 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1997 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
Fraser Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968 and from 1997 to 2004.
This electoral district has existed twice. It was first created in 1919 from Westminster District. In 1966, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Coast Chilcotin ridings.
It was reformed in 1996 from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West ridings.
It was again abolished in 2003 when it was divided between Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon ridings.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Westminster District | ||||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Elgin Albert Munro | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Harry James Barber | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | George Cruickshank | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Alexander Bell Patterson | Social Credit | |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | William Harold Hicks | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Alexander Bell Patterson | Social Credit | |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Coast Chilcotin | ||||
| Riding re-created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Chuck Strahl | Reform | |
| 2000–2000 | Alliance | |||
| 37th | 2000–2001 | |||
| 2001–2002 | Democratic Representative | |||
| 2002–2003 | Alliance | |||
| 2003–2004 | Conservative | |||
| Riding dissolved into Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | ||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Chuck Strahl | 38,509 | 69.97 | +7.12 | $60,527 | |||
| Liberal | Hal H. Singleton | 8,965 | 16.28 | -5.68 | $36,188 | |||
| New Democratic | Rob Lees | 3,185 | 5.78 | -3.10 | $2,392 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rocky Nenka | 2,330 | 4.23 | +0.98 | $2,582 | |||
| Marijuana | Norm Siefken | 811 | 1.47 | – | ||||
| Green | Carol Battaglio | 528 | 0.95 | +0.31 | ||||
| Canadian Action | Debbie Anderson | 425 | 0.77 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ed Van Woudenberg | 212 | 0.38 | – | $1,798 | |||
| Communist | Chris Bolster | 69 | 0.12 | – | $189 | |||
| Total valid votes | 55,034 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 164 | 0.30 | ||||||
| Turnout | 55,198 | 63.70 | ||||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | +6.40 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Reform | Chuck Strahl | 33,101 | 62.85 | $57,306 | ||||
| Liberal | John Les | 11,569 | 21.96 | $63,061 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rob Lees | 4,680 | 8.88 | $21,339 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Wiens | 1,714 | 3.25 | $6,999 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rodger N. Brown | 1,047 | 1.98 | $23,870 | ||||
| Green | Carol Battaglio | 342 | 0.64 | |||||
| Natural Law | Patrick Boylan | 118 | 0.22 | $5 | ||||
| Independent | Sa Tan | 95 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 52,666 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 182 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,848 | 67.02 | ||||||
| This riding was re-created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West, both of which elected a Reform Party candidate. Chuck Strahl was the incumbent from Fraser Valley East. | ||||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alex B. Patterson | 12,611 | 34.98 | +4.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mark W. Rose | 10,563 | 29.30 | +3.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Harold Martyn McDonald | 8,167 | 22.65 | -1.51 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Hall | 4,442 | 12.32 | -7.32 | ||||
| Independent | Frank Krenn | 272 | 0.75 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,055 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | +0.53 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alex B. Patterson | 11,500 | 30.11 | +2.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | Erhart Regier | 9,735 | 25.49 | +0.63 | ||||
| Liberal | W.R. Jack | 9,226 | 24.16 | +0.81 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | W. Harold Hicks | 7,500 | 19.64 | -4.29 | ||||
| Independent | Helen Millar | 232 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,193 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | +0.81 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | A.B. Patterson | 9,970 | 27.86 | +4.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | William Leonard Hartley | 8,896 | 24.86 | +6.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Hicks | 8,562 | 23.93 | -20.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Richard Ferguson | 8,357 | 23.35 | +8.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,785 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -1.26 | ||||||
| Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth. | ||||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Hicks | 13,890 | 44.09 | +19.98 | ||||
| Social Credit | Alexander Bell Patterson | 7,414 | 23.53 | -15.16 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Wesley N. Watson | 5,640 | 17.90 | -0.95 | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Foster Isherwood | 4,562 | 14.48 | -3.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,506 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +17.57 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alexander Bell Patterson | 11,091 | 38.69 | -2.95 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernest McLauchlin Adair | 6,911 | 24.11 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenneth William Pattern | 5,405 | 18.85 | +3.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Douglas Scott Steinson | 5,262 | 18.35 | -21.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,669 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -13.53 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alexander Bell Patterson | 9,618 | 41.64 | – | ||||
| Liberal | George Cruickshank | 9,318 | 40.34 | -15.17 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hampson Wilde | 3,527 | 15.27 | -9.31 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Carl Christian Hilland | 635 | 2.75 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,098 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Social Credit gain from Liberal | Swing | +28.40 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Cruickshank | 12,587 | 55.51 | +15.58 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eric Symonds Flowerdew | 5,573 | 24.58 | -3.56 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Stuart Davidson | 4,514 | 19.91 | -12.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,674 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +9.57 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George A. Cruickshank | 7,629 | 39.93 | -2.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Earl Leslie MacLeod | 6,102 | 31.93 | -7.57 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Henry Peter Tyson | 5,377 | 28.14 | +9.85 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,108 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.64 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Alexander Cruickshank | 6,638 | 42.21 | +15.45 | ||||
| National Government | Harry James Barber | 6,211 | 39.50 | +5.00 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Warren Penberthy | 2,877 | 18.29 | -10.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,726 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.22 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Harry James Barber | 4,359 | 34.52 | -17.63 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Miller Cameron | 3,630 | 28.74 | – | ||||
| Liberal | James Frederick Semple | 3,379 | 26.76 | -21.09 | ||||
| Reconstruction | George Foster Partt | 1,261 | 9.98 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,629 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -23.18 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Harry James Barber | 6,946 | 52.15 | -8.01 | ||||
| Liberal | Gerald Grattan McGeer | 6,374 | 47.85 | +8.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,320 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -8.01 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Harry James Barber | 6,217 | 60.16 | +3.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Elihu Manuel | 4,117 | 39.84 | -3.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,334 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.98 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Harry James Barber | 5,751 | 56.18 | +7.46 | ||||
| Liberal | Elgin Albert Munro | 4,485 | 43.82 | -7.46 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,236 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.46 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Elgin Albert Munro | 4,307 | 51.28 | |||||
| Conservative | Frank Bainard Stacey | 4,092 | 48.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,399 | 100.0 | ||||||
| This riding was created from Westminster District, where Unionist Frank Bainard Stacey was the incumbent. | ||||||||
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