Maple Ridge-Mission Explained

Maple Ridge-Mission
Province:British Columbia
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2001
Prov-Election-First:2001
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:Bob D'Eith
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:British Columbia New Democratic Party

Maple Ridge-Mission is a 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).

Under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Maple Ridge East.[2]

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, who is a former mayor of the District of Mission. He was first elected in 2001, representing the British Columbia Liberal Party. He successfully ran again in the Abbotsford-Mission riding for the 2009 election.

Population, 200156,951
Population Change, 1996–20016.9%
Area (km2)3,909.22
Pop. Density (people per km2)14.6

Member of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Mission-Kent and Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows prior to 2001
37th2001–2005Randy HawesLiberal
38th2005–2009
39th2009–2013Marc Dalton
40th2013–2017
41st2017–2020Bob D'EithNew Democratic
42nd2020–present

Electoral history

|-|-|NDP|Mike Bocking|align="right"|8,738|align="right"|45.39%|align="right"||-|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|19,252!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"||}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CBC.ca - B.C. Votes - Maple Ridge-Mission . CBC . 2009-04-11.
  2. Web site: 2023-04-22 . Provincial Maple Ridge-Mission riding becomes Maple Ridge East in boundary change . 2024-04-24 . Mission City Record . en.