Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
 British Columbia electoral district | |
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Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 121,737 |
| Electors (2011) | 81,677 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 29,553.57 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Chilliwack, Hope, Kent, Fraser Valley E, Lillooet, Pemberton |
Geography
The district includes the City of Chilliwack, the Districts of Hope and Kent (which includes the town of Agassiz, the small towns along the Fraser Canyon north to and including the Village of Lytton and the District of Lillooet, plus the rural settlements and mountain towns of the Bridge River Country.
History
The electoral district was created in 2003 principally from Fraser Valley riding with additional parts from Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast.
The 2012 electoral redistribution dissolved this riding into Chilliwack—Hope and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, with a small portion going to West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country. This came into effect for the 2015 election.
Members of Parliament
| Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Fraser Valley, Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Chuck Strahl | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Mark Strahl | ||
| Riding dissolved into Chilliwack—Hope, Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country |
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Election results
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Strahl | 28,160 | 57.20 | –5.12 | $85,783.33 | |||
| New Democratic | Gwen O'Mahony | 12,691 | 25.78 | +7.02 | $24,136.83 | |||
| Liberal | Diane Janzen | 5,320 | 10.81 | +2.29 | $64,386.66 | |||
| Green | Jamie Hoskins | 2,706 | 5.50 | –3.27 | $1,351.18 | |||
| Western Block | Clive Edwards | 180 | 0.37 | – | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 173 | 0.35 | +0.11 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,230 | 99.69 | – | $101,975.64 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.31 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,382 | 58.14 | +0.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,930 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –6.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 29,198 | 62.32 | +6.33 | $50,363.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Helen Kormendy | 8,791 | 18.76 | –2.13 | $15,291.01 | |||
| Green | Barbara Lebeau | 4,107 | 8.77 | +4.74 | $1,138.94 | |||
| Liberal | Myra Sweeney | 3,990 | 8.52 | –8.39 | $484.27 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Harold J. Ludwig | 653 | 1.39 | –0.56 | $10,242.87 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 113 | 0.24 | +0.00 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,852 | 99.73 | – | $97,307.19 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | 0.27 | –0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,981 | 57.52 | –5.30 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,677 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 26,842 | 55.99 | +2.32 | $73,315.08 | |||
| New Democratic | Malcolm James | 10,015 | 20.89 | +0.30 | $17,607.95 | |||
| Liberal | Myra Sweeney | 8,106 | 16.91 | –1.47 | $6,640.43 | |||
| Green | Ed Baye | 1,929 | 4.02 | +0.80 | $15.00 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 935 | 1.95 | –0.63 | $14,108.38 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 114 | 0.24 | +0.03 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,941 | 99.72 | – | $88,254.37 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 134 | 0.28 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,075 | 62.83 | +1.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,522 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chuck Strahl | 24,096 | 53.68 | – | $61,610.17 | |||
| New Democratic | Rollie Keith | 9,244 | 20.59 | – | $15,156.73 | |||
| Liberal | Bob Besner | 8,249 | 18.38 | – | $22,151.65 | |||
| Green | Aisha Coghlan | 1,449 | 3.23 | – | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 1,156 | 2.58 | – | $23,859.51 | |||
| Marijuana | Norm Siefken | 603 | 1.34 | – | none listed | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 95 | 0.21 | – | $173.83 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,892 | 99.78 | – | $84,597.43 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 44,993 | 61.82 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,782 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley, Cariboo—Chilcotin, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, all of which elected a Canadian Alliance member in the last election. Chuck Strahl was the incumbent from Fraser Valley. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||