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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in the Lower Mainland | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 59,296 | ||
| Area (km²) | 88 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 673.8 | ||
| Census division(s) | Fraser Valley Regional District | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Abbotsford, Mission[1] | ||
Abbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the 38th BC Parliament in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election.
Geography
[edit]The electoral district is composed of parts of the City of Abbotsford (including Clayburn and Ridgedale) and the City of Mission (including its core and Hatzic).[1]
History
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Abbotsford-Mission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Maple Ridge-Mission, Abbotsford-Clayburn and Chilliwack-Sumas prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Randy Hawes | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Simon Gibson | ||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Pam Alexis | New Democratic | |
| 43rd | 2024–present | Reann Gasper | Conservative | |
On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Randy Hawes, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Maple Ridge-Mission riding.
Electoral history
[edit]| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Reann Gasper | 13,523 | 55.39% | +50.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Pam Alexis | 10,893 | 44.61% | -2.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expenses limit | 24,416 | 100% | $71,700.08 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +26.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| New Democratic | 46.4 | ||
| Liberal | 35.3 | ||
| Green | 10.9 | ||
| Conservative | 5.6 | ||
| Christian Heritage | 1.8 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Pam Alexis | 10,364 | 41.07 | +11.90 | $22,050.17 | |||
| Liberal | Simon Gibson | 9,620 | 38.12 | −13.07 | $38,355.28 | |||
| Green | Stephen Fowler | 2,667 | 10.57 | −6.51 | $1,113.00 | |||
| Conservative | Trevor Hamilton | 1,989 | 7.88 | – | $1,310.44 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Aeriol Alderking | 595 | 2.36 | −0.20 | $1,305.19 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,235 | 99.40 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.60 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,387 | 53.45 | -5.76 | |||||
| Registered voters | 47,500 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.48 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Simon Gibson | 12,879 | 51.19 | +0.52 | $50,561 | |||
| New Democratic | Andrew Murray Christie | 7,339 | 29.17 | +1.97 | $284 | |||
| Green | Jennifer Holmes | 4,297 | 17.08 | +8.01 | $1,482 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Dan Cameron | 644 | 2.56 | – | $466 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,159 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 135 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,294 | 59.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Simon Gibson | 10,417 | 50.67 | −7.7 | $61,719 | |||
| New Democratic | Preet Rai | 5,591 | 27.20 | −5.37 | $51,805 | |||
| Conservative | Don Stahl | 1,946 | 9.47 | – | $5,271 | |||
| Green | Aird Flavelle | 1,865 | 9.07 | +0.01 | $3,377 | |||
| Independent | Wendy Bales | 415 | 2.02 | – | $2,699 | |||
| Independent | Roman Bojczuk | 204 | 0.99 | – | $2,547 | |||
| Excalibur | Marcus Halliday | 119 | 0.58 | – | $310 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,557 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,674 | 56.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Randy Hawes | 10,372 | 58.37 | $98,340 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lynn Perrin | 5,788 | 32.57 | $5,514 | ||||
| Green | Bill Walsh | 1,611 | 9.06 | $356 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,771 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 160 | 0.89 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,930 | 52.10 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Election Candidate List". Elections BC. September 28, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ "Abbotsford-Mission". 338Canada. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "Appendix C: Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ^ "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 May 17, 2017.
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