Abbotsford South

Abbotsford South

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Darryl Plecas Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,590
Area (km²)	211.10
Pop. density (per km²)	234.9
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Abbotsford

Abbotsford South is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect in the B.C. General Election 2009.

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. John van Dongen, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during a 1995 election to the Abbotsford-Clayburn riding and has represented them until 2013. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election in the newly created riding of Abbotsford South and lost to Darryl Plecas.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Abbotsford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Darryl Plecas	9,564	47.74
	Independent	John van Dongen	5,587	27.89
	New Democratic	Lakhvinder Jhaj	4,210	21.01
	Marijuana	Steve Finlay	418	2.09
	Excalibur	Patricia Smith	256	1.28
Total Valid Votes			20,035
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 Abbotsford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	9,566	58.47%	n/a
	NDP	Bonnie Rai	4,197	25.65%	n/a
	Green	Daniel Bryce	1,244	7.61%	n/a
	Conservative	Gurcharan Dhaliwal	1,019	6.23%	n/a
	Independent	Tim Felger	334	2.04%	n/a
Total			16,360 [1]	100.00%

References

1. http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2009GE/2009-GE-SOV.pdf