Central Fraser Valley (electoral district)

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Central Fraser Valley was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986.

For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) and/or Vancouver (electoral districts).

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Political geography 3 Notable elections 4 Notable MLAs 5 Electoral history 6 Source

[edit] Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966-1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Political geography

[edit] Notable elections

[edit] Notable MLAs

[edit] Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

32nd British Columbia election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jan Bakker	4,653	25.88%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Eva Viola Barton	1,362	7.57%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie	11,967	66.55%		unknown
Total valid votes			17,982	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Harry Wilfred Fontaine	6,628	25.05%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James Alexander McNeil	3,399	12.85%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Samuel (Bill) Ritchie	16,032	60.59%		unknown
	Liberal	Jacob Victor Suderman	399	1.51%		unknown
Total valid votes			26,458	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			419
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 19861
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Violet Bergen	6,805	13.44%		unknown
	Social Credit	Harry H. De Jong	15,900	31.41%		unknown
	Social Credit	Peter Albert Dueck	16,961	33.51%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James Alexander McNeil	4,900	9.68%		unknown
	New Democrat	J. Steven Mohr	6,052	11.96%		unknown
Total valid votes			50,618	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			627
Turnout			%
1 Seat increased to two members from one.

[edit] Source

Elections BC Historical Returns