Chilliwack—Hope (federal electoral district)

Chilliwack—Hope
British Columbia electoral district
	Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Points indicate the communities of Chilliwack and Hope.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Strahl; Conservative
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	92,734
Electors (2019)	82,178
Area (km²)	3,355
Pop. density (per km²)	27.6
Census division	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Chilliwack, Hope, Kent (part), Tzeachten, Skowkale, Seabird Island, Kwawkwawapilt, Soowahlie, Skwah, Cheam

District created2013

First contested2015

Chilliwack—Hope is a federal electoral district in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia.

Chilliwack—Hope 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, scheduled for October 2015.^[2] It was created out of 76% of the electoral district of Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon.^[3]

Panethnic group	2021^[4]		2016^[5]		2011^[6]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	88,205	80.07%	82,320	83.88%	78,395	85.96%
Indigenous	10,155	9.22%	9,255	9.43%	8,355	9.16%
South Asian	3,255	2.95%	1,480	1.51%	955	1.05%
Southeast Asian^[b]	2,585	2.35%	1,365	1.39%	980	1.07%
East Asian^[c]	2,550	2.31%	1,835	1.87%	1,420	1.56%
Latin American	1,115	1.01%	555	0.57%	405	0.44%
African	1,060	0.96%	730	0.74%	345	0.38%
Middle Eastern^[d]	520	0.47%	220	0.22%	80	0.09%
Other^[e]	715	0.65%	380	0.39%	265	0.29%
Total responses	110,160	98.32%	98,135	98.01%	91,200	98.35%
Total population	112,037	100%	100,126	100%	92,734	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ city
	Conservative	Chilliwack--Hope Conservative Association	Jeremy Giesbrecht	Chilliwack
	Green	Chilliwack--Hope Green Party Association	Debora L. Soutar	Chilliwack
	Liberal	Chilliwack--Hope Federal Liberal Association	Brian C. Martin	Chilliwack
	New Democratic	Chilliwack--Hope Federal NDP Riding Association	Danielle (DJ) J. Pohl	Chilliwack

Parliament	Years		Party
Chilliwack—Hope Riding created from Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
42nd	2015–2019	Mark Strahl	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	36,027	54.69	+8.80
	Liberal	Zeeshan Khan	23,256	35.37	+18.25
	New Democratic	Teri Westerby	4,779	7.27	–19.15
	Green	Salina Derish	1,083	1.65	–1.16
	People's	Jeff Galbraith	482	0.73	–6.92
	United	Christopher Adam	129	0.20	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			65,756	67.99
Eligible voters			96,714
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–4.73
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,421	45.99
	New Democratic	14,603	26.42
	Liberal	9,463	17.12
	People's	4,230	7.65
	Green	1,553	2.81

Riding associations

v t e Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole
Liberal	Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton

v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Kelowna Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay Skeena—Bulkley Valley Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford—South Langley Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Township—Fraser Heights Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre—Marpole Richmond East—Steveston South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Surrey Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby Central Burnaby North—Seymour Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville North Vancouver—Capilano Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	23,987	46.0	-3.6	$91,344.54
	New Democratic	DJ Pohl	13,927	26.7	+10.0	$41,511.72
	Liberal	Kelly Velonis	8,851	17.0	-3.2	$18,245.64
	People's	Rob Bogunovic	4,004	7.7	+4.4	$0.00
	Green	Arthur Green	1,391	2.7	-7.1	$3,746.80
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,160	99.5	–	$114,712.45
Total rejected ballots			250	0.5
Turnout			52,410	61.4
Eligible voters			85,413
	Conservative hold		Swing		-6.8
Source: Elections Canada^[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	26,672	49.6	+7.27	$86,173.66
	Liberal	Kelly Velonis	10,848	20.2	-13.58	$33,357.09
	New Democratic	Heather McQuillan	8,957	16.7	+1.50	$9,116.65
	Green	Arthur Green	5,243	9.8	+5.09	$10,352.47
	People's	Rob Bogunovic	1,760	3.3	–	$5,190.90
	Christian Heritage	Daniel Lamache	202	0.4	–	$2,024.46
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	73	0.1	-0.06	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,755	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.42
Turnout			53,981	65.68
Eligible voters			82,178
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.43
Source: Elections Canada^[13]^[14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	21,445	42.33	-17.23	$123,128.62
	Liberal	Louis De Jaeger	17,114	33.78	+22.60	$60,637.40
	New Democratic	Seonaigh MacPherson	9,218	18.20	-5.30	$33,220.27
	Green	Thomas Cheney	2,386	4.71	-0.32	$1,715.67
	Libertarian	Alexander Johnson	416	0.82	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	82	0.16	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,661	100.00		$204,841.51
Total rejected ballots			154	0.30	–
Turnout			50,815	69.73	–
Eligible voters			72,874
	Conservative hold		Swing		-19.92
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]^[17]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,748	59.57
	New Democratic	8,972	23.49
	Liberal	4,272	11.19
	Green	1,922	5.03
	Others	276	0.72