Chilliwack-Sumas

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

Demographics

Population, 2001	46,700
Population Change, 1996–2001	7.7%
Area (km²)	259.46
Pop. Density (people per km²)	180

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Chilliwack to Chilliwack-Sumas include:

Removal of half of the City of Chilliwack
Removal of all area east of the City of Chilliwack

Changes from other electoral district to Chilliwack-Sumas

Inclusion of the southwestern portion of the City of Abbotsford
Inclusion of Sumas Mountain

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. John Les, a former mayor of Chilliwack. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. Les was appointed Minister of Small Business and Economic Development on Jan. 26, 2004. He is seeking re-election in the newly created Chilliwack riding for the 2009 election.

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Les	11,995	57.36%
	New Democratic	John-Henry Harter	6,477	30.97%
	Green	Norm Siefken	1,731	8.28%
	Democratic Reform	Brian Downey	315	1.51%
	Youth Coalition	Augustine Lee	266	1.27%
	Moderates	Adam James Solheim	127	0.61%
Total			20,911	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Chilliwack-Sumas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Les	14,137	74.80%		$38,708
	NDP	Christine Muise	2,434	12.88%		$4,360
	Conservative	Grant Cepuran	1,199	6.34%		$354
	Marijuana	Norm Siefken	1,130	5.98%		$973
Total valid votes			18,900	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			168	0.89%
Turnout			19,068	70.58%

External links

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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