Abbotsford West

Abbotsford West

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Mike de Jong United
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2021)	61,904
Area (km²)	91
Pop. density (per km²)	680.3
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Abbotsford

Abbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 British Columbia general election.

Geography

The electoral district comprises the part of the City of Abbotsford (including the Matsqui and Mount Lehman) lying within this boundary: commencing at the northern limit of said city and the Fraser River, south along Bradner Road and its production to Highway 1, thence east-southeast along said highway to Fishtrap Creek, thence northeast along said creek to Old Yale Road, thence east along said road to McMillan Road, thence north along said road to Old Clayburn Road, thence west along said road to BC-11 (Sumas Way), thence north along said road to the northern limit of said city, thence west along the northern city limit to the point of origin.

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Abbotsford West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman prior to 2009
39th	2009–2013		Mike de Jong	Liberal
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2023
	2023–present			United

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 elected in this new redistricted riding in the 2009 election.

Electoral history

2024 British Columbia general election
The 2024 general election will be held on October 19.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	James Davison
	New Democratic	Graeme Hutchison
	Conservative	Korky Neufeld
Total valid votes/expenses limit						$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	8,880	45.51	−9.72	$46,271.14
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	7,119	36.49	+5.72	$5,639.35
	Conservative	Michael Henshall	1,766	9.05	–	$7,727.07
	Green	Kevin Eastwood	1,671	8.56	−2.28	$330.52
	Vision	Sukhi Gill	75	0.38	–	$2,685.00
Total valid votes			19,511	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	11,618	55.23	+4.85	$71,415
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	6,474	30.77	+1.36	$23,646
	Green	Kevin Allan Eastwood	2,280	10.84	+6.18	$306
	Christian Heritage	Lynn Simcox	516	2.45	–	$1,221
	Libertarian	Dave Sharkey	149	0.71	–
Total valid votes			21,037	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148	0.70
Turnout			21,185	57.30
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	9,473	50.38
	New Democratic	Sukhi Dhami	5,430	29.41
	Conservative	Paul Brian Redekopp	1,791	9.53
	Independent	Moe Gill	1,082	5.75
	Green	Stephen Carl OShea	877	4.66
	Excalibur	Kerry-Lynn Osbourne	49	0.26
Total valid votes			18.702	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245	1.29
Turnout			18,947	59.38
Registered voters			31,910
Source: Elections BC

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%