Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Explained

Province:British Columbia
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-District-Number:59007
Fed-Created:1996
Fed-Abolished:2013
Fed-Election-First:1997
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:131746
Demo-Electors:85174
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:2601.09
Demo-Csd:Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.

Demographics

Population, 2001110,577
Electors77,280
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Geography

The district includes the northwestern quarter of the Fraser Valley Regional District (which includes Mission, Kent, Nicomen Island, and Lake Erock), and the District Municipalities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and their vicinities.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 as "Dewdney—Alouette" riding from parts of Fraser Valley East and Mission—Coquitlam ridings. Its name was changed in 2004 to "Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission" in 2004.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding split into Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon for the 2015 election, the former Conservative MP Randy Kemp retired, with the Liberal Party picking up both new ridings.

Election results

Dewdney—Alouette

See also

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]