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Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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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 a ...
(which includes
Mission Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * ...
,
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, Nicomen Island, and Lake Erock), and the District Municipalities of Maple Ridge and
Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows is a city within Metro Vancouver in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Incorporated in 1914, it currently has a land area of with an estimate population of 19,498 as of 2024. The city received its name from the Pitt River and ...
and their vicinities.


History

The electoral district was created in 1996 as "Dewdney—Alouette" riding from parts of Fraser Valley East and
Mission—Coquitlam Mission—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Mission—Port Moody riding. It was abol ...
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 and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon 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


See also

*
List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References

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Expenditures – 2004

Expenditures – 2000

Expenditures – 1997


External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Maple Ridge, British Columbia Mission, British Columbia Pitt Meadows