Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lisa Beare New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	1991

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km²)	499

Geography

1999 redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

• Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
• Removal of Douglas Island

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Dewdney riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. William James Hartley, New Democrat (1991-2001)
2. Ken Stewart, Liberal (2001-2005)
3. Michael Sather, New Democrat (2005-2013)
4. Doug Bing, Liberal (2013–2017)
5. Lisa Beare, New Democrat (2017-present)

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	12,045	44.80	+1.92	$60,276
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,428	38.79	−6.70	$55,180
	Green	Alex Pope	3,329	12.38	+3.23	$6,534
	Conservative	Gary John O'Driscoll	676	2.51	+0.03
	Independent	Steve Ranta	408	1.52	–	$979
Total valid votes			26,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173	0.64
Turnout			27,059	64.50
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2013: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,824	45.49	-1.49	$50,295
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Rosenau	10,204	42.88	-4.03	$63,982
	Green	Michael Patterson	2,178	9.15	+3.74	$993
	No affiliation	Manuel "Mike" Pratas*	589	2.48		$2,317
Total Valid Votes			23,795	100
Total Rejected Ballots			184	0.77
Turnout			23,979	59.87

• Pratas campaigned with the BC Conservative Party but was listed as "No affiliation" on the ballot.

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	9232	46.91	+0.53
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	9062	46.04	+3.30
	Green	Rob Hornsey	1064	5.41	−1.95
	Independent	Chum Richardson	194	0.99	–
	Refederation	Jay Ariken	129	0.66	–

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	11,786	46.38
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,861	42.74
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	1,869	7.36
	Democratic Reform	Rick Butler	534	2.10
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	360	1.42
Total			25,410	100.00

2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	12,235	52.96	$39,898
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	5,764	24.95	$22,812
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,069	13.29	$2,437
	Unity	Dave Hensman	1,220	5.28	$7,515
	Marijuana	Rick Cameron	716	3.10	$394
	Action	Michael Felgner	97	0.42	$300
Total valid votes			23,101	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.33
Turnout			23,178	72.90

1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	12,946	46.07	$34,860
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,960	39.00	$52,898
	Progressive Democrat	Peter Neufeld	2,011	7.16	$412
	Reform	Nick Walsh	1,470	5.23	–
	Green	Richard Hennick	464	1.65	$100
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	158	0.56	–
	Natural Law	Matt Deacon	90	0.32	$118
Total valid votes			28,099	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137	0.49
Turnout			28,236	73.30

1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	11,591	45.16	$28,734
	Liberal	Steve Gilmore	8,786	34.23	$5,377
	Social Credit	Roman Evancic	4,986	19.42	$26,959
	Green	David B. Pehota	305	1.19	$310
Total valid votes			25,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335	1.29
Turnout			26,003	77.02
	New Democratic notional gain from Social Credit		Swing		N/A

External links

• BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia