In May 2002, Adriane Carr put forward "A Citizen's Initiative to
Establish a Proportional Representation Electoral System in BC".
The Elections BC notice and the Draft Bill are attached
(see link to documents below). The abstract is included
here.
The initiative draft Bill establishes a mixed proportional
representation electoral system in British Columbia. Political
representation in the Legislature would reflect, as closely as
possible, the share of votes received by each political party. The
Bill reduces the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly from
79 to 68. Half the number of MLAs would be elected on an electoral
district basis using the existing electoral method. The other 34
seats would be held by party MLAs based on each political party's
share of valid votes on a party ballot. A party must receive at
least 5 percent of the popular vote or elect one constituency MLA
to hold party seats.
Provincial electoral district boundaries would be the same as
federal electoral boundaries. At a general election, voters would
cast two ballots, one for a constituency MLA to represent their
electoral district, the other for the political party of their
choice. The party MLAs would be selected from ranked party lists
submitted by registered political parties. Party lists would be
posted at voting places. By-elections would be held to fill vacant
constituency seats; party seats vacated between elections would be
filled using the party's ranked list from the previous election.
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