Abbotsford-Mission

Abbotsford-Mission

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Simon Gibson Liberal
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2006)	49,731
Area (km²)	663.16
Pop. density (per km²)	75
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Abbotsford, Mission

Abbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the 38th BC Parliament in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election.

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Maple Ridge-Mission prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Randy Hawes	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		Simon Gibson
41st	2017–present

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. Randy Hawes, British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election and 2001 election to the Maple Ridge-Mission riding.

Electoral history

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	12,879	51.19	+0.52	$50,561
	New Democratic	Andrew Murray Christie	7,339	29.17	+1.97	$284
	Green	Jennifer Holmes	4,297	17.08	+8.01	$1,482
	Christian Heritage	Dan Cameron	644	2.56	–	$466
Total valid votes			25,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135	0.53
Turnout			25,294	59.20
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	10,417	50.67	−7.7	$61,719
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	5,591	27.20	−5.37	$51,805
	Conservative	Don Stahl	1,946	9.47	–	$5,271
	Green	Aird Flavelle	1,865	9.07	+0.01	$3,377
	Independent	Wendy Bales	415	2.02	–	$2,699
	Independent	Roman Bojczuk	204	0.99	–	$2,547
	Excalibur	Marcus Halliday	119	0.58	–	$310
Total valid votes			20,557	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117	0.57
Turnout			20,674	56.63
Source: Elections BC

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Hawes	10,372	58.37	$98,340
	New Democratic	Lynn Perrin	5,788	32.57	$5,514
	Green	Bill Walsh	1,611	9.06	$356
Total valid votes			17,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160	0.89
Turnout			17,930	52.10