Central Fraser Valley (electoral district)

Central Fraser Valley was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986. For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) and/or Vancouver (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

32nd British Columbia election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jan Bakker	4,653	25.88%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	Eva Viola Barton	1,362	7.57%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Samuel Ritchie	11,967	66.55%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			17,982	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			279
Turnout			%

33rd British Columbia election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Harry Wilfred Fontaine	6,628	25.05%		unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James Alexander McNeil	3,399	12.85%		unknown
	Social Credit	William Samuel Ritchie	16,032	60.59%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Jacob Victor Suderman	399	1.51%	–	unknown
Total valid votes			26,458	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			419
Turnout			%

34th British Columbia election, 1986¹

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Violet Bergen	6,805	13.44%		unknown
	Social Credit	Harry de Jong	15,900	31.41%	–	unknown
	Social Credit	Peter Albert Dueck	16,961	33.51%	–	unknown
	Progressive Conservative	James Alexander McNeil	4,900	9.68%		unknown
	New Democratic	J. Steven Mohr	6,052	11.96%		unknown
Total valid votes			50,618	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			627
Turnout			%
1 Seat increased to two members from one.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns