Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

This article is for the Canadian federal electoral district formerly named Dewdney—Alouette. For the former regional district by that name, see Dewdney-Alouette Regional District.

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

British Columbia electoral district

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission in relation to other Fraser Valley federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Randy Kamp
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

131,746

Electors (2011)

85,174

Area (km²)^[2]

2,601.09

Pop. density (per km²)

50.7

Census subdivisions

Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Demographics

Population, 2001	110,577
Electors	77,280
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 will see this riding dissolved into Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Dewdney—Alouette Riding created from Fraser Valley East and Mission—Coquitlam
36th	1997 − 2000		Grant McNally	Reform
36th	2000 − 2000			Alliance
37th	2000 − 2003			Alliance
37th	2003 − 2004			Conservative
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
38th	2004 − 2006		Randy Kamp	Conservative
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present
Riding to be dissolved into Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon

Current Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament is Randy Kamp, former linguist and academic Kamp was the Executive Assistant to Grant McNally, the former MP, for seven years prior to being elected as MP. Kamp has also been a retail store manager and an ordained Christian minister. He was first elected in 2004. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Since 2006, Kamp has served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and as a member of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Election results

Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	28,803	54.34	+2.53
	New Democratic	Craig Speirs	18,835	35.53	+2.52
	Liberal	Mandeep Bhuller	2,739	5.17	-1.46
	Green	Peter Tam	2,629	4.96	-2.53
Total valid votes			53,006	100.0
Total rejected ballots			158	0.30	+0.03
Turnout			53,164	60.04
Eligible voters			88,555
	Conservative hold		Swing		±0

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	26,512	51.81	+11.63	$86,100
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	16,894	33.01	-1.95	$52,669
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,833	7.49	+4.24	$665
	Liberal	Dan Olson	3,394	6.63	-13.62	$6,665
	Libertarian	Jeff Monds	300	0.59	–
	Independent	Evans Nicholson	137	0.27	–	$1,941
	Independent	Chum Richardson	101	0.20	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,171	100.0		$88,209
Total rejected ballots			137	0.27	+0.03
Turnout			51,308	60	-4
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.79

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	20,946	40.18	+1.68	$76,400
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	18,225	34.96	+2.28	$62,086
	Liberal	Keith Henry	10,556	20.25	-1.61	$42,447
	Green	Robert Hornsey	1,694	3.25	-2.02	$200
	Marijuana	Dan Banov	327	0.62	–	$960
	Independent	Erin Knipstrom	277	0.53	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Martin	95	0.18	–
Total valid votes			52,120	100.0
Total rejected ballots			128	0.24	-0.02
Turnout			52,248	64	+2
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.30

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	18,490	38.50	-31.95	$51,279
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	15,693	32.68	+21.21	$34,357
	Liberal	Blanche Juneau	10,500	21.86	+3.79	$14,179
	Green	Tammy Lea Meyer	2,535	5.27	–	$1,789
	Independent	Scott Etches	1,156	1.66	–	$707
Total valid votes			48,016	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.26	-0.15
Turnout			48,141	62	-1
	Conservative hold		Swing		-26.58
Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals for the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Dewdney-Alouette

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Grant McNally	28,181	58.42	+11.17	$32,313
	Liberal	Jatinder Sidhu	8,717	18.07	-7.03	$37,270
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Kehler	5,804	12.03	+5.98	$8,033
	New Democratic	Malcolm James Crockett	5,535	11.47	-7.70	$15,196
Total valid votes			48,237	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.43	+0.13
Turnout			48,447	63.38	+0.37
	Alliance hold		Swing		+9.10
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Grant McNally	20,446	47.25	$28,213
	Liberal	Lorne Riding	10,861	25.10	$32,253
	New Democratic	Malcolm James Crockett	8,296	19.17	$31,458
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Harris	2,619	6.05	$14,410
	Green	Elizabeth Nolan	634	1.46
	Christian Heritage	Harry Hannis	215	0.49	$440
	Natural Law	William Alexander Cameron	195	0.45
Total valid votes			43,266	100.0
Total rejected ballots			132	0.30
Turnout			43,398	63.01
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East and Mission—Coquitlam, both of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election.

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 59007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Expenditures – 2004
Expenditures – 2000
Expenditures – 1997

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley

Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Delta—Richmond East Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Richmond South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

New Democratic	Newton—North Delta Surrey North

Federal ridings in British Columbia

British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior Cariboo—Prince George Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Okanagan—Coquihalla Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Delta—Richmond East Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Newton—North Delta Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Richmond South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Surrey North

Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas Burnaby—New Westminster New Westminster—Coquitlam North Vancouver Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Cowichan Saanich—Gulf Islands Vancouver Island North Victoria

Coordinates: 49°13′55″N 122°42′50″W / 49.232°N 122.714°W / 49.232; -122.714