Chilliwack (electoral district)

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Chilliwack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916. It was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding, which used the older spelling of the name and had slightly different boundaries. Chilliwhack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond (electoral district), which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas.

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 1911
Population change, 1911-1996
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political Geography and History

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 987 55.64% unknown
     Conservative William Lyle Macken 787 44.36% unknown
Total valid votes 1,774 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


15th British Columbia election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 1,911 53.16% unknown
     Conservative Andrew Leslie Coote 1,684 46.84% unknown
Total valid votes 3,595 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 1,429 37.83% unknown
     Provincial John Alexander MacLeod 1,281 33.928% unknown
     Independent Conservative John J. McPhee 1,067 28.25% unknown
Total valid votes 3,777 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %


17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative William Atkinson 2,595 55.51% unknown
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,080 44.49% unknown
Total valid votes 4,675 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 79
Turnout %


18th British Columbia election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,273 44.96% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Alexander Ingvald Hougen 1,128 22.31% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Perriman Wheeler 1,655 32.73% unknown
Total valid votes 5,056 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 70
Turnout %


19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Edward Dodsley Barrow 2,220 35.25% unknown
     Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,524 40.08% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Thomas Luxton 1,554 24.67% unknown
Total valid votes 6,298 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 77
Turnout %


20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,704 37.78% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Eric Symonds Fowerdew 1,810 25.29% unknown
     Liberal Frederick Alexander Menzies 2,644 36.94% unknown
Total valid votes 7,158 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 42
Turnout %


21st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Coalition Leslie Harvey Eyres 3,804 62.37% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. William Thomas Richards 2,295 37.63% unknown
Total valid votes 6,099 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 35
Turnout %


22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. George Henry Barefoot 2,712 22.65% unknown
     Coalition Leslie Harvey Eyres 6,847 57.17% unknown
     BC Social Credit League Peer Vernon Paynter 2,417 20.18% unknown
Total valid votes 11,976 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 167
Turnout %


23rd British Columbia election, 19528
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Leslie Harvey Eyres 2,097 13.62% 2,097 13.62% unknown
     Liberal Alexander Ingvald Hougen 2,543 16.52% 2,543 16.52% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 8,509 55.29% 8,059 55.29% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. James John Sutherland 2,242 14.57% 2,242 14.57% unknown
Total valid votes 15,391 100.00% 15,391 %
Total rejected ballots 421
Turnout %
8 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding.


24th British Columbia election, 1953 9/sup>
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		 % Votes
final count		 % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Emil Anderson 2,456 16.99% 2,456 16.99% unknown
     Liberal Lloyd Truman Beharrell 2,631 18.20% 2,631 18.20% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 8,776 60.73% 8,776 60.73% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Henry Edward Taylor 589 4.08% 589 4.08% unknown
Total valid votes 14,452 100.00% 14,452 %
Total rejected ballots 775
Total Registered Voters
Turnout %
9 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding..


25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Henry Goosen 3,118 19.76% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 9,008 57.10% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Michael Kournossoff 2,992 18.97% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Douglas Grant Burton Taylor 658 4.17% - -.- %
Total valid votes 15,776 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 138
Turnout %


26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 10,051 54.30% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Douglas Grant Burton Taylor 1,173 6.34% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock 4,123 22.27% unknown
     Liberal Frank Wilson 3,163 17.09% unknown
Total valid votes 18,510 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 150
Turnout %


27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Progressive Conservative Oscar Murray Dayton 1,757 10.24% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 10,031 58.44% unknown
     Liberal John Fife Spencer 2,252 13.12% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock 3,125 18.21% unknown
Total valid votes 17,165 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 118
Turnout %


28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat William Kerr 3,081 25.26% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 7,703 63.17% unknown
     Liberal Lillian Louise Lancaster 1,411 11.57% unknown
Total valid votes 12,195 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 164
Turnout %


29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Frank Edward Hollins 3,688 20.72% unknown
     Liberal Kenneth Jessiman 2,366 13.29% unknown
     Social Credit William Kenneth Kiernan 11,747 65.99% unknown
Total valid votes 17,801 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 165
Turnout %


30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Independent Kenneth Leyden Christensen 107 x 107 0.49% unknown
     Liberal Johann Erickson 3,782 17.45% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Allan Bryan Holder 4,134 19.07% unknown
     Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 8,712 40.19% unknown
     New Democrat Kelly Margaret Weger 4,942 22.80% unknown
Total valid votes 21,677 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 264
Turnout %


31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Ian McBeth Cameron 6,628 25.35% unknown
     Liberal Johann Erickson 2,987 11.43% unknown
     Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 16,528 63.22% unknown
Total valid votes 26,143 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 79
Turnout %


32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat David Carstairs (Dave) Menzies 5,792 31.41% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Thomas Fitzgerland (Jerry) Pirie 1,413 7.66% unknown
     Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 11,236 60.93% unknown
Total valid votes 18,441 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 238
Turnout %


33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Scott Orman Fast 7,955 35.34% unknown
     Western Canada Concept Clarence Ernest Hjalmarson 953 4.23% unknown
     Social Credit Harvey Wilf Schroeder 12,255 54.45% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Thomas Matthew Tyson 847 3.76% unknown
     Liberal Hartwig B. Warnke 500 2.22% unknown
Total valid votes 22,510 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 289
Turnout %


34th British Columbia election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Scott Orman Fast 6,626 30.44% unknown
     Liberal Clinton E. Hames 1,859 8.54% unknown
     Social Credit John Jansen 12,838 58.97% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Gerald James Edward Kirby 446 2.05% unknown
Total valid votes 21,769 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 300
Turnout %


35th British Columbia election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Gladys Doreen Brown 5,688 25.68% unknown
     Liberal Robert Chisholm 8,601 38.83% unknown
     Social Credit John Jansen 7,619 43.40% unknown
     Green Steve Kisby 241 1.49% unknown
Total valid votes 22,149 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 408
Turnout %


36th British Columbia election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     No Affiliation Bob Chisholm 5,736 23.44% unknown
     New Democrat Keith Rollie 5,989 24.88% unknown
     Liberal Robert Chisholm 8,601 38.83% unknown
     Green Steve Kisby 232 0.95% unknown
     Liberal Barry Penner 9,273 37.90% unknown
     BC Reform John Jansen 3,237 13.23% unknown
Total valid votes 24,467 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 107
Turnout %

The riding was redistributed after the 1996 election. The successor-ridings are the current Chilliwack-Sumas and Chilliwack-Kent. The former takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and the Sumas Prairie area east of Abbotsford, while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands along the banks of the Fraser towards Hope.