2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum

2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum

October 22 – December 7, 2018 (2018-10-22 – 2018-12-07)
Which system should British Columbia use for provincial elections?
Outcome	The current First Past the Post voting system
Results
Choice Votes % A proportional representation voting system 533,518 38.70% The current First Past the Post voting system 845,235 61.30% Valid votes 1,378,753 99.09% Invalid or blank votes 12,670 0.91% Total votes 1,391,423 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 3,297,396 42.2%
Question 1 results by electoral district   First Past the Post   Proportional Representation
Source: Voting results for the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform - Elections BC

A referendum on electoral reform took place by mail-in ballot between October 22 and December 7, 2018, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. 61.3 percent of voters supported maintaining the first-past-the-post voting system rather than switching to a proportional representation voting system, which was supported by 38.7 percent of voters. This was British Columbia's third referendum on electoral reform, following ones in 2005 and 2009.

Voters were asked two questions: first, what electoral system should be used to determine election results—the existing first-past-the-post (FPTP) system or a proportional representation (PR) system; and second, what type of proportional voting system should be used if PR were chosen. In the second question, voters were asked to rank three proportional representation voting systems: dual-member proportional representation, mixed-member proportional representation, and rural–urban proportional representation.

The referendum fulfilled an election commitment by the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) during the 2017 election. Their platform promised a referendum and that the government would actively campaign for electoral reform. Results were released by Elections BC on December 20, 2018.