Abbotsford (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Abbotsford was a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was first contested in the 1991 British Columbia General Election. The riding was formed from an amalgamation of parts of the formerly dual-member Central Fraser Valley and Chilliwack ridings.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created1991
First contested1991
Last contested1996
 British Columbia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| District created | 1991 |
| First contested | 1991 |
| Last contested | 1996 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division | Fraser Valley Regional District |
| Census subdivision(s) | Abbotsford, Chilliwack |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Abbotsford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Central Fraser Valley and Chilliwack | ||||
| 35th | 1991–1995 | Harry de Jong | Social Credit | |
| 1995–1996 | John van Dongen | Liberal | ||
| 36th | 1996–2001 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Abbotsford-Clayburn, Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas | ||||
Electoral history
| 1996 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John van Dongen | 10,998 | 50.25 |  7.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Temple | 5,405 | 24.69 | 15.73 | ||||
| Reform | Mark Warawa | 4,086 | 18.67 |  21.91 | ||||
| Progressive Democrat | Merilyn Anderson | 1,126 | 5.14 | 2.15 | ||||
| Green | Geoff Berner | 274 | 1.25 | 0.68 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,889 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +14.68 | ||||||
| British Columbia provincial by-election, May 3, 1995 Resignation of Harry de Jong | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John van Dongen | 5,588 | 42.81 | 7.44 | ||||
| Reform | Bill Kilpatrick | 5,297 | 40.58 | New | ||||
| New Democratic | Rollie Keith | 1,170 | 8.96 | 19.55 | ||||
| Progressive Democrat | Cathy Goodfellow | 391 | 3.00 | New | ||||
| Freedom | Kathleen F. Toth | 201 | 1.54 | New | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kenneth D. Skilnick | 171 | 1.31 | New | ||||
| Social Credit | Alan Levinson | 161 | 1.23 | 34.89 | ||||
| Green | Michael Horn | 75 | 0.57 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,054 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Social Credit | Swing | +21.17 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 1991 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Social Credit | Harry de Jong | 6,647 | 36.12 | |||||
| Liberal | Calvin Wickham | 6,509 | 35.37 | |||||
| New Democratic | Shirley Cooke | 5,246 | 28.51 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,402 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 437 | |||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
