Abbotsford-Mount Lehman

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = British Columbia


caption =
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished = 2009
prov-election-first = 2001
prov-election-last = 2005
prov-rep = Mike de Jong
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = BC Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = British Columbia Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 55493
demo-electors = 34226
demo-electors-date = 2005
demo-area = 160.65
demo-cd = Fraser Valley Regional District
demo-csd = Abbotsford

Abbotsford-Mount Lehman is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Demographics

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Matsqui to Abbotsford-Mount Lehman include:
*Removal of the southeastern portion, in the Poplar and Mill Lake area

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Hon. Mike de Jong, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 1994. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. Mr. de Jong was appointed Minister of Forests on June 5, 2001 and the Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services on June 16, 2005.

Election results

-
style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Mike de Jong
align="right"|11,325
align="right"|57.55%
align="right"
-
NDP
Taranjit Purewal
align="right"|6,132
align="right"|31.16%
align="right"
Green
Jed Anderson
align="right"|1,359
align="right"|6.91%
align="right"
DRBC
Robert Arthur Klassen
align="right"|472
align="right"|2.40%
align="right"
Marijuana
Timothy Lee Felger
align="right"|392
align="right"|1.99%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|19,680!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"

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style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
Mike de Jong
align="right"|12,660
align="right"|68.48%
align="right"
align="right"|$32,765
-
NDP
Taranjit Purewal
align="right"|2,431
align="right"|13.15%
align="right"
align="right"|$2,775
Unity
Gloria Cavacece (Ewert)
align="right"|1,576
align="right"|8.53%
align="right"
align="right"|$2,437
Green
Karl Hann
align="right"|1,299
align="right"|7.03%
align="right"
align="right"|$223
Marijuana
Brian Carlisle
align="right"|451
align="right"|2.44%
align="right"
align="right"|$394
People's Front
David MacKay
align="right"|46
align="right"|0.25%
align="right"
align="right"
Freedom
Robert Wayne McCulloch
align="right"|23
align="right"|0.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$100
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes!align="right"|18,486!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots!align="right"|116!align="right"|0.63%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|18,602!align="right"|71.44%!align="right"
!align="right"

External links

* [http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_2.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/abm.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
* [http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
* [http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]