Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

This article is about the Canadian federal electoral district formerly named Dewdney—Alouette. For the former regional district, see Dewdney-Alouette Regional District.

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission in relation to other Fraser Valley federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2013
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	131,746
Electors (2011)	85,174
Area (km²)	2,601.09
Census subdivision(s)	Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows

Demographics

Population, 2001	110,577
Electors	77,280
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Geography

The district includes the northwestern quarter of the Fraser Valley Regional District (which includes Mission, Kent, Nicomen Island, and Lake Erock), and the District Municipalities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and their vicinities.

History

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Dewdney—Alouette Riding created from Fraser Valley East and Mission—Coquitlam
36th	1997–2000		Grant McNally	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
38th	2004–2006		Randy Kamp	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding to be dissolved into Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon

Election results

Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	28,803	54.34	+2.53
	New Democratic	Craig Speirs	18,835	35.53	+2.52
	Liberal	Mandeep Bhullar	2,739	5.17	-1.46
	Green	Peter Tam	2,629	4.96	-2.53
Total valid votes			53,006	100.0
Total rejected ballots			158	0.30	+0.03
Turnout			53,164	60.04
Eligible voters			88,555
	Conservative hold		Swing		±0

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	26,512	51.81	+11.63	$86,100
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	16,894	33.01	-1.95	$52,669
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,833	7.49	+4.24	$665
	Liberal	Dan Olson	3,394	6.63	-13.62	$6,665
	Libertarian	Jeff Monds	300	0.59	–
	Independent	Evans Nicholson	137	0.27	–	$1,941
	Independent	Chum Richardson	101	0.20	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,171	100.0		$88,209
Total rejected ballots			137	0.27	+0.03
Turnout			51,308	60	-4
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.79

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	20,946	40.18	+1.68	$76,400
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	18,225	34.96	+2.28	$62,086
	Liberal	Keith Henry	10,556	20.25	-1.61	$42,447
	Green	Robert Hornsey	1,694	3.25	-2.02	$200
	Marijuana	Dan Banov	327	0.62	–	$960
	Independent	Erin Knipstrom	277	0.53	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Martin	95	0.18	–
Total valid votes			52,120	100.0
Total rejected ballots			128	0.24	-0.02
Turnout			52,248	64	+2
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.30

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Kamp	18,490	38.50	-31.95	$51,279
	New Democratic	Mike Bocking	15,693	32.68	+21.21	$34,357
	Liberal	Blanche Juneau	10,500	21.86	+3.79	$14,179
	Green	Tammy Lea Meyer	2,535	5.27	–	$1,789
	Independent	Scott Etches	1,156	1.66	–	$707
Total valid votes			48,016	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.26	-0.15
Turnout			48,141	62	-1
	Conservative hold		Swing		-26.58
Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals for the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives.

Dewdney—Alouette

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Grant McNally	28,181	58.42	+11.17	$32,313
	Liberal	Jati Sidhu	8,717	18.07	-7.03	$37,270
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Kehler	5,804	12.03	+5.98	$8,033
	New Democratic	Malcolm James Crockett	5,535	11.47	-7.70	$15,196
Total valid votes			48,237	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.43	+0.13
Turnout			48,447	63.38	+0.37
	Alliance hold		Swing		+9.10
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Grant McNally	20,446	47.25	$28,213
	Liberal	Lorne Riding	10,861	25.10	$32,253
	New Democratic	Malcolm James Crockett	8,296	19.17	$31,458
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Harris	2,619	6.05	$14,410
	Green	Elizabeth Nolan	634	1.46
	Christian Heritage	Harry Hannis	215	0.49	$440
	Natural Law	William Alexander Cameron	195	0.45
Total valid votes			43,266	100.0
Total rejected ballots			132	0.30
Turnout			43,398	63.01
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley East and Mission—Coquitlam, both of which elected a Reform candidate in the previous election.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (Code 59007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada