Victoria, as well as the North Coast and northwest Interior, plus the mining towns of the Kootenays and key areas of Vancouver Island. Swing areas include the BC Interior, certain urban areas within the Lower Mainland (like Surrey) and certain rural areas (like in southeastern BC). Federal electoral districts The province of British Columbia currently has 42 electoral districts represented in the House of Commons of Canada. Regional voting patterns are similar to those for provincial ridings, except that many voters vote differently federally than they do provincially, particularly on the right. See also Outline of British Columbia geography List of islands of British Columbia Notes References External links Biogeoclimatic Zones of British Columbia Ecosystems of British Columbia List of parks Land Cover Relief Map of British Columbia Ecoregions of British Columbia Ecoregion Classification Background British Columbia: BCStats Erica A. Massey: A Comparative Study of Glaciovolcanic Palagonitization of Tholeitic and Alkaline Sideromelane in Helgafell, Icland, and Wells Gray-Clearwater Volcanic Filed, BC, Canada. B.Sc., The University of British Columbia, 2014