Abbotsford West
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Location in the Lower Mainland | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2008 | ||
| First contested | 2009 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021) | 61,904 | ||
| Area (km²) | 91 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 680.3 | ||
| Census division(s) | Fraser Valley Regional District | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Abbotsford[1] | ||
Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.
Geography
The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Abbotsford (including the Matsqui and Mount Lehman) lying within this boundary: commencing at the northern limit of said city and the Fraser River, south along Bradner Road and its production to Highway 1, thence east-southeast along said highway to Fishtrap Creek, thence northeast along said creek to Old Yale Road, thence east along said road to McMillan Road, thence north along said road to Old Clayburn Road, thence west along said road to BC-11 (Sumas Way), thence north along said road to the northern limit of said city, thence west along the northern city limit to the point of origin.
History
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Abbotsford West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Abbotsford-Mount Lehman prior to 2009 | ||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Mike de Jong | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | |||
| 41st | 2017–2020 | |||
| 42nd | 2020–2023 | |||
| 2023–2024 | United | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Korky Neufeld | Conservative | |
On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Mike de Jong, British Columbia Liberal Party was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2005 to the Abbotsford-Mount Lehman riding. He was also elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.
Electoral history
| 2024 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Korky Neufeld | 11,483 | 58.35% | +50.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Graeme Hutchison | 7,255 | 36.87% | -0.8 | ||||
| Independent | James Davison | 940 | 4.78% | |||||
| Total valid votes/expenses limit | 19,678 | 100% | $71,700.08 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +47.5 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Liberal | 45.0 | ||
| New Democratic | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | 8.8 | ||
| Green | 8.5 | ||
| Others | 0.5 | ||
| 2020 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 8,880 | 45.51 | −9.72 | $46,271.14 | |||
| New Democratic | Preet Rai | 7,119 | 36.49 | +5.72 | $5,639.35 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Henshall | 1,766 | 9.05 | – | $7,727.07 | |||
| Green | Kevin Eastwood | 1,671 | 8.56 | −2.28 | $330.52 | |||
| Vision | Sukhi Gill | 75 | 0.38 | – | $2,685.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,511 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 11,618 | 55.23 | +4.85 | $71,415 | |||
| New Democratic | Preet Rai | 6,474 | 30.77 | +1.36 | $23,646 | |||
| Green | Kevin Allan Eastwood | 2,280 | 10.84 | +6.18 | $306 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Lynn Simcox | 516 | 2.45 | – | $1,221 | |||
| Libertarian | Dave Sharkey | 149 | 0.71 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,037 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 148 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,185 | 57.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 9,473 | 50.38 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sukhi Dhami | 5,430 | 29.41 | |||||
| Conservative | Paul Brian Redekopp | 1,791 | 9.53 | |||||
| Independent | Moe Gill | 1,082 | 5.75 | |||||
| Green | Stephen Carl OShea | 877 | 4.66 | |||||
| Excalibur | Kerry-Lynn Osbourne | 49 | 0.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18.702 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | 1.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,947 | 59.38 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 31,910 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 8,992 | 55.81 | -2.5 | |
| NDP | Taranjit Purewal | 5,106 | 31.69 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Dalbir Benipal | 1,043 | 6.48 | n/a | |
| Green | Karen Durant | 970 | 6.02 | n/a | |
| Total | 16,111 | 100.00% | |||
References
- ^ Iyer, Nitya (April 3, 2023). "Redistribution Final Report" (PDF). British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Election Candidate List". Elections BC. September 28, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ "Abbotsford West". 338Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
