Abbotsford-Mount Lehman

Abbotsford-Mount Lehman
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)	55,493
Electors (2005)	34,226
Area (km²)	160.65
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Abbotsford

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	55,493
Population Change, 1996–2001	14.5%
Area (km²)	160.65
Pop. Density (people per km²)	345

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Matsqui to Abbotsford-Mount Lehman include:

Removal of the southeastern portion, in the Poplar and Mill Lake area

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Mike de Jong, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 1994. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. de Jong was appointed Minister of Forests on June 5, 2001 and the Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services on June 16, 2005. He was re-elected in the newly created riding of Abbotsford West during the 2009 general election.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	12,660	68.48%	$32,765
	New Democratic	Taranjit Purewal	2,431	13.15%	$2,775
	Unity	Gloria Cavacece (Ewert)	1,576	8.53%	$2,437
	Green	Karl Hann	1,299	7.03%	$223
	Marijuana	Brian Carlisle	451	2.44%	$394
	People's Front	David MacKay	46	0.25%	–
	Freedom	Robert Wayne McCulloch	23	0.12%	$100
Total valid votes			18,486	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			116	0.63%
Turnout			18,602	71.44%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	11,325	57.55%
	New Democratic	Taranjit Purewal	6,132	31.16%
	Green	Jed Anderson	1,359	6.91%
	Democratic Reform	Robert Arthur Klassen	472	2.40%
	Marijuana	Timothy Lee Felger	392	1.99%
Total			19,680	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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