Fraser Valley (electoral district)
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Fraser Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968 and from 1997 to 2004.
For the historical provincial electoral district Central Fraser Valley, please see Central Fraser Valley (electoral district).
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[edit] Geography
[edit] History
This electoral district has existed twice. It was first created in 1924 from Westminster District. In 1966, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Coast Chilcotin ridings.
It was reformed in 1996 from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West ridings.
It was again abolished in 2003 when it was divided between Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon ridings.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- 1921-1925: Elgin Munro, Liberal
- 1925-1940: Harry Barber, Conservative
- 1945-1953: George Cruickshank, Liberal
- 1953-1958: Alex Patterson, Social Credit
- 1958-1962: Harold Hicks, Progressive Conservative
- 1962-1968: Alex Patterson, Social Credit
- 1997-present: Chuck Strahl
- Reform (1997-2000)
- Canadian Alliance (2000-2001)
- Democratic Representative Caucus (2001-2002)
- Canadian Alliance (2002-2003)
- Conservative (2003-present) — He previously represented Fraser Valley East.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Canadian Alliance | Chuck Strahl | 38,509 | 69.97% | $60,527 | ||
| Liberal | Hal H. Singleton | 8,965 | 16.28% | $36,188 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Rob Lees | 3,185 | 5.78% | $2,392 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Rocky Nenka | 2,330 | 4.23% | $2,582 | ||
| Marijuana | Norm Siefken | 811 | 1.47% | |||
| Green | Carol Battaglio | 528 | 0.95% | |||
| Action | Debbie Anderson | 425 | 0.77% | |||
| No affiliation | Ed Van Woudenberg | 212 | 0.38% | $1,798 | ||
| Communist | Chris Bolster | 69 | 0.12% | $189 | ||
| Total valid votes | 55,034 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 164 | 0.30% | ||||
| Turnout | 55,198 | 63.70% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Chuck Strahl | 33,101 | 62.85% | $57,306 | ||
| Liberal | John Les | 11,569 | 21.96% | $63,061 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Rob Lees | 4,680 | 8.88% | $21,339 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Wiens | 1,714 | 3.25% | $6,999 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Rodger N. Brown | 1,047 | 1.98% | $23,870 | ||
| Green | Carol Battaglio | 342 | 0.64% | |||
| Natural Law | Patrick Boylan | 118 | 0.22% | $5 | ||
| Independent | Sa Tan | 95 | 0.18% | |||
| Total valid votes | 52,666 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 182 | 0.34% | ||||
| Turnout | 52,848 | 67.02% | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1919–1966)
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)
- Expenditures: 2000
- Expenditures: 1997
- Parliament of Canada website
