Abbotsford West
Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will came into effect in 2009, and was first be contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 48,549 | ||
| Area (km²) | 105.03 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 462.2 | ||
| Census divisions | Fraser Valley Regional District | ||
| Census subdivisions | Abbotsford | ||
History
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Abbotsford-Mount Lehman prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Mike de Jong | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–present | |||
Member of Legislative Assembly
On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Mike de Jong, British Columbia Liberal Party was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2005 to the Abbotsford-Mount Lehman riding. He was also elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.
Electoral history
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 11,618 | 55.23 | $71,415 | ||||
| New Democratic | Preet Rai | 6,474 | 30.77 | $23,646 | ||||
| Green | Kevin Allan Eastwood | 2,280 | 10.84 | $306 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Lynn Simcox | 516 | 2.45 | $1,221 | ||||
| Libertarian | Dave Sharkey | 149 | 0.71 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,037 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 148 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,185 | 57.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[1] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 9,473 | 50.38 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sukhi Dhami | 5,530 | 29.41 | |||||
| Conservative | Paul Brian Redekopp | 1,791 | 9.53 | |||||
| Independent | Moe Gill | 1,082 | 5.75 | |||||
| Green | Stephen Carl OShea | 877 | 4.66 | |||||
| Excalibur | Kerry-Lynn Osbourne | 49 | 0.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18.702 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | 1.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,947 | 59.38 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 8,992 | 55.81 | -2.5 | |
| NDP | Taranjit Purewal | 5,106 | 31.69 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Dalbir Benipal | 1,043 | 6.48 | n/a | |
| Green | Karen Durant | 970 | 6.02 | n/a | |
| Total | 16,111 | 100.00% | |||
References
- "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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