Fraser Valley (electoral district)

Fraser Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1921 to 1968 and from 1997 to 2004.

History

This electoral district has existed twice. It was first created in 1919 from Westminster District. In 1966, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Coast Chilcotin ridings.

It was reformed in 1996 from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West ridings. It was again abolished in 2003 when it was divided between Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Riding created from Westminster District
14th	1921–1925		Elgin Albert Munro	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Harry James Barber	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945		George Cruickshank	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Alexander Bell Patterson	Social Credit
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		William Harold Hicks	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Alexander Bell Patterson	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West and Coast Chilcotin
Riding re-created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West
36th	1997–2000		Chuck Strahl	Reform
2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2001
2001–2002		Democratic Representative
2002–2003		Alliance
2003–2004		Conservative
Riding dissolved into Abbotsford and Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

Election results

Fraser Valley, 1997–2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Chuck Strahl	38,509	69.97	+7.12	$60,527
	Liberal	Hal H. Singleton	8,965	16.28	-5.68	$36,188
	New Democratic	Rob Lees	3,185	5.78	-3.10	$2,392
	Progressive Conservative	Rocky Nenka	2,330	4.23	+0.98	$2,582
	Marijuana	Norm Siefken	811	1.47	–
	Green	Carol Battaglio	528	0.95	+0.31
	Canadian Action	Debbie Anderson	425	0.77	–
	Independent	Ed Van Woudenberg	212	0.38	–	$1,798
	Communist	Chris Bolster	69	0.12	–	$189
Total valid votes	55,034	100.0
Total rejected ballots	164	0.30
Turnout	55,198	63.70
	Alliance hold	Swing	+6.40
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Chuck Strahl	33,101	62.85	$57,306
	Liberal	John Les	11,569	21.96	$63,061
	New Democratic	Rob Lees	4,680	8.88	$21,339
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Wiens	1,714	3.25	$6,999
	Christian Heritage	Rodger N. Brown	1,047	1.98	$23,870
	Green	Carol Battaglio	342	0.64
	Natural Law	Patrick Boylan	118	0.22	$5
	Independent	Sa Tan	95	0.18
Total valid votes	52,666	100.0
Total rejected ballots	182	0.34
Turnout	52,848	67.02
This riding was re-created from Fraser Valley East and Fraser Valley West, both of which elected a Reform Party candidate. Chuck Strahl was the incumbent from Fraser Valley East.

Fraser Valley, 1921–1968

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Alex B. Patterson	12,611	34.98	+4.87
	New Democratic	Mark W. Rose	10,563	29.30	+3.81
	Liberal	Harold Martyn McDonald	8,167	22.65	-1.51
	Progressive Conservative	Don Hall	4,442	12.32	-7.32
	Independent	Frank Krenn	272	0.75	–
Total valid votes	36,055	100.0
	Social Credit hold	Swing	+0.53

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Alex B. Patterson	11,500	30.11	+2.25
	New Democratic	Erhart Regier	9,735	25.49	+0.63
	Liberal	W.R. Jack	9,226	24.16	+0.81
	Progressive Conservative	W. Harold Hicks	7,500	19.64	-4.29
	Independent	Helen Millar	232	0.61	–
Total valid votes	38,193	100.0
	Social Credit hold	Swing	+0.81

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	A.B. Patterson	9,970	27.86	+4.33
	New Democratic	William Leonard Hartley	8,896	24.86	+6.86
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Hicks	8,562	23.93	-20.16
	Liberal	Walter Richard Ferguson	8,357	23.35	+8.87
Total valid votes	35,785	100.0
	Social Credit gain from Progressive Conservative	Swing	-1.26
Change for the New Democrats is based on the Co-operative Commonwealth.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Hicks	13,890	44.09	+19.98
	Social Credit	Alexander Bell Patterson	7,414	23.53	-15.16
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wesley N. Watson	5,640	17.90	-0.95
	Liberal	Thomas Foster Isherwood	4,562	14.48	-3.87
Total valid votes	31,506	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit	Swing	+17.57

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Alexander Bell Patterson	11,091	38.69	-2.95
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest McLauchlin Adair	6,911	24.11	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth William Pattern	5,405	18.85	+3.58
	Liberal	Douglas Scott Steinson	5,262	18.35	-21.99
Total valid votes	28,669	100.0
	Social Credit hold	Swing	-13.53

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Alexander Bell Patterson	9,618	41.64	–
	Liberal	George Cruickshank	9,318	40.34	-15.17
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Hampson Wilde	3,527	15.27	-9.31
	Labor–Progressive	Carl Christian Hilland	635	2.75	–
Total valid votes	23,098	100.0
	Social Credit gain from Liberal	Swing	+28.40

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Cruickshank	12,587	55.51	+15.58
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eric Symonds Flowerdew	5,573	24.58	-3.56
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Stuart Davidson	4,514	19.91	-12.02
Total valid votes	22,674	100.0
	Liberal hold	Swing	+9.57

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George A. Cruickshank	7,629	39.93	-2.28
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Leslie MacLeod	6,102	31.93	-7.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Peter Tyson	5,377	28.14	+9.85
Total valid votes	19,108	100.0
	Liberal hold	Swing	+2.64

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Alexander Cruickshank	6,638	42.21	+15.45
	National Government	Harry James Barber	6,211	39.50	+5.00
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Warren Penberthy	2,877	18.29	-10.45
Total valid votes	15,726	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative	Swing	+5.22

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry James Barber	4,359	34.52	-17.63
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Miller Cameron	3,630	28.74	–
	Liberal	James Frederick Semple	3,379	26.76	-21.09
	Reconstruction	George Foster Partt	1,261	9.98	–
Total valid votes	12,629	100.0
	Conservative hold	Swing	-23.18

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry James Barber	6,946	52.15	-8.01
	Liberal	Gerald Grattan McGeer	6,374	47.85	+8.01
Total valid votes	13,320	100.0
	Conservative hold	Swing	-8.01

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry James Barber	6,217	60.16	+3.98
	Liberal	Elihu Manuel	4,117	39.84	-3.98
Total valid votes	10,334	100.0
	Conservative hold	Swing	+3.98

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry James Barber	5,751	56.18	+7.46
	Liberal	Elgin Albert Munro	4,485	43.82	-7.46
Total valid votes	10,236	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal	Swing	+7.46

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Elgin Albert Munro	4,307	51.28
	Conservative	Frank Bainard Stacey	4,092	48.72
Total valid votes	8,399	100.0
This riding was created from Westminster District, where Unionist Frank Bainard Stacey was the incumbent.