British Columbia Southern Interior is a federal electoral district represented in the CanadianHouse of Commons, and located in the province of British Columbia. An electoral district (or riding) is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...
This is a list of Canadas 308 electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004. ... This is a list of past arrangements of Canadas electoral districts. ...
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Website of the Parliament of Canada (http://www.parl.gc.ca/)
BritishColumbia is the only province in Canada with recall election and initiative legislation.
The completion of the CPR in 1885, and it's upgrades during 1886, was a huge boost to Vancouver, the line's terminus founded in 1886, and it rapidly grew to become one of Canada's largest cities.
In 1903, BritishColumbia's territory shrank somewhat after the Alaska Boundary Dispute settled the vague boundary of the Alaska panhandle.
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