Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
 Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 121,737 |
| Electors (2011) | 81,677 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 29,553.57 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Chilliwack, Hope, Kent, Fraser Valley E, Lillooet, Pemberton |
Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
Geography
[edit]The district includes the City of Chilliwack, the Districts of Hope and Kent (which includes the town of Agassiz, the small towns along the Fraser Canyon north to and including the Village of Lytton and the District of Lillooet, plus the rural settlements and mountain towns of the Bridge River Country.
History
[edit]The electoral district was created in 2003 principally from Fraser Valley riding with additional parts from Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast.
The 2012 electoral redistribution dissolved this riding into Chilliwack—Hope and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, with a small portion going to West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. This came into effect for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Fraser Valley, Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Chuck Strahl | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Mark Strahl | Conservative | |
| Riding to be dissolved into Chilliwack—Hope, Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country |
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Election results
[edit]| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Strahl | 28,160 | 57.20 | -5.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gwen O'Mahony | 12,691 | 25.78 | +7.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Diane Janzen | 5,320 | 10.81 | +2.29 | ||||
| Green | Jamie Hoskins | 2,706 | 5.50 | -3.27 | ||||
| Western Block | Clive Edwards | 180 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 173 | 0.35 | +0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,230 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.31 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,382 | 58.99 | +1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,713 | |||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 29,198 | 62.32 | +6.34 | $50,912 | |||
| New Democratic | Helen Kormendy | 8,791 | 18.76 | -2.13 | $15,877 | |||
| Green | Barbara Lebeau | 4,107 | 8.77 | +4.75 | $1,335 | |||
| Liberal | Myra Sweeney | 3,990 | 8.52 | -8.38 | $2,984 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Harold J. Ludwig | 653 | 1.39 | -0.56 | $10,242 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 113 | 0.24 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,852 | 100.0 | $97,307 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,981 | 58 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.24 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 26,842 | 55.98 | +2.31 | $73,315 | |||
| New Democratic | Malcolm James | 10,015 | 20.89 | +0.30 | $17,764 | |||
| Liberal | Myra Sweeney | 8,106 | 16.90 | -1.47 | $5,744 | |||
| Green | Ed Baye | 1,929 | 4.02 | +0.80 | $15 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 935 | 1.95 | -0.62 | $14,108 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 114 | 0.23 | +0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 47,941 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 134 | 0.28 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,075 | 63 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.00 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 24,096 | 53.67 | $61,610 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rollie L. Keith | 9,244 | 20.59 | $15,156 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Besner | 8,249 | 18.37 | $26,832 | ||||
| Green | Aisha Coghlan | 1,449 | 3.22 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 1,156 | 2.57 | $24,136 | ||||
| Marijuana | Norm Siefken | 603 | 1.34 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 95 | 0.21 | $173 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 44,892 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.22 | ||||||
| Turnout | 44,993 | 62 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley, Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, all of which elected a Canadian Alliance member in the last election. Chuck Strahl was the incumbent from Fraser Valley. | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon (Code 59005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile
- Expenditures - 2008
- Expenditures - 2004
Notes
[edit]- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
External links
[edit]- Website of the Parliament of Canada