Abbotsford West

Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will came into effect in 2009, and was first be contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.

Abbotsford West

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike de Jong Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	48,549
Area (km²)	105.03
Pop. density (per km²)	462.2
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Abbotsford

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Mike de Jong	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Member of Legislative Assembly

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

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	11,618	55.23	$71,415
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	6,474	30.77	$23,646
	Green	Kevin Allan Eastwood	2,280	10.84	$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[1]

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	9,473	50.38
	New Democratic	Sukhi Dhami	5,530	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
Source: Elections BC[2]

B.C. General Election 2009 Abbotsford West

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

1. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.