The geographical area from which one or more representatives is
chosen at an election is called an electoral district. Electoral
districts are also called ridings or constituencies.
The number of members to be chosen from an electoral district is
often called its
district magnitude
. At present the
Legislative Assembly
of British
Columbia is composed of 79 members each elected from one of 79
single member electoral districts (district magnitude of 1); see
also
at large election
;
multimember district
;
single member district
.
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