Chilliwack-Hope

Chilliwack-Hope

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Barry Penner BC Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	43,980
Electors
Area (km²)	10,832.98
Pop. density (per km²)	4.1
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Chilliwack, Hope, Kent

Chilliwack-Hope is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election. The riding was formed from an amalgamation of parts of Chilliwack-Kent, Yale-Lillooet, Chilliwack-Sumas, Vancouver-Garibaldi, and Maple Ridge-Mission.^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Barry Penner, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Chilliwack-Kent riding. He successful ran for re-election again in the 2009 election in the Chilliwack-Hope riding.^[1]

Electoral history

B.C. General Election 2009 Chilliwack-Hope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Barry Penner	8,985
	New Democrats	Gwen O'Mahoney	5,638
	Conservative	Hans Mulder	1,198
	Green	Guy Durnin	951
	People's Front	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	93
Total

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/013/?v=ridingtalk. Retrieved 2009-04-12.