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List Of British Columbia Provincial Electoral Districts (2001–2009)
This is a list of British Columbia's 79 provincial electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 1999 Representation Order, which came into effect for the 2001 British Columbia general election, 2001 election. Obsolete historical districts are listed in the British Columbia provincial electoral districts category page, which can be reached via the Canadian electoral districts category link at the bottom of the individual riding pages listed below. Electoral districts are constituencies that elect MLAs to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia every election. * Abbotsford-Clayburn * Abbotsford-Mount Lehman * Alberni-Qualicum * Bulkley Valley-Stikine * Burnaby North * Burnaby-Edmonds * Burnaby-Willingdon * Burquitlam (provincial electoral district), Burquitlam * Cariboo North * Cariboo South * Chilliwack-Kent * Chilliwack-Sumas * Columbia River-Revelstoke * Comox Valley (provincial electoral district), Comox Valley * Coquitlam-Maillardville * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquitlam-Maillardville
Coquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography The Coquitlam–Maillardville district encompasses most of land of the City of Coquitlam except for the city centre, Westwood Plateau, and a small corner in the northwest that belongs to the Port Moody-Coquitlam electoral district. Coquitlam–Mallardville is bounded by North Road, the Brunette River, and Braid Street to the west; the Fraser River to the south; and the Coquitlam River, and Westwood Street and its extension south from Kingsway Avenue to the river, to the east. The north and northwest boundary follows the CPR tracks from Westwood Street to just north of Viewmount Drive. It then goes south along Viewmont and continues straight, to the end of Brookmount Road. From here it goes west along Brookmount Road and Brookmount Avenue, north of Fresno Place, Harbour Drive, and Bent Court to Gatensbury Avenue, then south to Foster Ave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple Ridge-Mission
Maple Ridge-Mission is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries (see History section). Geography Redistribution Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission-Kent were created from Dewdney (electoral district), Dewdney during the 1989 redistribution. Whereas later in 2000, Mission-Kent and Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows were used to create Maple Ridge-Mission. Finally in the latest redistribution, 2008, just over half of the original riding remain and to it was added a fraction of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows. History Its Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA was Randy Hawes under the former boundary system, who is a former mayor of the Mission, British Columbia, District of Mission. He was first elected in 2001, representing the British Columbia Liberal Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malahat-Juan De Fuca
Malahat-Juan de Fuca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Demographics Geography History Member of Legislative Assembly Its MLA is John Horgan. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. Election results , NDP , Rick Kasper , align="right", 8,579 , align="right", 44.18% , align="right", , align="right", $50,715 , - , bgcolor="red", , Human Race , Louis J. Lesosky , align="right", 68 , align="right", 0.35% , align="right", , align="right", $12 , NDP , Rick Kasper , align="right", 10,686 , align="right", 48.63% , align="right", , align="right", $40,758 , Independent , Louis James Lesosky , align="right", 98 , align="right", 0.45% , align="right", , align="right", $124 , Independent , Rick Kasper , align="right", 5,164 , align="right", 22.56% , align="right", , align="right", $31,524 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley (provincial Electoral District)
Langley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding was first contested in the 1966 general election. The riding was created out of the Delta constituency in 1966. Until the election of 1991, it was considered a safe seat for the Social Credit Party. Since then, the BC Liberals have won the seat by significant margins in six consecutive elections. It returned one MLA from 1966 to 1986, two MLAs from 1986 to 1991, and one MLA from 1991 to the present day. Demographics Member of Legislative Assembly Election results , - , NDP , Kathleen Stephany , align="right", 8,400 , align="right", 35.77% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 23,483 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , - , NDP , Dean Morrison , align="right", 8,303 , align="right", 33.64% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 24,680 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelowna-Mission
Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Kelowna-Mission comprises the southeastern portion of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. This includes the southern area of the city of Kelowna. It is located in southern British Columbia. History 1999 redistribution The district's name was changed from Okanagan West to Kelowna-Mission. Members of the Legislative Assembly History Kelowna-Mission's MLA is Renee Merrifield. She was first elected to represent the riding in the 2020 provincial election. She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Prior to Renee Merrifield, the MLA was Hon. Steve Thomson, the former executive director of the B.C. Agriculture Council. He was first elected to represent the riding in the 2009 provincial election, and was a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Thomson was appointed Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelowna-Lake Country (provincial Electoral District)
Kelowna—Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area. Demographics Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Kelowna—Lake Country comprises the northeastern portion of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. This includes the entire area of the district municipality of Lake Country and the northern area of Kelowna. It is located in southern British Columbia. History 1999 redistribution Changes from Okanagan East to Kelowna-Lake Country include: *removal of area south and southeast of Kelowna *addition of area north of Kelowna MLAs History Member of the Legislative Assembly The Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamloops-North Thompson
Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was formerly considered a political bellwether for the next provincial government, having swung to the governing party ever since party politics was introduced into British Columbia. This trend broke in 2017, when the district was won by a BC Liberal despite a BC NDP government being sworn in. Demographics Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Kamloops-North Thompson comprises the northeastern portion of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. It is located in central British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Kamloops, north of the Thompson river, Clearwater, and Barriere. History Election results , - , align="center", n/a , align="right", $84,848 , - style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3", Total Valid Votes !align="right", 20,943 !align="right", 100% , - style="background:whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamloops (provincial Electoral District)
Kamloops was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1903 to 2009. The provincial constituency should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Kamloops, which encompassed a much larger area. For other ridings named Kamloops or in the Kamloops-Shuswap-Thompson area, please see Kamloops (electoral districts). Kamloops voted for the winning party in every election it was contested, from the riding's creation in 1903 up until its final election in 2005. Demographics Electoral history , Conservative , Frederick John Fulton , align="right", 517 , align="right", 51.14% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , John Francis Deane , align="right", 494 , align="right", 48.86% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,011 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Langley-Aldergrove
Fort Langley-Aldergrove was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created for the 1991 election from the dual member Langley riding and abolished in 2017 into Langley East, Abbotsford South and Abbotsford West. Demographics Electoral history , - , NDP , Gail Chaddock-Costello , align="right", 7,492 , align="right", 30.23 , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 24,783 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , - , NDP , Shane Dyson , align="right", 7,597 , align="right", 29.07% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 26,137 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , - , NDP , Simon Challenger , align="right", 2,619 , align="right", 10.82% , align="right", , align="right", $11,421 , Independent , Murray Dunbar , align="right", 336 , align="right", 1.39% , align="right", , align="right", $977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquimalt-Metchosin
Esquimalt-Metchosin is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first existed from 1991 to 2009, when it was succeeded by the electoral district of Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The riding was reconfigured and brought back in the 2015 electoral redistribution and was contested again in the 2017 election. Demographics Geography The Esquimalt-Metchosin electoral district is made up of the municipalities of Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, and Metchosin in western Greater Victoria. History Member of Legislative Assembly Its current MLA is Mitzi Dean, the former executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services. She was first elected in 2017. She represents the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Election results , - , NDP , Moe Sihota , align="right", 13,833 , align="right", 59.54% , align="right", , align="right", $48,615 , - , Natural Law , Sylvia Danyluk , align="right", 60 , align="right", 0.26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Kootenay (provincial Electoral District)
East Kootenay was a provincial electoral district in use in British Columbia from 1890 to 1898. That riding's predecessor (and that of its onetime sibling, West Kootenay) was the original Kootenay riding, and its successors were East Kootenay South and East Kootenay North. Electoral History 1890-94 East Kootenay existed as a riding name in the 1890 and 1894 general elections. Results for that riding are as follows: , - , Government , James Baker , align="right", 250 , align="right", 60.10% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Opposition , Nicolai Christian Schou , align="right", 166 , align="right", 39.90% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 416 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
