Maple Ridge-Mission

Maple Ridge-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Marc Dalton BC Liberal
District created	2001
First contested	2001
Last contested	2009

Maple Ridge-Mission is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries (see History section).

Demographics

Geography

Redistribution

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission-Kent were created from Dewdney during the 1989 redistribution. Whereas later in 2000, Mission-Kent and Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows were used to create Maple Ridge-Mission. Finally in the latest redistribution, 2008, just over half of the original riding remain and to it was added a fraction of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.^[1]

History

Its MLA was Randy Hawes under the former boundary system. He is a former mayor of the District of Mission. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. He successful ran again in the Abbotsford-Mission riding for the 2009 election.

Population, 2001	56,951
Population Change, 1996–2001	6.9%
Area (km²)	3,909.22
Pop. Density (people per km²)	14.6

Member of Legislative Assembly

	Member	Party	Term
	Marc Dalton	Liberal	2009–present
	Randy Hawes	Liberal	2001–2009

Electoral history post 2008

B.C. General Election 2009 Maple Ridge-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Marc Dalton	8,802
	NDP	Mike Bocking	8,738
	Green	Michael Gildersleeve	1,387
	Reform	Ian Vaughan	325
Total

Election history prior to 2008

B.C. General Election 2005: Maple Ridge-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BC Liberal	Randy Hawes	12,095	44.30%
	NDP	Jenny Stevens	11,896	43.57%
	Green	William Stanley Walsh	2,633	9.64%
	Marijuana	Carol Gwilt	314	1.15%
	Independent	Chum Richardson	312	1.14%
	Platinum	Keith Smith	53	0.19%
Total			26,080	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Maple Ridge-Mission
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Randy Hawes	12,920	56.67%		$36,054
	NDP	Rose Bennett	4,710	20.66%		$19,157
	Green	Dawn Paley	2,910	12.76%		$296
	Unity	David Ritchie	1,037	4.55%		$1,487
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	908	3.98%		$394
	Independent	Dale Randall	252	1.11%		$4,144
	Independent	Chum Richardson	81	0.49%		$103
Total Valid Votes			22,800	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			127	0.56%
Turnout			22,927	70.87%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "CBC.ca - B.C. Votes - Maple Ridge-Mission". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/032/. Retrieved 2009-04-11.