Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Doug Bing Liberal
First contested	2009
Last contested	2013

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km²)	499

Geography

1999 redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

• Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
• Removal of Douglas Island^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. Michael Sather, New Democrat (2009-2013)
2. Doug Bing, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Bing
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Rosenau
	Green	Michael Patterson
	Independent	Manuel "Mike" Pratas*
Total Valid Votes
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

• Pratas campaigned with the BC Conservative Party but was listed as "No affiliation" on the ballot.

British Columbia general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	11,591	45.16%	$28,734
	Liberal	Steve Gilmore	8,786	34.23%	$5,377
	Social Credit	Roman Evancic	4,986	19.42%	$26,959
	Green	David B. Pehota	305	1.19%	$310
Total valid votes			25,668	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			335	1.29%
Turnout			26,003	77.02%

British Columbia general election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	12,946	46.07%	$34,860
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,960	39.00%		$52,898
	Progressive Democrat	Peter Neufeld	2,011	7.16%	$412
	Reform	Nick Walsh	1,470	5.23%	–
	Green	Richard Hennick	464	1.65%	$100
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	158	0.56%	–
	Natural Law	Matt Deacon	90	0.32%	$118
Total valid votes			28,099	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			137	0.49%
Turnout			28,236	73.30%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	12,235	52.96%		$39,898
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	5,764	24.95%	$22,812
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,069	13.29%	$2,437
	Unity	Dave Hensman	1,220	5.28%	$7,515
	Marijuana	Rick Cameron	716	3.10%	$394
	Action	Michael Felgner	97	0.42%	$300
Total valid votes			23,101	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			77	0.33%
Turnout			23,178	72.90%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	11,786	46.38%
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,861	42.74%
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	1,869	7.36%
	Democratic Reform	Rick Butler	534	2.10%
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	360	1.42%
Total			25,410	100.00%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	9232	46.91	+0.53
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	9062	46.04	+3.30
	Green	Rob Hornsey	1064	5.41	−1.95
	Independent	Chum Richardson	194	0.99	–
	Refederation	Jay Ariken	129	0.66	–

References

1. "Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia