An all-party committee of the legislature took the first step toward redrawing Nova Scotia's electoral map on Monday. 

At its first meeting, the select committee of nine MLAs — five PCs, three New Democrats and a Liberal — agreed that a new electoral boundaries commission should likely be made up of nine members and their work should be limited to creating a maximum of three new ridings.

James Charlton, the chief clerk of the Nova Scotia Legislature, warned the MLAs that any more than three would…