Abbotsford West Explained

Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2008
Prov-Election-First:2009
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Prov-Rep:Korky Neufeld
Prov-Rep-Party:Conservative
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:BC United
Demo-Census-Date:2021
Demo-Pop:61904
Demo-Area:91
Demo-Cd:Fraser Valley Regional District
Demo-Csd:Abbotsford[1]

Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.

Geography

The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Abbotsford (including the Matsqui and Mount Lehman) lying within this boundary: commencing at the northern limit of said city and the Fraser River, south along Bradner Road and its production to Highway 1, thence east-southeast along said highway to Fishtrap Creek, thence northeast along said creek to Old Yale Road, thence east along said road to McMillan Road, thence north along said road to Old Clayburn Road, thence west along said road to BC-11 (Sumas Way), thence north along said road to the northern limit of said city, thence west along the northern city limit to the point of origin.

History

This riding has elected the following members of the 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. Mike de Jong, British Columbia Liberal Party was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2005 to the Abbotsford-Mount Lehman riding. He was also elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.

Electoral history

2020 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party%
 45.0
 37.2
 8.8
 8.5
 Others 0.5

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iyer . Nitya . April 3, 2023 . Redistribution Final Report . dead . October 4, 2024 . British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission . February 10, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240210153831/https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf .
  2. Web site: Abbotsford West . 338Canada . 8 October 2024.