Chilliwack-Kent

Chilliwack-Kent was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	46,975
Population Change, 1996–2001	7.2%
Area (km²)	1,355.6
Pop. Density (people per km²)	34.6

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Chilliwack to Chilliwack-Kent include:

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA was Barry Penner, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. He ran for re-election again in the 2009 election in the Chilliwack-Hope riding.^[1]

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Barry Penner	11,368	57.14	$77,840
	New Democratic	Malcolm James	6,534	32.84	$16,280
	Green	Hans Mulder	1,651	8.30	$1,742
	Moderates	David Michael Anderson	240	1.21	$120
	Youth Coalition	Colin Wormworth	103	0.52	$100
Total Valid Votes			19,896	100
Total Rejected Ballots			118	0.59
Turnout			20,014	58.71

B.C. General Election 2001: Chilliwack-Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Barry Penner	13,814	74.88%		$40,938
	NDP	Malcolm James	2,155	11.68%		$3,979
	Green	Larry Commodore	1,511	8.19%	–	$890
	Marijuana	David Ferguson	968	5.25%		$1,496
Total valid votes			18,448	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94	0.51%
Turnout			18,542	71.63%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References

1. "Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.