Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.[1]

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district of a similar name, see Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge.

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lisa Beare New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2017

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km²)	499

Geography

1999 redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

• Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
• Removal of Douglas Island[1]

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Dewdney riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Dewdney prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		William James Hartley	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Ken Stewart	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Michael Sather	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Doug Bing	Liberal
41st	2017–present		Lisa Beare	New Democratic

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	12,045	44.8	+1.90
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,428	38.8	-6.70
	Green	Alex Pope	3,329	12.4	+3.30
	Conservative	Gary O'Driscoll	676	2.5	+2.5

2013 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,824	45.49	-0.26	$50,220
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Joan Rosenau	10,204	42.88	-4.19	$61,491
	Green	Michael Lawrence Patterson	2,178	9.15	+3.62	$1,188
	No Affiliation	Manuel "Mike" Pratas	589	2.48	–	$1,320
Total valid votes			23,795	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			184	0.77	+0.14
Turnout			23,979	59.87	+2.97
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

• Pratas campaigned with the BC Conservative Party but was listed as "No affiliation" on the ballot.

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	9232	46.91	+0.53
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	9062	46.04	+3.30
	Green	Rob Hornsey	1064	5.41	−1.95
	Independent	Chum Richardson	194	0.99	–
	Refederation	Jay Ariken	129	0.66	–

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	11,786	46.38
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,861	42.74
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	1,869	7.36
	Democratic Reform	Rick Butler	534	2.10
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	360	1.42
Total			25,410	100.00

2001 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	12,235	52.96	$39,898
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	5,764	24.95	$22,812
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,069	13.29	$2,437
	Unity	Dave Hensman	1,220	5.28	$7,515
	Marijuana	Rick Cameron	716	3.10	$394
	Action	Michael Felgner	97	0.42	$300
Total valid votes			23,101	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.33
Turnout			23,178	72.90

1996 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	12,946	46.07	$34,860
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,960	39.00		$52,898
	Progressive Democrat	Peter Neufeld	2,011	7.16	$412
	Reform	Nick Walsh	1,470	5.23	–
	Green	Richard Hennick	464	1.65	$100
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	158	0.56	–
	Natural Law	Matt Deacon	90	0.32	$118
Total valid votes			28,099	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137	0.49
Turnout			28,236	73.30

1991 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	11,591	45.16	$28,734
	Liberal	Steve Gilmore	8,786	34.23	$5,377
	Social Credit	Roman Evancic	4,986	19.42	$26,959
	Green	David B. Pehota	305	1.19	$310
Total valid votes			25,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335	1.29
Turnout			26,003	77.02
	New Democratic notional gain from Social Credit		Swing		N/A

References

1. "Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
3. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia