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- 1 2 "Electoral Boundaries Commission Reports". elections.bc.ca. Elections BC . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, RSBC 1996 c. 107, available online at
- ↑ "Electoral Boundaries Commission seeks 6 new B.C. ridings, revisions to 72 others". CBC. April 4, 2023.
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