Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in the

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established by the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was first contested in the

2009 British Columbia general election The 2009 British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province ...

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term.

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was re-elected in

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and

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to the

Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Abbotsford- Mount Lehman was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Geography 1999 Redistribution Changes from Matsqui to Abbotsford-Mount Lehman includ ...

riding. He was also elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.

Electoral history

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References

British Columbia provincial electoral districts Politics of Abbotsford, British Columbia Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley {{BritishColumbia-stub