Draft:Metro Vancouver Board of Directors

The Metro Vancouver Board of Directors is the governing body of Metro Vancouver, a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. The board consists of 41 directors that are appointed by the various municipal councils of Metro Vancouver municipalities.

Each member municipality is allowed to appoint a certain number of directors to the board based on their population size. Additionally, each member receives one vote for every 20,000 people living in their council's jurisdiction.

Represented political parties
In Metro Vancouver, the municipal councils of Burnaby, Delta, Langley township, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver have members belonging to municipal political parties or elector organizations. As a result, many members of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors belong to a municipal political party, although the board does not formally recognize directors by their political party. Members are appointed by their respective councils to represent their municipality, and it is not uncommon for councillors of opposition or minor parties to be appointed as alternates.