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The Regional District of Nanaimo was incorporated on August 24, 1967. It has members that are cities, towns, districts, and seven electoral areas that contain unincorporated communities. The region owns and operates the Nanaimo Regional Transit System, which provides conventional local bus routes and special needs paratransit services.
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.
This is a list of Regional District Electoral Areas in the province of British Columbia, Canada, sorted by regional district. These are unincorporated areas outside of municipal boundaries. Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Nanaimo-Parksville 2001-2008; The Islands 1903-1937; Newcastle (electoral district) 1916; Cowichan-Newcastle; Nanaimo riding did not appear in the 1909 election, but Nanaimo City and The Islands were the Nanaimo-area ridings in the 1909 or 1912 election. The riding of Newcastle appeared in the 1916 election, as did The Islands. For the 1924 ...
List of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia * Regional district; A. Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District; B. ... Regional District of Nanaimo;
N.B. this category is only for articles pertaining to items under the jurisdiction of the regional district. For geographic locations, Indian Reserves, provincial parks and other subjects not related to regional district powers, please use other categories.
Oceanside is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.It is part of the Regional District of Nanaimo and includes the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach as well as the unincorporated communities of Nanoose Bay, Coombs, Errington, French Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay, Qualicum Bay and a few other smaller centres.
Bowser is in the Regional District of Nanaimo and in its Electoral Area H, one of eight in the District. [2] The community was named after William J. Bowser, premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916. [3] Bowser is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway.