Fraser Valley East

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Fraser Valley East
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested 1968
Last contested 1993

Fraser Valley East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

Contents

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Boundary ridings.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into the Fraser Valley riding.

It initially consisted of:

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Boundary
28th  1968–1972   Jerry Pringle Liberal
29th  1972–1974   Alexander Bell Patterson Progressive Conservative
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988   Ross Belsher Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   Chuck Strahl Reform
Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley

Election results

1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Chuck Strahl 23,49246.00+42.90
Liberal Hal Singleton15,67230.69+9.52
Progressive Conservative Ross Belsher 6,65013.02-25.77
New Democratic Rollie Keith2,7295.34-22.67
Christian Heritage Bill Boesterd1,1582.27-6.03
National Ernie Pope8511.67
Green Richard Steven Kisby2430.48
Natural Law Estelle Rachel Brooke2060.40
Canada Party Croft Egan670.13
Total valid votes51,068100.0  
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +16.69
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Belsher 16,63138.79-21.13
New Democratic Don Olds12,01128.01+4.14
Liberal Janet Chisholm9,07621.17+6.33
Christian Heritage Ron Gray 3,5608.30
Reform Ray Renwick1,3293.10
Rhinoceros B.J. Wills2720.63
Total valid votes42,879100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.64
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Belsher 32,07359.92+10.21
New Democratic David C. Menzies12,77923.87-0.31
Liberal John H. Vollebregt7,94214.84-6.62
Libertarian J. Wayne Marsden7351.37
Total valid votes53,529100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.26
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alex Patterson 21,98949.71-7.36
New Democratic Harry W. Fontaine10,69524.18+2.80
Liberal Jack Suderman9,49021.46+0.59
Independent John Pankratz2,0574.65
Total valid votes44,231100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.08
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alex Patterson 24,36357.07+10.74
New Democratic Harry W. Fontaine9,12621.38+5.37
Liberal Johann Joe Erickson8,91020.87-16.79
Not affiliatedKen Brownlee2930.69
Total valid votes42,692100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.68
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alex B. Patterson 18,78046.33+11.59
Liberal Jerry Pringle 15,26837.66+8.58
New Democratic David Carstairs Menzies6,48916.01-7.68
Total valid votes40,537100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.50
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alex B. Patterson 12,30234.74+22.14
Liberal Jerry Pringle 10,29729.08-5.66
New Democratic Walt Heinrich8,39023.69-0.17
Social Credit Cyril Shelford 4,42612.50-16.31
Total valid votes35,415100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.90
Progressive Conservative candidate Alexander Bell Patterson gained 5.93 percentage points from the 1968 election, when he ran as a Social Credit.
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jerry Pringle 9,68934.74
Social Credit Alex B. Patterson 8,03528.81
New Democratic Glenn C. Haddrell6,65423.86
Progressive Conservative Oscar Dayton3,51412.60
Total valid votes27,892100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Boundary, which elected two Progressive Conservatives and a Social Credit (Fraser Valley) in the last election. Alexander Bell Patterson was the incumbent from Fraser Valley.

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