British Columbia. Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform

The Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform was an independent, non-partisan group of 160 randomly selected British Columbians, assembled to examine the British Columbia provincial electoral system. The members of the Assembly were selected from all 79 electoral districts in the province, as was chaired by Dr. Jack Blaney. Premier Gordon Campbell pledged in 2001 to put together an assembly to assess models for electing the Legislative Assembly, to adopt a model different from the one in place, and to present a report of their findings to the Attorney General. In September 2002, work began to put the Citizens Assembly together; the Assembly officially convened in January 2004, and disbanded in December 2004. The Assembly recommended a model known as the British Columbia Single Transferable Vote (BC-STV), and a public referendum concerning its adoption took place in May 2005.