Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

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Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon.png
Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created2003
District abolished2013
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.

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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 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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fraser Valley, Cariboo—Chilcotin,
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla
and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast
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

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Strahl 28,16057.20-5.12
New Democratic Gwen O'Mahony 12,69125.78+7.02
Liberal Diane Janzen5,32010.81+2.29
Green Jamie Hoskins2,7065.50-3.27
Western Block Clive Edwards1800.37
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell1730.35+0.11
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,230100.00
Total rejected ballots152 0.31+0.04
Turnout 49,382 58.99+1
Eligible voters 83,713
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Chuck Strahl 29,19862.32+6.34$50,912
New Democratic Helen Kormendy8,79118.76-2.13$15,877
Green Barbara Lebeau4,1078.77+4.75$1,335
Liberal Myra Sweeney3,9908.52-8.38$2,984
Christian Heritage Harold J. Ludwig6531.39-0.56$10,242
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell1130.24+0.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit46,852100.0   $97,307
Total rejected ballots1290.27
Turnout46,98158
Conservative hold Swing +4.24
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Chuck Strahl 26,84255.98+2.31$73,315
New Democratic Malcolm James10,01520.89+0.30$17,764
Liberal Myra Sweeney8,10616.90-1.47$5,744
Green Ed Baye1,9294.02+0.80$15
Christian Heritage Ron Gray 9351.95-0.62$14,108
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell1140.23+0.02
Total valid votes47,941100.0  
Total rejected ballots1340.28
Turnout48,07563
Conservative hold Swing +1.00
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Conservative Chuck Strahl 24,09653.67$61,610
New Democratic Rollie L. Keith9,24420.59$15,156
Liberal Bob Besner8,24918.37$26,832
Green Aisha Coghlan1,4493.22
Christian Heritage Ron Gray 1,1562.57$24,136
Marijuana Norm Siefken6031.34
Marxist–Leninist Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell950.21$173
Total valid votes44,892100.0  
Total rejected ballots1010.22
Turnout44,99362
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

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