Fraser Valley (electoral district)

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)."

Geography

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

* 1921-1925: Elgin Albert Munro, Liberal
* 1925-1940: Harry James Barber, Conservative
* 1945-1953: George Alexander Cruickshank, Liberal
* 1953-1958: Alex Patterson, Social Credit
* 1958-1962: William 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.

Election results

-
Canadian Alliance
Chuck Strahl
align="right"|38,509
align="right"|69.97%|
align="right"|$60,527
Liberal
Hal H. Singleton
align="right"|8,965
align="right"|16.28%|
align="right"|$36,188
-
New Democratic Party
Rob Lees
align="right"|3,185
align="right"|5.78%|
align="right"|$2,392
Progressive Conservative
Rocky Nenka
align="right"|2,330
align="right"|4.23%|
align="right"|$2,582
Marijuana
Norm Siefken
align="right"|811
align="right"|1.47%|
align="right"
Green
Carol Battaglio
align="right"|528
align="right"|0.95%|
align="right"
Action
Debbie Anderson
align="right"|425
align="right"|0.77%|
align="right"
No affiliation
Ed Van Woudenberg
align="right"|212
align="right"|0.38%|
align="right"|$1,798
Communist
Chris Bolster
align="right"|69
align="right"|0.12%|
align="right"|$189
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|55,034!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|164!align="right"|0.30%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|55,198!align="right"|63.70%!!

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Reform
|Chuck Strahl
align="right"|33,101
align="right"|62.85%|
align="right"|$57,306
Liberal
John Les
align="right"|11,569
align="right"|21.96%|
align="right"|$63,061
-
New Democratic Party
Rob Lees
align="right"|4,680
align="right"|8.88%|
align="right"|$21,339
Progressive Conservative
Harry Wiens
align="right"|1,714
align="right"|3.25%|
align="right"|$6,999
Christian Heritage
Rodger N. Brown
align="right"|1,047
align="right"|1.98%|
align="right"|$23,870
Green
Carol Battaglio
align="right"|342
align="right"|0.64%|
align="right"
Natural Law
Patrick Boylan
align="right"|118
align="right"|0.22%|
align="right"|$5
Independent
Sa Tan
align="right"|95
align="right"|0.18%|
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|52,666!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|182!align="right"|0.34%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|52,848!align="right"|67.02%!!

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=225 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1919–1966)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1009 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996–2003)]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=59006 Expenditures: 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures: 1997]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada website]

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts