ABBOTSFORD (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'Abbotsford' is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents

Demographics

Geography

History

Member of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Sources

Demographics

Population, 2001	116,098
Electors, 2004	74,939
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Geography

The district includes the City of Abbotsford, Fraser Valley H Electoral Area, and the Indian reserves of Matsqui Main 2 and Upper Sumas 6.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003. 56.1% of the riding was taken from Fraser Valley riding, and 43.9% from Langley—Abbotsford.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
# 2004-2006: Randy White - Conservative - He previously represented Langley—Abbotsford and Fraser Valley West.
# 2006-present: Ed Fast - Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Abbotsford's current MP is Ed Fast. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada and was first elected in 2006. In addition to being a Member of Parliament, he has been an Abbotsford city councillor and has served as deputy mayor. He is also a former lawyer, having earned a law degree at UBC.

Election results

|-
| style="width: 130px" |Conservative
|Ed Fast
|align="right"|29,825
|align="right"|63.3%
|align="right"|+1.9
|align="right"|$68,269.44
|New Democratic Party
|Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson
|align="right"|8,004
|align="right"|17.0%
|align="right"|+3.4
|align="right"|$6,955.62
|Liberal
|David Oliver
★
|align="right"|5,976
|align="right"|12.7%
|align="right"|-7.2
|align="right"|$22,258.42
|-
|Green
|Stephanie Ashley-Pryce
|align="right"|2,740
|align="right"|5.8%
|align="right"|+2.9
|align="right"|
|Marijuana
|Tim Felger
|align="right"|334
|align="right"|0.7%
|align="right"|-0.1
|align="right"|
|Marxist-Leninist
|David S. MacKay
|align="right"|86
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|+0.1
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|47,138
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|183
!align="right"|0.39%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|47,321
!align="right"|60.69%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|align="left" colspan=2|Conservative 'hold'
|align="right"|'Swing'
|align="right"| +5%
|align="right"|

★ Oliver was registered as the Liberal candidate, but lost the support of the Liberal Party, and would not have sat with the Liberal caucus had he been he be elected until cleared of allegations made by the NDP candidate.
|-
| style="width: 130px" |Conservative
|Randy White
|align="right"|29,587
|align="right"|61.37%
|align="right"| -14.8
|align="right"|$66,946
|Liberal
|Moe Gill
|align="right"|9,617
|align="right"|19.94%
|align="right"| +2.3
|align="right"|$41,240
|New Democratic Party
|Scott Fast
|align="right"|6,575
|align="right"|13.63%
|align="right"| +9.7
|align="right"|$7,584
|-
|Green
|Karl Hann
|align="right"|1,389
|align="right"|2.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$539
|Christian Heritage
|Harold J. Ludwig
|align="right"|585
|align="right"|1.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,075
|Marijuana
|Tim Felger
|align="right"|404
|align="right"|0.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$9,999
|Marxist-Leninist
|David S. MacKay
|align="right"|51
|align="right"|0.10%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|48,208
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|182
!align="right"|0.38%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|48,390
!align="right"|64.57%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|align="left" colspan=2|Conservative 'hold'
|align="right"|'Swing'
|align="right"| -9%
|align="right"|
^ Change based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on combined total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

Sources

★ CBC candidate nomination page

★ Elections Canada