Fleetwood—Port Kells is a federal

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in the

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2004.

Geography

It consists of the northeast part of the City of

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Barnston Island Barnston Island is an unincorporated island located in the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area of British Columbia, Canada. Most of it is part of Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A; the remainder is Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3, which is ...

, and Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3 the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The communities of Fleetwood, East Newton, Guildford, Port Kells and North Clayton are contained within this riding. Fraser Heights was included in this riding until it was moved to the new

Langley Township—Fraser Heights Langley Township—Fraser Heights is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. From 2015 to 2025, the district was known as Langley—Aldergrove. It was renamed by the 2022 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally ...

riding in the 2023 redistribution.

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Languages: 46.9% English, 17.6% Punjabi, 8.8% Chinese, 4.9% Tagalog, 4.0% Korean, 2.8% Vietnamese, 2.3% Hindi, 1.1% Spanish, 11.6% Other
Religions: 43.0% Christian, 19.6% Sikh, 3.7% Muslim, 3.6% Buddhist, 3.3% Hindu, 0.4% Other, 26.4% None
Median income: $26,124 (2010)
Average income: $34,327 (2010)

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from

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and some of

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riding. The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Fleetwood—Port Kells should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections. The redefined Fleetwood—Port Kells gains very small areas from the current ridings of

and

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until the 2015 election. History This electoral district was created in 2003 ...

while losing significant portions of its current territory to the new districts of

Cloverdale—Langley City Cloverdale—Langley City is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district located in the Metro Vancouver area of British Columbia. History Cloverdale—Langley City was created by the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 201 ...

South Surrey—White Rock South Surrey—White Rock () is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompass a portion of British Columbia previously ...

and Surrey—Newton. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for October 2015.

Members of Parliament

Election results

References

*
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada

Expenditures - 2008

Expenditures - 2004

Notes

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