Chilliwack-Kent was a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
for the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of the Legislature is the lieutenant governor of British Columbi ...
, Canada that existed from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2017 to 2024.
Between 2009 and 2017, it was replaced by the
Chilliwack-Hope riding. In the
2015 redistribution, the eastern portion of Chilliwack-Hope was adjusted and the name Chilliwack-Kent was brought back into service and was contested in the
2017 general election. Under the
2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that took effect for the
2024 general election, riding was eliminated: Kent and other communities north of the
Fraser River
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were redistributed to
Fraser-Nicola, lands between the Fraser and
Trans-Canada Highway
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were redistributed to
Chilliwack North, and the remaining southern portion of the riding formed the new electoral district of
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake.
Demographics
Geography
1999 redistribution
Changes from Chilliwack to Chilliwack-Kent include:
History
Member of the Legislative Assembly
As of the 2020 election, its
MLA is
Kelli Paddon, replacing
Laurie Throness, who was first elected to represent the
Chilliwack-Hope riding in 2013. From 2001 to 2009, Chilliwack-Kent was represented by
Barry Penner.
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Election results
2009-2017, Riding dissolved into Chilliwack-Hope
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NDP
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External links
BC Stats - 2001 (pdfResults of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
References
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia
Politics of Chilliwack
British Columbian provincial electoral districts disestablished in 2024
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