Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Michael Sather NDP
District created
Last contested	2009

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km²)	499

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

• Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
• Removal of Douglas Island^[1]

History

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. Its MLA is Michael Sather. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Michael Sather	9232	46.91	+0.53
	BC Liberal	Ken Stewart	9062	46.04	+3.30
	Green	Rob Hornsey	1064	5.41	-1.95
	Independent	Chum Richardson	194	0.99
	Refederation	Jay Ariken	129	0.66
Total

B.C. General Election 2005: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Michael Sather	11,786	46.38%
	BC Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,861	42.74%
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	1,869	7.36%
	DRBC	Rick Butler	534	2.10%
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	360	1.42%
Total			25,410	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	BC Liberal	Ken Stewart	12,235	52.96%		$39,898
	NDP	Bill Hartley	5,764	24.95%		$22,812
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,069	13.29%		$2,437
	Unity	Dave Hensman	1,220	5.28%		$7,515
	Marijuana	Rick Cameron	716	3.10%		$394
	Action	Michael Felgner	97	0.42%		$300
Total Valid Votes			23,101	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			77	0.33%
Turnout			23,178	72.90%

B.C. General Election 1996: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Bill Hartley	12,946	46.07%		$34,860
	BC Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,960	39.00%		$52,898
	PDA	Peter Neufeld	2,011	7.16%		$412
	BC Reform	Nick Walsh	1,470	5.23%
	Green	Richard Hennick	464	1.65%		$100
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	158	0.56%
	Natural Law	Matt Deacon	90	0.32%		$118
Total Valid Votes			28,099	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			137	0.49%
Turnout			28,236	73.30%

B.C. General Election 1991: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Bill Hartley	11,591	45.16%		$28,734
	BC Liberal	Steve Gilmore	8,786	34.23%		$5,377
	Social Credit	Roman Evancic	4,986	19.42%		$26,959
	Green	David B. Pehota	305	1.19%		$310
Total Valid Votes			25,668	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			335	1.29%
Turnout			26,003	77.02%

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. 2009-04-12. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/033/. Retrieved 2009-04-12. 

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia