Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

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Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

British Columbia electoral district
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Chuck Strahl Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	112,118
Electors (2006)	76,522
Area (km²)	29,999
Pop. density (per km²)	3.7
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Chilliwack, Hope, Kent, Fraser Valley E, Lillooet, Pemberton

Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the City of Chilliwack, Hope, Kent, and the small towns along the Fraser Canyon.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 principly from Fraser Valley riding with additional parts from Cariboo—Chilcotin, Dewdney—Alouette, Okanagan—Coquihalla and West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2004-present: Chuck Strahl - Conservative - He previously represented Fraser Valley and Fraser Valley East.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Chuck Strahl, a former logging contractor. He was first elected in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He serves as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons, and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chuck Strahl	26,842	55.98%		$73,315.08
	New Democratic Party	Malcolm James	10015	20.89%		$
	Liberal	Myra Sweeney	8106	16.90%		$5,743.83
	Green	Ed Baye	1929	4.02%		$15.00
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	935	1.95%		$
	Marxist-Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	114	0.23%		$
Total valid votes			47,941	%
Total rejected ballots			134
Turnout			48,075	62.83%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Chuck Strahl	24,096	53.67%		$61,610
	New Democratic Party	Rollie L. Keith	9,244	20.59%		$15,156
	Liberal	Bob Besner	8,249	18.37%		$26,832
	Green	Aisha Coghlan	1,449	3.22%
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	1,156	2.57%		$24,136
	Marijuana	Norm Siefken	603	1.34%
	Marxist-Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	95	0.21%		$173
Total valid votes			44,892	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			101	0.22%
Turnout			44,993	61.82%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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