Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Explained

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Province:	British Columbia
Prov-Status:	active
Prov-Election-First:	1991
Prov-Election-Last:	2024
Prov-Rep:	Lisa Beare
Prov-Rep-Party:	NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:	British Columbia New Democratic Party

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 Meadows 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 (km^2)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km^2)	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

The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Dewdney riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Dewdney prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		William James Hartley	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005			Ken Stewart	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Michael Sather	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017			Doug Bing	Liberal
41st	2017–2020		Lisa Beare	New Democratic
42nd	2020–2024
43rd	Since 2024

Election results

• Pratas campaigned with the BC Conservative Party but was listed as "No affiliation" on the ballot.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows B.C. Votes . CBC.ca . 2009-04-12 . 2009-04-12.