Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (formerly Dewdney—Alouette) was a federal
electoral district
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in
British Columbia
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1997 to 2015.
Demographics
Geography
The district includes the northwestern quarter of the
Fraser Valley Regional District
The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. Its headquarters are in the city of Chilliwack. The FVRD covers an area of 13,361.74 km2 (5,159 sq mi). It was created in 1995 by a ...
(which includes
Mission
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
Geography Australia
*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
*Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
* Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
* ...
,
Kent
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, Nicomen Island, and Lake Erock), and the District Municipalities of
Maple Ridge and
Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows is a city within Metro Vancouver in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Incorporated in 1914, it currently has a land area of with an estimate population of 19,498 as of 2024. The city received its name from the Pitt River and ...
and their vicinities.
History
The electoral district was created in 1996 as "Dewdney—Alouette" riding from parts of
Fraser Valley East and
Mission—Coquitlam
Mission—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Mission—Port Moody riding.
It was abol ...
ridings. Its name was changed in 2004 to "Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission" in 2004.
The
2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding split into
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge and
Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon for the
2015 election, the former Conservative MP Randy Kemp retired, with the Liberal Party picking up both new ridings.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission
Dewdney—Alouette
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
*
Expenditures – 2004Expenditures – 2000Expenditures – 1997
External links
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia
Federal electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Mission, British Columbia
Pitt Meadows