Chilliwack-Kent

Chilliwack-Kent is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that first existed from 2001 to 2009, when it was replaced by the Chilliwack-Hope riding. In the 2015 redistribution, the eastern portion of Chilliwack-Hope was adjusted and the name Chilliwack-Kent was brought back into service and will be contested in the 2017 general election.

Demographics^[1]

Population, 2014	51,021
Area (km²)	3,168

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Chilliwack to Chilliwack-Kent include:

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA was Barry Penner, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 1996. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party. He ran for re-election again in the 2009 election in the Chilliwack-Hope riding.^[2]

Election results

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Barry Penner	11,368	57.14	$77,840
	New Democratic	Malcolm James	6,534	32.84	$16,280
	Green	Hans Mulder	1,651	8.30	$1,742
	Moderates	David Michael Anderson	240	1.21	$120
	Youth Coalition	Colin Wormworth	103	0.52	$100
Total Valid Votes			19,896	100
Total Rejected Ballots			118	0.59
Turnout			20,014	58.71

B.C. General Election 2001: Chilliwack-Kent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Barry Penner	13,814	74.88%		$40,938
	NDP	Malcolm James	2,155	11.68%		$3,979
	Green	Larry Commodore	1,511	8.19%	–	$890
	Marijuana	David Ferguson	968	5.25%		$1,496
Total valid votes			18,448	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94	0.51%
Turnout			18,542	71.63%

External links

References

↑ bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf
↑ "Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine Cariboo North Cariboo South North Coast Peace River North Peace River South Prince George-Mount Robson Prince George North Prince George-Omineca Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke East Kootenay Kamloops Kamloops-North Thompson Kelowna-Lake Country Kelowna-Mission Nelson-Creston Okanagan-Westside Okanagan-Vernon Penticton-Okanagan Valley Shuswap West Kootenay-Boundary Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas Delta North Delta South Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley Maple Ridge-Mission Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Richmond Centre Richmond East Richmond-Steveston Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Green Timbers Surrey-Newton Surrey-Panorama Ridge Surrey-Tynehead Surrey-Whalley Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds Burnaby North Burnaby-Willingdon Burquitlam Coquitlam-Maillardville New Westminster North Vancouver-Lonsdale North Vancouver-Seymour Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood Vancouver-Burrard Vancouver-Fairview Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kingsway Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver-Capilano West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum Comox Valley Cowichan-Ladysmith Esquimalt-Metchosin Malahat-Juan de Fuca Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville North Island Oak Bay-Gordon Head Powell River-Sunshine Coast Saanich North and the Islands Saanich South Victoria-Beacon Hill Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution 2001 general election 2005 general election 2008 electoral redistribution Defunct districts

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