Chilliwack North

Chilliwack North

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Heather Maahs Conservative
District created	2008
First contested	2009
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Census division	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision	Chilliwack (part)

Chilliwack North (formerly Chilliwack) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Its current boundaries were defined by the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution for use in the 2024 British Columbia general election onwards, with boundaries largely corresponding to its predecessor district.

Demographics

Population, 2021	52,440
Area (km2)	245
Pop. Density (people per km2)	214
Source: BC Electoral Boundaries Commission

Geography

The district encompasses the northern half of the City of Chilliwack, stretching from the city's urban core through the communities of Fairfield Island, Greendale, Rosedale and Popkum, and into the surrounding agricultural lands.

History

Following the 2008 redistribution, the Chilliwack riding was re-established, primarily from Chilliwack-Sumas, while much of the neighbouring Chilliwack-Kent district was merged with parts of the Fraser Canyon formerly part of Yale-Lillooet to create the now-defunct Chilliwack-Hope electoral district.

Under the 2021 redistribution, the riding was renamed Chilliwack North, with revised boundaries taking effect for the 2024 provincial election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Chilliwack Riding created from Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas
39th	2009–2013		John Les	Liberal
40th	2013–2017		John Martin
41st	2017–2020
42nd	2020–2024		Dan Coulter	New Democratic
Chilliwack North
43rd	2024–present		Heather Maahs	Conservative

Electoral history

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Heather Maahs	11,776	54.58	+39.7	$36,179.76
	New Democratic	Dan Coulter	8,125	37.66	−1.9	$50,357.69
	Green	Tim Cooper	1,187	5.50	−4.6	$0.00
	Independent	Dan Grice	487	2.26	–	$3,469.73
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,575	99.88	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			26	0.12	–
Turnout			21,601	55.07	–
Registered voters			39,227
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.8
Source: Elections BC

2020 provincial election redistributed results
Party		%
	New Democratic	39.6
	Liberal	31.3
	Conservative	14.9
	Green	10.1

2020 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Coulter	7,349	41.56	+9.18	$5,919.34
	Liberal	John Martin	5,102	28.85	−19.57	$36,378.86
	Conservative	Diane Janzen	2,910	16.46	–	$20,583.54
	Green	Tim Cooper	1,888	10.68	−6.42	$2,161.84
	Independent	Josue Anderson	257	1.45	–	$2,965.16
	Libertarian	Andrew Coombes	177	1.00	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			17,683	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			216	1.21
Turnout			17,899	47.04
Registered voters			38,054
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.38
Source: Elections BC

2017 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Martin	9,280	48.42	+0.84	$43,462
	New Democratic	Tracey Lorrean O'Hara	6,207	32.38	+1.17	$7,077
	Green	Wayne Froese	3,277	17.10	+8.71	$855
	Independent	Ryan McKinnon	402	2.10	–
Total valid votes			19,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139	0.72
Turnout			19,305	55.43
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.17
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Martin	9,983	47.58
	New Democratic	Patti MacAhonic	6,548	31.21
	Conservative	Chad Elton Eros	2,510	11.96
	Green	Kim Reimer	1,761	8.39
	Excalibur	Michael Raymond Halliday	181	0.86
Total valid votes			21,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101	0.48
Turnout			21,103	55.85
Source: Elections BC

B.C. General Election 2009 Chilliwack

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Les	8,138	44.61
	NDP	Mason Goulden	5,908	32.39
	Conservative	Benjamin Besler	2,672	14.65
	Green	Fraea Bolding	1,523	8.35	–
Total				18,241	100.00%

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts