91原创 City council wants a return to an all-91原创 federal riding that includes both the City and Township.

Just-released minutes of a special Sept. 20 City Council meeting, held a few days before the Sept. 22 Federal Election Boundary Commission hearing in 91原创, show a vote in support of a Coun. Gayle Martin proposal that objects to a proposed 91原创 鈥� Cloverdale riding with part of Surrey, all of the City, and part of the Township.

Both 91原创s used to be a single federal riding represented by one MP before they were split in two in 2012, creating the 91原创 鈥� Aldergrove and Cloverdale 鈥� 91原创 city ridings..

鈥淭he City of 91原创 and the Township of 91原创 should be one electoral boundary represented by one Member of Parliament given the historical context, the number of shared services, shared school district, shared RCMP detachment, and shared regional city centre designation between the two communities,鈥� the Martin motion reads.

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The proposed electoral reconfiguration will 鈥渇urther split the riding into multiple electoral boundaries from the current electoral boundaries and create further challenges for the Member of Parliament that needs to represent three municipalities within the riding,鈥� the motion argued.

In a written submission to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission the City asks 鈥渢o consider reconfiguring the electoral boundaries to have one boundary for the City of 91原创 and the Township of 91原创, and be represented by one Member of Parliament鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檒l see what happens,鈥� Martin told the 91原创 Advance Times.

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Electoral Boundaries Commissions in each province re-draw the maps every 10 years after the Canadian Census.

Under the new proposed realignments, 91原创-Aldergrove would expand to the east, including much more of western Abbotsford.

The riding of Cloverdale-91原创 City, would also change its shape.

A new proposed riding of Pitt Meadows-Fort 91原创 has generated controversy with a proposed shape that would include all of 91原创 north of Highway One, along with a chunk of northeastern Surrey, Barnston Island, parts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, and a slice of Port Coquitlam.