Creek * Vancouver-West End * Victoria-Beacon Hill * West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Minor adjustment with name change (1)

* Kelowna West (was "''Westside-Kelowna''")

Replaced (9)

(primary successor riding is shown) * Alberni-Pacific Rim → Mid Island-Pacific Rim * Chilliwack-Hope →

Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Kent was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that existed from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2017 to 2024. Between 2009 and 2017, it was replaced by the Chilliwack-Hope riding. In ...

Comox Valley The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that includes the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, and the unincorporated settlements of Royston, Union Bay, Fann ...

→ Courtenay-Comox * Esquimalt-Royal Roads → Esquimalt-Metchosin * Fort Langley-Aldergrove → Langley East * Juan de Fuca → Langford-Juan de Fuca * Richmond Centre → Richmond North Centre * Richmond East → Richmond-Queensborough * Surrey-Tynehead →

Surrey-Guildford Surrey-Guildford is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, that was created in the Br ...

New ridings (2)

* Richmond South Centre *

Surrey South Surrey South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from ...

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