B.C. legislature. (BC Gov)
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Bill 7, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, could reduce the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly from the province’s northern region.
Attorney General David Eby introduced the bill on Monday. Every two general elections, the Electoral Boundaries Commission evaluates the boundaries and the number of constituents in each riding, making boundary changes to try and evenly distribute residents among MLAs.
This process doesn’t work the same way in rural British Columbia. Take Peace River North MLA Dan Davies, for example.
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“My riding right now is almost 170,000 square kilometres. It’s a challenge, but I manage. Under this new proposal, we could be looking at super ridings. Three or four MLAs would represent the entire northern two-thirds of our province. Can you imagine representing from Fort St. John to Prince George and all the way north,” says Davies.