The Yes for BC-STV campaign is organized around the 20 provincial ridings which will exist if British Columbians vote in favour of BC-STV.
Under the current Single Member Plurality system (commonly referred to as First-Past-the-Post), voters may choose only one candidate and only one candidate will ultimately be elected in each of the 85 ridings.
The total number of members elected to the legislature, 85, would not change under BC-STV. What would change is how we vote for candidates, the number of candidates we can vote for, and how many MLAs can be elected in each of the 20 ridings.
Under BC-STV, the Mid-Island riding would bring together the four current ridings of Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo-North Cowichan, Nanaimo and Parksville-Qualicum. Since four of the old ridings would be collected into one, voters would elect four MLAs. These MLAs would represent Mid-Island constituents in the legislature. Thus in the move to BC-STV, we lose nothing in representation and we gain proportionality in the legislature in accordance with the way we voted.
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