Abbotsford-Clayburn

Abbotsford-Clayburn
British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created	1999
District abolished	2009
First contested	2001
Last contested	2005
Demographics
Population (2001)	44,865
Electors (2005)	31,312
Area (km²)	81.43
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Abbotsford

Abbotsford-Clayburn was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2001	44,865
Population Change, 1996–2001	4.6%
Area (km²)	81.43
Pop. Density (people per km²)	551

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Abbotsford to Abbotsford-Mount Lehman include:

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. John van Dongen, a former dairy farmer. He was first elected in 1995. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. van Dongen was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on June 5, 2001. He is now running for re-election in the newly created riding of Abbotsford South.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John van Dongen	12,584	72.51%	$32,911
	New Democratic	Kris Lind	2,096	12.08%	$1,070
	Unity	Peter Stiegelmar	1,751	10.09%	$6,073
	Marijuana	Don Fulford	706	4.07%	$504
	Freedom	Kenneth Montgomery Keillor	217	1.25%	$107
Total valid votes			17,354	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			154	0.89%
Turnout			17,508	71.30%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	11,047	59.95%
	New Democratic	Michael Nenn	5,555	30.15%
	Green	Lance Pizzariello	1,428	7.75%
	Freedom	Kenneth Montgomery Keillor	199	1.08%
	Marijuana	Iain Gilfillan	198	1.07%
Total			18,427	100.00%

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British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

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