Abbotsford (electoral district)

Abbotsford
British Columbia electoral district
	Boundaries relative to other Lower Mainland ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ed Fast; Conservative
;
District created	2003
District abolished	2023
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	101,814
Electors (2019)	74,814
Area (km²)	176
Pop. density (per km²)	578.5
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley
Census subdivision(s)	Abbotsford, Fraser Valley H Electoral Area, Matsqui Main 2, Upper Sumas 6

Abbotsford is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Abbotsford (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[3]		2016^[4]		2011^[5]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	66,245	61.35%	68,105	68.47%	69,855	73.82%
South Asian	24,185	22.4%	17,005	17.1%	13,955	14.75%
Indigenous	5,810	5.38%	5,585	5.62%	3,920	4.14%
East Asian^[b]	3,520	3.26%	3,335	3.35%	3,040	3.21%
Southeast Asian^[c]	3,450	3.19%	2,170	2.18%	1,355	1.43%
African	1,570	1.45%	1,135	1.14%	825	0.87%
Latin American	1,170	1.08%	910	0.91%	595	0.63%
Middle Eastern^[d]	1,080	1%	480	0.48%	345	0.36%
Other^[e]	960	0.89%	720	0.72%	730	0.77%
Total responses	107,985	97.87%	99,460	97.69%	94,625	97.48%
Total population	110,331	100%	101,814	100%	97,076	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

The riding has the lowest proportion of Catholics in Canada, with just 10.6% of the population adhering to Catholicism.,^[6] as well as the highest proportion (9.8%) of "Christian, not included elsewhere" (non-Protestant, non-Catholic, non-Orthodox).^[7]^[8] 12.2% of its population claim Dutch ethnic origin, the highest such figure for any Canadian federal riding.^[9]

Geography

As of the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the southeastern portion of the City of Abbotsford and the Upper Sumas 6 Indian reserve.^[10]

History

The electoral district was created in 2003. 56.1% of the riding was taken from Fraser Valley riding, and 43.9% from Langley—Abbotsford.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Abbotsford should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[11] The redefined Abbotsford loses portions of its current territory in the north and west to the new districts of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon and Langley—Aldergrove. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[12]

The 2015 Canadian general election marked the first time a Conservative candidate was elected in Abbotsford with less than 50% of the popular vote.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be replaced by Abbotsford—South Langley.^[13]

Historical boundaries

2003 representation order
2013 representation order

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Abbotsford Riding created from Fraser Valley and Langley—Abbotsford
38th	2004–2006	Randy White	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Ed Fast
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present
Riding dissolved into Abbotsford—South Langley and Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford

Current member of Parliament

Abbotsford's MP is Ed Fast. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and was first elected in the 2006 election. He is a former Abbotsford city councillor and has worked as a lawyer, having earned a law degree at University of British Columbia. During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, he was the chair of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and a member of the Liaison Committee.

Election results

Graph of election results in Abbotsford (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Fast	21,597	47.94	–3.46	$74,941.12
	Liberal	Navreen Gill	10,907	24.21	+2.61	$59,443.92
	New Democratic	Dharmasena Yakandawela	7,729	17.16	+0.26	$2,346.91
	People's	Kevin Sinclair	3,300	7.33	+5.33	$10,790.83
	Green	Stephen Fowler	1,517	3.37	–4.23	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,050	100.00	–	$109,157.15
Total rejected ballots			370	0.81	–0.01
Turnout			45,420	59.62	–6.28
Registered voters			76,186
	Conservative hold		Swing		–3.04
Source: Elections Canada^[14]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Fast	25,162	51.4	+3.13	$70,532.49
	Liberal	Seamus Heffernan	10,560	21.6	−11.46	$22,436.34
	New Democratic	Madeleine Sauve	8,257	16.9	+3.29	none listed
	Green	Stephen Fowler	3,702	7.6	+3.32	$575.00
	People's	Locke Duncan	985	2.0	–	$4,252.19
	Christian Heritage	Aeriol Alderking	270	0.6	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,936	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			403	0.82	+0.40
Turnout			49,339	65.9	−3.84
Eligible voters			74,814
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.29
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Fast	23,229	48.27	-18.61	$76,055.10
	Liberal	Peter Njenga	15,777	32.78	+24.08	$14,078.53
	New Democratic	Jen Martel	6,593	13.70	-5.54	$11,592.31
	Green	Stephen Fowler	2,416	5.02	+0.37	$2,578.52
	Marxist–Leninist	David MacKay	109	0.23	-0.30	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,124	100.00		$202,055.26
Total rejected ballots			202	0.42	–
Turnout			48,326	69.74	–
Eligible voters			69,299
	Conservative hold		Swing		-21.35
Source: Elections Canada^[17]^[18]^[19]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[20]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,060	66.88
	New Democratic	7,209	19.24
	Liberal	3,260	8.70
	Green	1,744	4.65
	Marxist-Leninist	196	0.52

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ed Fast	32,493	65.02	+1.70
	New Democratic	David Murray	10,089	20.19	+6.97
	Liberal	Madeleine Hardin	4,968	9.94	-6.34
	Green	Daniel Bryce	2,138	4.28	-2.17
	Marxist–Leninist	David MacKay	286	0.57	–
Total valid votes			49,974	100.0
Total rejected ballots			225	0.45	-0.07
Turnout			50,199	59.67	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.64

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Fast	30,853	63.32	+0.05	$79,097
	Liberal	Lionel Traverse	7,933	16.28	+3.61	$63,013
	New Democratic	Bonnie Rai	6,444	13.22	-3.75	$4,907
	Green	Karen Durant	3,141	6.45	+0.64	$833
	Marijuana	Tim Felger	358	0.73	+0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,729	100.0		$86,855
Total rejected ballots			256	0.52	+0.13
Turnout			48,985	59	-2
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.78

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Fast	29,825	63.27	+1.90	$68,269
	New Democratic	Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson	8,004	16.97	+3.34	$6,955
	Liberal	David Oliver	5,976	12.67	-7.27	$22,258
	Green	Stephanie Ashley-Pryce	2,740	5.81	+2.93
	Marijuana	Tim Felger	334	0.70	-0.13
	Canadian Action	Richard Gebert	173	0.36	–	$80
	Marxist–Leninist	David S. MacKay	86	0.18	+0.08
Total valid votes			47,138	100.0
Total rejected ballots			183	0.39
Turnout			47,321	60.69
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.72
David Oliver was registered as the Liberal candidate, but lost the support of the Liberal Party, and would not have sat with the Liberal caucus had he been he be elected until cleared of allegations made by the NDP candidate.

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy White	29,587	61.37	-14.8	$66,946
	Liberal	Moe Gill	9,617	19.94	+2.3	$41,240
	New Democratic	Scott Fast	6,575	13.63	+9.7	$7,584
	Green	Karl Hann	1,389	2.88	–	$539
	Christian Heritage	Harold J. Ludwig	585	1.21	–	$2,075
	Marijuana	Tim Felger	404	0.83	–	$9,999
	Marxist–Leninist	David S. MacKay	51	0.10	–
Total valid votes			48,208	100.0
Total rejected ballots			182	0.38
Turnout			48,390	64.57
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-9
Change based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on combined total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.

References

"Abbotsford (electoral district) (Code 59001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile^{[permanent dead link]}
Expenditures - 2004

Notes

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2012
^ "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
^ Pundit's Guide
^ "Religion (13) and Age Groups (8) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
^ "2001 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations". 2.statcan.ca. July 4, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
^ Abbotsford Electoral Boundary Description
^ Final Report – British Columbia
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
^ "Langley to be divided into three ridings federally under new scheme". Aldergrove Star. February 9, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
^ "Election Night Results — Abbotsford — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Abbotsford, 30 September 2015
^ Official Voting Results - Abbotsford
^ "Elections Canada Online - Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits". elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.