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Victoria, twelfth clay o/ February _421985

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r-fi ldra,d-(1100',Woril Lieutenant - Governor Government Bill

Second Session, Thirty-third Parliament 33 Elizabeth IL 1984 Legislative Assembly of

BILL 47

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1985

Honourable James R. Chabot Provincial Secretary and Minister of Government Services Explanatory Notes

This Bill implements recommendations of the British Columbia Electoral

Commission. PIROVINUIAL1l.:CRET,%111( AND MINISTER (WM/VERN MENT SERVICES.

BILL 47-1985

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1985

IIER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as lidlows:

I. Section 18 of the Constitution Act, . 1979, c. 132, is amended by striking out "57 members," and substituting "69 members,".

2. Schedule 1 is amended by repealing the heading, desc'iption and definition of the Surrey Electoral District and substituting the following headings, descriptions and definitions:

SURREY-GUI LDFORD-WI I A LLEY KLECTORAI, DISTRICT All that portion of the Province of British Columbia which is contained within the following boundaries: Commencing at the intersection of the westerly boundary of the District Municipality of Langley with the middle line of Parsons Channel; thence northeasterly along said middle line to the intersection with the middle line of the mainstream of the Fraser River, passing to the east of Barnston Island: thence in a general westerly direction along the middle line of the Fraser River, passing to the north of ltarnston Island, to a point on the northerly prolongation of a straight line drawn between a point on a straight line between Monuments 5972 and 5997, distant 1 525 feet from said Monument 5972 and a point on a straight line between Monuments 5997 and 5976, distant 1 770 feet from said Monument 5976, said point being 1 650 feet northerly along said prolongation: thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 5976 and 3578, distant 1810 feet from said Monument 5976; thence N76°15'W for a distance of 2 740 feet; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3536 and "GUTS," distant 1 020 feet from said Monument 3536: thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3536 and "BLOOD," distant 1 290 feet from said Monument 3536: thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 5998 and 5974, distant 1 390 feet from Monument 5998; thence N571/0'W in a straight line for a distance of 2 320 feet; thence westerly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3521 and 3596, distant 1 342 feet from said Monument 3521; thence westerly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3528 and 3512, distant 1850 feet from BILL 17

said Monument 3528: thence southwesterly in straight lirw to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3542 and 3522, distant 2 130 feet from said Monument 3542: thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point on a straight line drawn between Monuments 3598 and 3527, distant 2 280 feet from said Monument 3598; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point 2 095 feet from Monument 3598 on a straight line bearing N44'45'18"W from said Monuments 3598 to "LUCKY" S.S.M.: thence S32"45'W a distance of 5 070 feet; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point 1 185 feet from Monument 3526 on a straight line bearing N I 6"9'W from said Monuments 3526 to 3507: thence S47'W a distance of 4 000 feet; thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point 1 235 feet from Monument "CROCK 5" on a straight line bearing \61'4'52"W from ,,aid Monuments "CROCK 5" to 3524: thence southwesterly in a straight line to the intersection with the westerly prolongation of the southerly boundary of Section 34, Block 5 nort h, Range 3 west: thence easterly along the said westerly prolongation and continuing easterly along the southerly boundaries of Sections 34, 35 and 36 of aforesaid Block 5 north, Range 3 west, the southerly boundaries of Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36. Block 5 north, Range 2 west, the southerly boundaries of Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, Block 5 north, Range I west to the northwest corner of Section 31; Township 8, west of the coast meridian: thence southerly along the westerly boundary of Section 31 to the southwest corner thereof: thence easterly along the southerly boundaries of Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34, Township 8. west of the coast meridian to the intersection with the westerly boundary of the District Municipality of Langley; thenc:, northerly along said westerly boundary to the point of commencement shall constitute one electoral district to be designated as "Surrey-Guildford-Whalley Electoral District": and return one member.

SURREY-NEWTON E. ECTORAI, DISTRICT All that portion of the Provin• e of British Columbia which is contained within the following bound mies: Commencing at the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 2, west of the coast meridian: thence southerly along the westerly boundaries of Sections 31, 30, 19, 18, 7 and Fractional Section 6 of Township 2 to the northerly boundary of District Lot 243, Group 2, New Westminster Land District; thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of the southerly boundary of the Great Northern Railway right of way plan 10770: thence in a general easterly direction along the southerly boundaries of plans 10770, 10769 to the point of intersection with the westerly boundary of District Lot 51: thence continuing N84°48'W distance of 855.6 feet to the point of intersection with the southerly boundary of plan 41992, thence continuing in a general easterly direction along the southerly boundaries of plans 41992, 38002, 35320 and 42263 to the intersection of the westerly boundary of Section 2, Township 2, west of the coast meridian, thence northerly along the westerly boundaries of Sections 2, I1, 14, 23 and 26 of aforesaid Township 2 to the northerly boundary of the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 2, west of the coast meridian: thence easterly along aforesaid

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northerly boundary to the %kesterly boundary of the southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 2, west of the coast meridian; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the southeast quarter of Section 26 to the southerly boundary thereof; thence easterly along the southerly boundary of Sections 26 and 25, Township 2, west of the coast meridian to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 2, west of the coast meridian; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of aforesaid northeast quarter to the southerly boundary of the northerly hullo!' the northeast quarter of Section 24; thence easterly along aforesaid southerly boundary to the westerly boundary of Section 19, Township 8, west of the coast meridian; thence northerly along the westerly boundaries of Sections 19, 30 and 31, Township 8, west of the coast meridian to the northwest corner of said Section 31; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries of Sections 36, 35, 34, 33, 32 and 31, Township 2, west of the coast meridian to the point of commencement shall constitute one electoral district to be designated as "Surrey-Newton Electoral District": and return one member.

SURREY-WIIITE ROCK-CLOVERDALE ELECTORAL. DISTRICT All that portion of the Province of British Columbia which is contained within the following boundaries: Commencing at the intersection of the southerly boundary of the Great Northern Railway with the westerly boundary of Fractional Section 6 of Township 2, west of the coast meridian: thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of the most southerly portion of the easterly boundary of Fractional Section I , Township 4, with the southerly boundary of said District Lot 243: thence southerly along the easterly boundary of Fractional Section 1, Township 4 to the most easterly southeast corner thereof: thence due south a distance of 160 chains: thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point clue south of the southwest corner of Fractional Section 27, Township 3, said point being 40 chains due north of the 49th parallel of north latitude; thence due south to said parallel; thence easterly along the 49th parallel of north latitude, being the southerly boundary of the Province of British Columbia, to the intersection with the westerly boundary of the District Municipality of Langley; thence northerly along said westerly boundary to the southeast corner of Section 34, Township 8, west of the coast meridian; thence westerly along the southerly boundaries of Sections 34, 33, 32 and 31, Township 8, to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 8; thence southerly along the westerly boundaries of Sections 30 and 19, Township 8, to the southerly boundary of the northerly half of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 2, west of the coast meridian: thence westerly along aforesaid southerly boundary to the southwest corner of the northerly half of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 2; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of aforesaid northeast quarter to the northwest corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly boundaries of Sections 25 and 26 to the easterly boundary of the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 2, west of the coast meridian; thence northerly along the aforesaid easterly boundary to the northerly boundary of the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 26, BILL 47

Township 2: thence westerly along aforesaid northerly boundary to the westerly boundar, of Section 26; thence southerly along the westerly boundaries of Sections 26, 23, 14. I I and 2, Township 2, west of the coast meridian to the intersection of the southerly boundary of t he Great Northern Railway right of way plan 42263; thence in a general westerly direction along the southerly boundaries of plans 42263, 35320, 38002 and 41992 to a point on said boundary lying N84°48'W of a point of intersection of the westerly boundary of District Lot 51 and the southerly boundary of Plan 10769; thence westerly 855.6 feet in a straight line to said point of intersection; thence along the southerly boundaries of plans 10769 and 10770 to the intersection of the prolongation southerly of the westerly boundary of Fractional Section 6 of Township 2, west of the coast meridian; thence northerly along moresa id prolongation and the westerly boundaries of Sections 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31, Township 2, west of the coast meridian to the point of commencement shall constitute one electoral district to he designated as "Surrey-White Rock Cloverdale Electoral District"; and return one member. , and bbl in each of the descriptions and definitions of the electoral districts of Boundary-Similkameen, Cariboo. Central Fraser Valley, Delta, Dewdney, Kamloops, Langley, Nanaimo, Okanagan South. Richmond and Saunich and the Islands by striking out "and return one member." and substituting in each case "and return 2 members."

3. Schedule 2 is amended by striking out the line containing the reference to "Surrey" and substituting the following: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley 100% Surrey-Newton 100% Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale 100%

4. This Act comes into force on the clay on which the 33rd Legislative Assembly is dissolved.

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