History
During the 2001 provincial election, the Liberal Party promised to create a citizens' assembly to consider changes to the provincial electoral system (as opposed to forming a Royal Commission, as New Zealand did). The recommendation of the assembly would then be put as a referendum. In September 2002, Gordon Gibson was appointed to make recommendations on the composition and function of the assembly.
In December 2002, Gibson recommended an assembly composed of randomly selected citizens, two from each of the province's 79 electoral districts. The government adopted Gibson's recommendations in law in April 2003.
Read more about this topic: Citizens' Assembly On Electoral Reform (British Columbia)
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