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During the 2001 provincial election, the Liberal Party promised to create a citizens' assembly to consider changes to the provincial electoral system. 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 20022002 : January February March April May June July August September October November December → A timeline of events in the news for December, 2002. See also Afghanistan timeline December 2002 December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gu, Gibson recommended an assembly composed of randomly selected citizens, two from each of the province's 79 electoral district. The government adopted Gibson's recommendations in law in April 20032003 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for April 2003 . See also 2003 invasion of Iraq timeline Progress of the SARS outbreak Afghanistan timeline April 2003 April 30,.
In August 20032003 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2003. See also Afghanistan timeline August 2003 California recall Dodgy Dossier Columbia investigation EU enlargement, a pool of 15,800 names were selected from the voter roll. Selection into the Assembly continued until December. Two additional members, representing the First NationsFirst Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U. They have also been known as Indians Native Canadians Aboriginal Americans, or Aboriginals and in fact are off community, were added after the selection of the original 158.
From January2004 : January February March April May June July August September October November December Ongoing events 2004 Canadian Federal Election Conservative leadership race 2004 Taiwan Presidential Election 2004 U. Presidential Election Democratic Presidential to August 20042004 : January February March April May June July August September October November December See also: August 2004 in sports August 31, 2004 The WTO authorizes the imposition of sanctions against the United States for persistent violation of global trade, the Assembly went through a "Learning Phase", where the Assembly received experts and held public hearings so that the members can understand the different electoral systems in usage around the world and their various effects on the political process.
Between September2004 : January February March April May June July August September October November December See also: September 2004 in sports September 30, 2004 Typhoon Meari batters the town of Miyagawa, Mie Prefecture, Japan killing 27 and causing widespread flooding and October 2004, the members deliberated over which electoral system to recommend. On October 23, the Assembly decided that if they were to recommend an alternative system, it would be a STV system, over a Mixed Member Proportional system also under consideration. The next day, the Assembly voted in favour of recommending the change from the FPTP system to STV.