- Chilliwack (electoral district)
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Chilliwack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916. It was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding, which used the older spelling of the name and had slightly different boundaries. Chilliwhack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond (electoral district), which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas.
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Demographics
Population, 1911 Population change, 1911–1996 Area (km²) Population density (people per km²) Political Geography and History
Notable elections
Notable MLAs
Electoral history
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
14th British Columbia election, 1916 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 987 55.64% unknown Conservative William Lyle Macken 787 44.36% unknown Total valid votes 1,774 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 15th British Columbia election, 1920 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 1,911 53.16% unknown Conservative Andrew Leslie Coote 1,684 46.84% unknown Total valid votes 3,595 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 16th British Columbia election, 1924 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 1,429 37.83% unknown Provincial John Alexander MacLeod 1,281 33.928% unknown Independent Conservative John J. McPhee 1,067 28.25% unknown Total valid votes 3,777 100.00% Total rejected ballots Turnout % 17th British Columbia election, 1928 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative William Atkinson 2,595 55.51% unknown Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,080 44.49% unknown Total valid votes 4,675 100.00% Total rejected ballots 79 Turnout % 18th British Columbia election, 1933 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,273 44.96% unknown Non-Partisan Independent Group Alexander Ingvald Hougen 1,128 22.31% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Perriman Wheeler 1,655 32.73% unknown Total valid votes 5,056 100.00% Total rejected ballots 70 Turnout % 19th British Columbia election, 1937 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,220 35.25% unknown Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,524 40.08% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Luxton 1,554 24.67% unknown Total valid votes 6,298 100.00% Total rejected ballots 77 Turnout % 20th British Columbia election, 1941 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,704 37.78% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Eric Symonds Fowerdew 1,810 25.29% unknown Liberal Frederick Alexander Menzies 2,644 36.94% unknown Total valid votes 7,158 100.00% Total rejected ballots 42 Turnout % 21st British Columbia election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Coalition Leslie Harvey Eyres 3,804 62.37% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Thomas Richards 2,295 37.63% unknown Total valid votes 6,099 100.00% Total rejected ballots 35 Turnout % 22nd British Columbia election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Henry Barefoot 2,712 22.65% unknown Coalition Leslie Harvey Eyres 6,847 57.17% unknown BC Social Credit League Peer Vernon Paynter 2,417 20.18% unknown Total valid votes 11,976 100.00% Total rejected ballots 167 Turnout % 23rd British Columbia election, 19528 Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Progressive Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,097 13.62% 2,097 13.62% unknown Liberal Alexander Ingvald Hougen 2,543 16.52% 2,543 16.52% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 8,509 55.29% 8,059 55.29% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James John Sutherland 2,242 14.57% 2,242 14.57% unknown Total valid votes 15,391 100.00% 15,391 % Total rejected ballots 421 Turnout % 8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding. 24th British Columbia election, 1953 9/sup> Party Candidate Votes
1st count% Votes
final count% ±% Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Emil Anderson 2,456 16.99% 2,456 16.99% unknown Liberal Lloyd Truman Beharrell 2,631 18.20% 2,631 18.20% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 8,776 60.73% 8,776 60.73% unknown Progressive Conservative Henry Edward Taylor 589 4.08% 589 4.08% unknown Total valid votes 14,452 100.00% 14,452 % Total rejected ballots 775 Total Registered Voters Turnout % 9 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding.. 25th British Columbia election, 1956 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Henry Goosen 3,118 19.76% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 9,008 57.10% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Michael Kournossoff 2,992 18.97% unknown Progressive Conservative Douglas Grant Burton Taylor 658 4.17% - -.- % Total valid votes 15,776 100.00% Total rejected ballots 138 Turnout % 26th British Columbia election, 1960 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 10,051 54.30% unknown Progressive Conservative Douglas Grant Burton Taylor 1,173 6.34% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock 4,123 22.27% unknown Liberal Frank Wilson 3,163 17.09% unknown Total valid votes 18,510 100.00% Total rejected ballots 150 Turnout % 27th British Columbia election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Progressive Conservative Oscar Murray Dayton 1,757 10.24% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 10,031 58.44% unknown Liberal John Fife Spencer 2,252 13.12% unknown Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock 3,125 18.21% unknown Total valid votes 17,165 100.00% Total rejected ballots 118 Turnout % 28th British Columbia election, 1966 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat William Kerr 3,081 25.26% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 7,703 63.17% unknown Liberal Lillian Louise Lancaster 1,411 11.57% unknown Total valid votes 12,195 100.00% Total rejected ballots 164 Turnout % 29th British Columbia election, 1969 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Frank Edward Hollins 3,688 20.72% unknown Liberal Kenneth Jessiman 2,366 13.29% unknown Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 11,747 65.99% unknown Total valid votes 17,801 100.00% Total rejected ballots 165 Turnout % 30th British Columbia election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Independent Kenneth Leyden Christensen 107 x 107 0.49% unknown Liberal Johann Erickson 3,782 17.45% unknown Progressive Conservative Allan Bryan Holder 4,134 19.07% unknown Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 8,712 40.19% unknown New Democrat Kelly Margaret Weger 4,942 22.80% unknown Total valid votes 21,677 100.00% Total rejected ballots 264 Turnout % 31st British Columbia election, 1975 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Ian McBeth Cameron 6,628 25.35% unknown Liberal Johann Erickson 2,987 11.43% unknown Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 16,528 63.22% unknown Total valid votes 26,143 100.00% Total rejected ballots 79 Turnout % 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat David Carstairs (Dave) Menzies 5,792 31.41% unknown Progressive Conservative Thomas Fitzgerland (Jerry) Pirie 1,413 7.66% unknown Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 11,236 60.93% unknown Total valid votes 18,441 100.00% Total rejected ballots 238 Turnout % 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Scott Orman Fast 7,955 35.34% unknown Western Canada Concept Clarence Ernest Hjalmarson 953 4.23% unknown Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 12,255 54.45% unknown Progressive Conservative Thomas Matthew Tyson 847 3.76% unknown Liberal Hartwig B. Warnke 500 2.22% unknown Total valid votes 22,510 100.00% Total rejected ballots 289 Turnout % 34th British Columbia election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Scott Orman Fast 6,626 30.44% unknown Liberal Clinton E. Hames 1,859 8.54% unknown Social Credit John Jansen 12,838 58.97% unknown Progressive Conservative Gerald James Edward Kirby 446 2.05% unknown Total valid votes 21,769 100.00% Total rejected ballots 300 Turnout % 35th British Columbia election, 1991 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Gladys Doreen Brown 5,688 25.68% unknown Liberal Robert Chisholm 8,601 38.83% unknown Social Credit John Jansen 7,619 43.40% unknown Green Steve Kisby 241 1.49% unknown Total valid votes 22,149 100.00% Total rejected ballots 408 Turnout % 36th British Columbia election, 1996 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures No Affiliation Bob Chisholm 5,736 23.44% unknown New Democrat Keith Rollie 5,989 24.88% unknown Liberal Robert Chisholm 8,601 38.83% unknown Green Steve Kisby 232 0.95% unknown Liberal Barry Penner 9,273 37.90% unknown BC Reform John Jansen 3,237 13.23% unknown Total valid votes 24,467 100.00% Total rejected ballots 107 Turnout % The riding was redistributed after the 1996 election. The successor-ridings are the current Chilliwack-Sumas and Chilliwack-Kent. The former takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and the Sumas Prairie area east of Abbotsford, while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands along the banks of the Fraser towards Hope.
Categories:- Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts
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