Abbotsford-Mission

Abbotsford-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Reann Gasper Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2021)	59,296
Area (km²)	88
Pop. density (per km²)	673.8
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Abbotsford, Mission [1]

Abbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the 38th BC Parliament in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election.

Geography

The electoral district is composed of parts of the City of Abbotsford (including Clayburn and Ridgedale) and the City of Mission (including its core and Hatzic). ^[1]

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Abbotsford-Mission
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Maple Ridge-Mission, Abbotsford-Clayburn and Chilliwack-Sumas prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Randy Hawes	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Simon Gibson
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2024		Pam Alexis	New Democratic
43rd	2024–present		Reann Gasper	Conservative

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Randy Hawes, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Maple Ridge-Mission riding.

Electoral history

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Reann Gasper	13,523	55.39%	+50.7
	New Democratic	Pam Alexis	10,893	44.61%	-2.1
Total valid votes/expenses limit			24,416	100%		$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+26.1
Source: Elections BC [2]

2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party		%
	New Democratic	46.4
	Liberal	35.3
	Green	10.9
	Conservative	5.6
	Christian Heritage	1.8

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pam Alexis	10,364	41.07	+11.90	$22,050.17
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	9,620	38.12	−13.07	$38,355.28
	Green	Stephen Fowler	2,667	10.57	−6.51	$1,113.00
	Conservative	Trevor Hamilton	1,989	7.88	–	$1,310.44
	Christian Heritage	Aeriol Alderking	595	2.36	−0.20	$1,305.19
Total valid votes			25,235	99.40	–
Total rejected ballots			152	0.60	+0.07
Turnout			25,387	53.45	-5.76
Registered voters			47,500
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.48
Source: Elections BC [4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	12,879	51.19	+0.52	$50,561
	New Democratic	Andrew Murray Christie	7,339	29.17	+1.97	$284
	Green	Jennifer Holmes	4,297	17.08	+8.01	$1,482
	Christian Heritage	Dan Cameron	644	2.56	–	$466
Total valid votes			25,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135	0.53
Turnout			25,294	59.20
Source: Elections BC [5]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	10,417	50.67	−7.7	$61,719
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	5,591	27.20	−5.37	$51,805
	Conservative	Don Stahl	1,946	9.47	–	$5,271
	Green	Aird Flavelle	1,865	9.07	+0.01	$3,377
	Independent	Wendy Bales	415	2.02	–	$2,699
	Independent	Roman Bojczuk	204	0.99	–	$2,547
	Excalibur	Marcus Halliday	119	0.58	–	$310
Total valid votes			20,557	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117	0.57
Turnout			20,674	56.63
Source: Elections BC [6]

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Hawes	10,372	58.37	$98,340
	New Democratic	Lynn Perrin	5,788	32.57	$5,514
	Green	Bill Walsh	1,611	9.06	$356
Total valid votes			17,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160	0.89
Turnout			17,930	52.10

References

1. Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
2. "2024 Election Candidate List". Elections BC. September 28, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
3. "Abbotsford-Mission". 338Canada. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
4. "Appendix C: Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
5. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.