- Abbotsford-Clayburn
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia
caption =
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished = 2009
prov-election-first = 2001
prov-election-last = 2005
prov-rep = John van Dongen
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = BC Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = British Columbia Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 44865
demo-electors = 31312
demo-electors-date = 2005
demo-area = 81.43
demo-cd =Fraser Valley Regional District
demo-csd = AbbotsfordAbbotsford-Clayburn is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofBritish Columbia ,Canada .Demographics
Geography
1999 Redistribution
Changes from Abbotsford to Abbotsford-Mount Lehman include:
History
Member of Legislative Assembly
Its MLA is Hon.
John van Dongen , a former dairy farmer. He was first elected in1995 . He represents theBritish Columbia Liberal Party . Mr. van Dongen was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on June 5, 2001.Election results
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalJohn van Dongen
align="right"|11,047
align="right"|59.95%
align="right"
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NDP
Michael Nenn
align="right"|5,555
align="right"|30.15%
align="right"
Green
Lance Pizzariello
align="right"|1,428
align="right"|7.75%
align="right"
Freedom
Kenneth Montgomery Keillor
align="right"|199
align="right"|1.08%
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Marijuana
Iain Gilfillan
align="right"|198
align="right"|1.07%
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- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|18,427!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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style="width: 130px" |BC LiberalJohn van Dongen
align="right"|12,584
align="right"|72.51%
align="right"
align="right"|$32,911
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NDP
Kris Lind
align="right"|2,096
align="right"|12.08%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,070
Unity
Peter Stiegelmar
align="right"|1,751
align="right"|10.09%
align="right"
align="right"|$6,073
Marijuana
Don Fulford
align="right"|706
align="right"|4.07%
align="right"
align="right"|$504
Freedom
Kenneth Montgomery Keillor
align="right"|217
align="right"|1.25%
align="right"
align="right"|$107
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|17,354!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|154!align="right"|0.89%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|17,508!align="right"|71.30%!align="right"
!align="right"External links
* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_1.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/abc.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]
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