Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission.[3]

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Marc Dalton Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	94,111
Electors (2015)	70,289
Area (km²)[2]	2,141
Pop. density (per km²)	44
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place in October 2015.[4]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	76,245	76.5%
	Aboriginal	5,285	5.3%
	South Asian	3,310	3.3%
	Chinese	2,915	2.9%
	Filipino	2,485	2.5%
	Black	1,145	1.1%
	Korean	1,110	1.1%
	Latin American	1,070	1.1%
	West Asian	895	0.9%
	Southeast Asian	865	0.9%
	Japanese	685	0.7%
	Arab	235	0.2%
	Multiple minorities	650	0.7%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	230	0.2%
Total population		99,670	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Riding created from Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
42nd	2015–2019		Dan Ruimy	Liberal
43rd	2019–present		Marc Dalton	Conservative

Election results

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

Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marc Dalton	19,650	36.2	+4.8	$89,237.08
	Liberal	Dan Ruimy	16,125	29.7	-4.19	none listed
	New Democratic	John Mogk	12,958	23.9	-5.73	$24,526.92
	Green	Ariane Jaschke	4,332	8.0	+3.78	$3,184.96
	People's	Bryton Cherrier	698	1.3	–	none listed
	Independent	Steve Ranta	468	0.9	0.03	$969.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,231	99.4
Total rejected ballots			298	0.5
Turnout			54,529	68.2
Eligible voters			79,960
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.5
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dan Ruimy	17,673	33.89	+28.51	$19,154.65
	Conservative	Mike Murray	16,373	31.40	-23.45	$104,478.03
	New Democratic	Bob D'Eith	15,450	29.63	-5.26	$52,306.94
	Green	Peter Tam	2,202	4.22	-0.66	$5,078.59
	Independent	Steve Ranta	252	0.87	–	$1,613.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,150	100.00		$204,873.50
Total rejected ballots			121	0.23	–
Turnout			52,271	72.92	–
Eligible voters			71,682
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+25.98
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,069	54.84
	New Democratic	13,404	34.89
	Liberal	2,068	5.38
	Green	1,877	4.89

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Final Report – British Columbia
4. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
7. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections