Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
British Columbia electoral district
	Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	121,737
Electors (2011)	81,677
Area (km²)	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.

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

Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
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
Riding dissolved into Chilliwack—Hope, Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	28,160	57.20	–5.12	$85,783.33
	New Democratic	Gwen O'Mahony	12,691	25.78	+7.02	$24,136.83
	Liberal	Diane Janzen	5,320	10.81	+2.29	$64,386.66
	Green	Jamie Hoskins	2,706	5.50	–3.27	$1,351.18
	Western Block	Clive Edwards	180	0.37	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	173	0.35	+0.11	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,230	99.69	–	$101,975.64
Total rejected ballots			152	0.31	+0.03
Turnout			49,382	58.14	+0.62
Eligible voters			84,930
	Conservative hold		Swing		–6.07
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chuck Strahl	29,198	62.32	+6.33	$50,363.88
	New Democratic	Helen Kormendy	8,791	18.76	–2.13	$15,291.01
	Green	Barbara Lebeau	4,107	8.77	+4.74	$1,138.94
	Liberal	Myra Sweeney	3,990	8.52	–8.39	$484.27
	Christian Heritage	Harold J. Ludwig	653	1.39	–0.56	$10,242.87
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	113	0.24	+0.00	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,852	99.73	–	$97,307.19
Total rejected ballots			129	0.27	–0.00
Turnout			46,981	57.52	–5.30
Eligible voters			81,677
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.23
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chuck Strahl	26,842	55.99	+2.32	$73,315.08
	New Democratic	Malcolm James	10,015	20.89	+0.30	$17,607.95
	Liberal	Myra Sweeney	8,106	16.91	–1.47	$6,640.43
	Green	Ed Baye	1,929	4.02	+0.80	$15.00
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	935	1.95	–0.63	$14,108.38
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	114	0.24	+0.03	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,941	99.72	–	$88,254.37
Total rejected ballots			134	0.28	+0.05
Turnout			48,075	62.83	+1.01
Eligible voters			76,522
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.31
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chuck Strahl	24,096	53.68	–	$61,610.17
	New Democratic	Rollie Keith	9,244	20.59	–	$15,156.73
	Liberal	Bob Besner	8,249	18.38	–	$22,151.65
	Green	Aisha Coghlan	1,449	3.23	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	1,156	2.58	–	$23,859.51
	Marijuana	Norm Siefken	603	1.34	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	95	0.21	–	$173.83
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,892	99.78	–	$84,597.43
Total rejected ballots			101	0.22	–
Turnout			44,993	61.82	–
Eligible voters			72,782
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–
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.
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

References

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.
^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
^ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
^ "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.
^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
^ "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.
^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".

"Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon (Code 59005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

External links

Riding history for Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, British Columbia (2004–2015) from the Library of Parliament
Website of the Parliament of Canada

50°24′N 121°54′W / 50.4°N 121.9°W / 50.4; -121.9

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.

[4] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".

[5] "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.

[6] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".

[7] "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.

[8] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".

[9] "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.

[10] Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".

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Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole
Liberal	Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton

Federal ridings in the British Columbia Interior
Conservative	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Liberal	Kelowna

List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria