Abbotsford West

Abbotsford West

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike de Jong Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	48,549
Area (km²)	105.03
Pop. density (per km²)	462.2
Census divisions	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivisions	Abbotsford

Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will came into effect in 2009, and was first be contested in the British Columbia general election, 2009.

Member of Legislative Assembly

On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term. Mike de Jong, British Columbia Liberal Party was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2005 to the Abbotsford-Mount Lehman riding. He was also successful elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.

Electoral history

B.C. General Election 2013: Abbotsford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	9,473	50.38
	New Democratic	Sukhi Dhami	5,530	29.41
	Conservative	Paul Redekopp	1,791	9.53
	Independent	Moe Gill	1,082	5.75
	Green	Stephen O'Shea	877	4.66
	Excalibur	Kerry-Lynn Osbourne	49	0.26
Total Valid Votes			18,802
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 Abbotsford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	8,992	55.81	-2.5
	NDP	Taranjit Purewal	5,106	31.69	+0.4
	Conservative	Dalbir Benipal	1,043	6.48	n/a
	Green	Karen Durant	970	6.02	n/a
Total			16,111	100.00%