Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
 British Columbia electoral district |
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| File:Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon.png
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
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| 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 subdivisions | Chilliwack, Hope, Kent, Fraser Valley E, Lillooet, Pemberton |
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
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Geography
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
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 will see this riding dissolved into Chilliwack—Hope and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, with a small portion going to West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. This will come into effect for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 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–Present | 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
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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| 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
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| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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| 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
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| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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| 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
References
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- Library of Parliament Riding Profile
- Expenditures - 2008
- Expenditures - 2004
Notes
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
