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.

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

B.C. General Election 2013: Abbotsford-Mission

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	10,416	50.73
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	5,574	27.15
	Conservative	Don Stahl	1,945	9.47
	Green	Aird Flavelle	1,862	9.07
	Independent	Wendy Bales	413	2.01
	Independent	Roman Bojczuk	204	0.99
	Excalibur	Marcus Halliday	119	0.58
Total Valid Votes			20,533
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

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