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Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

electoral district

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission

Maple Ridge-Mission

Maple Ridge-Mission is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries .-Redistribution:Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission-Kent...

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km²)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km²)	499

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
Removal of Douglas Island

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. Its MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

is Michael Sather

Michael Sather

Michael Sather is the current MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election, and was re-elected in 2009....

. He was first elected in 2005

British Columbia general election, 2005

The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...

. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

Election results

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

British Columbia Refederation Party

The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...

|Jay Ariken
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|0.66
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
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|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Michael Sather

Michael Sather

British Columbia Liberal Party

Green Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.-Formation of the party:...

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

|Denise Briere-Smart
|align="right"|360
|align="right"|1.42%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|25,410
!align="right"|100.00%
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|}

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Ken Stewart
|align="right"|12,235
|align="right"|52.96%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$39,898
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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Bill Hartley

William James Hartley

William James "Bill" Hartley is a former child care worker, restaurant owner and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 as a member of the NDP...

Green Party of British Columbia

Dave Hensman

David John Hensman is a Canadian Christian singer-songwriter, minister and businessperson from Mission, British Columbia, Canada.-Musical career:...

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

British Columbia Action Party

The BC Action Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. It nominated six candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election. These candidates won 1,718 votes . BCAP candidates ran in ridings in Okanagan, Kelowna and Surrey, and placed last in all six ridings...

|Michael Felgner
|align="right"|97
|align="right"|0.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$300
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,101
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|77
!align="right"|0.33%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,178
!align="right"|72.90%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|-

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Bill Hartley

William James Hartley

British Columbia Liberal Party

|Ken Stewart
|align="right"|10,960
|align="right"|39.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$52,898
|-

|PDA

Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

|Matt Deacon
|align="right"|90
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$118
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|28,099
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|137
!align="right"|0.49%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|28,236
!align="right"|73.30%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

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|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

|Bill Hartley

William James Hartley

British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Social Credit Party

The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

Green Party of British Columbia

|David B. Pehota
|align="right"|305
|align="right"|1.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$310
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|25,668
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|335
!align="right"|1.29%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|26,003
!align="right"|77.02%
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|}

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