Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon

Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Jati Sidhu
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 90,871
Electors (2015) 61,105
Area (km²)[1] 21,769
Pop. density (per km²) 4.2
Census divisions Fraser Valley, Squamish-Lillooet
Census subdivisions Abbotsford, Kent, Lillooet, Mission

Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon is a federal electoral district located in Fraser Valley of British Columbia.

Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which occurred on October 19, 2015.[2] It was created out of the electoral districts of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon.[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
Riding created from Abbotsford, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
and Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
42nd  2015–Present     Jati Sidhu Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJati Sidhu 16,625 37.23 +28.84
ConservativeBrad Vis 15,587 34.91 -19.58
New DemocraticDennis Adamson 9,174 20.55 -11.48
GreenArthur Alexander Green 2,293 5.15 +0.50
IndependentWyatt Scott 914 2.05
Marxist–LeninistElaine Wismer 58 0.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,651100.00 $216,008.41
Total rejected ballots 2090.47
Turnout 44,86071.79
Eligible voters 62,486
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +24.21
Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 18,328 54.49
  New Democratic 10,771 32.02
  Liberal 2,824 8.40
  Green 1,560 4.64
  Others 152 0.45

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.