Abbotsford (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Abbotsford (electoral district).

Abbotsford

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1991
First contested	1991
Last contested	1996
Demographics
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Abbotsford, Chilliwack

Abbotsford was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was first contested in the 1991 British Columbia General Election. The riding was formed from an amalgamation of parts of the formerly dual-member Central Fraser Valley and Chilliwack ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Abbotsford
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Central Fraser Valley and Chilliwack
35th	1991–1995		Harry de Jong	Social Credit
	1995–1996		John van Dongen	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
Riding dissolved into Abbotsford-Clayburn, Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas

Electoral history

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	10,998	50.25	7.44
	New Democratic	Bruce Temple	5,405	24.69	15.73
	Reform	Mark Warawa	4,086	18.67	21.91
	Progressive Democrat	Merilyn Anderson	1,126	5.14	2.15
	Green	Geoff Berner	274	1.25	0.68
Total valid votes			21,889	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72
	Liberal hold		Swing		+14.68

British Columbia provincial by-election, May 3, 1995 Resignation of Harry de Jong
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	5,588	42.81	7.44
	Reform	Bill Kilpatrick	5,297	40.58	New
	New Democratic	Rollie Keith	1,170	8.96	19.55
	Progressive Democrat	Cathy Goodfellow	391	3.00	New
	Freedom	Kathleen F. Toth	201	1.54	New
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth D. Skilnick	171	1.31	New
	Social Credit	Alan Levinson	161	1.23	34.89
	Green	Michael Horn	75	0.57	New
Total valid votes			13,054	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112
	Liberal gain from Social Credit		Swing		+21.17
Source(s) [1]

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	Harry de Jong	6,647	36.12
	Liberal	Calvin Wickham	6,509	35.37
	New Democratic	Shirley Cooke	5,246	28.51
Total valid votes			18,402	100.00
Total rejected ballots			437
Source(s) [1]

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "1987-2001 Election History" (PDF). Elections British Columbia. 2003. Retrieved March 15, 2024.