Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1997 to 2015.

Demographics

Geography

The district includes the northwestern quarter of the

Fraser Valley Regional District The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. Its headquarters are in the city of Chilliwack. The FVRD covers an area of 13,361.74 km² (5,159 sq mi). It was created in 1995 by ...

(which includes

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, Nicomen Island, and Lake Erock), and the District Municipalities of Maple Ridge and

Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows is a municipality of Metro Vancouver in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Incorporated in 1914, it has a land area of and a population of 19,146 as of 2021. The municipality received its name from the Pitt River and Pitt Lake. ...

and their vicinities.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 as "Dewdney—Alouette" riding from parts of

Fraser Valley East Fraser Valley East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Bounda ...

and Mission—Coquitlam ridings. Its name was changed in 2004 to "Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission" in 2004. The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding split into

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission. Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge wa ...

and

Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon is a federal electoral district located in Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in th ...

for the 2015 election, the former Conservative MP Randy Kemp retired, with the Liberal Party picking up both new ridings.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission

Dewdney—Alouette

References

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Expenditures – 2004

Expenditures – 2000

Expenditures – 1997

Notes

External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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