# Maple Ridge East

Maple Ridge East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
A riding covering a similar area, Maple Ridge-Mission, was first created in 2001 and then had its boundaries adjusted in 2008. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution.

## Geography
### Redistribution

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission-Kent were created from Dewdney during the 1989 redistribution. In 2000, Mission-Kent and Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows were used to create Maple Ridge-Mission. Finally in the 2008 redistribution, just over half of the original riding remain and to it was added a fraction of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.

## History

Its MLA was Randy Hawes under the former boundary system, who is a former mayor of the District of Mission. He was first elected in 2001, representing the British Columbia Liberal Party. He successfully ran again in the Abbotsford-Mission riding for the 2009 election.
| Population, 2001 | 56,951 |
| Population Change, 1996–2001 | 6.9% |
| Area (km$^2$) | 3,909.22 |
| Pop. Density (people per km$^2$) | 14.6 |

## Member of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Maple Ridge-Mission |||||
| 37th | 2001–2005 | Randy Hawes | Liberal |
| 38th | 2005–2009 | Randy Hawes | Liberal |
| 39th | 2009–2013 | Marc Dalton | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | Marc Dalton | Liberal |
| 41st | 2017–2020 | Bob D'Eith | New Democratic |
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Bob D'Eith | New Democratic |
| Maple Ridge East |||||
| 43rd | 2024- | Lawrence Mok | Conservative |

## Electoral history

vte2024 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Mok | 11,796 | 47.50 | +47.50 |
| | New Democratic | Bob D'Eith* | 11,469 | 46.18 | -8.87 |
| | Green | Kylee Williams | 1,570 | 6.32 | -4.78 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,835 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2020 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Bob D'Eith | 14,721 | 55.15 | +13.21 | $44,290.44 |
| | Liberal | Chelsa Meadus | 9,009 | 33.75 | −6.92 | $50,223.21 |
| | Green | Matt Trenholm | 2,962 | 11.10 | −2.12 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,692 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2017 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Bob D'Eith | 10,989 | 41.94 | +2.13 | $68,144 |
| | Liberal | Marc Dalton | 10,664 | 40.70 | −5.89 | $59,214 |
| | Green | Peter Pak Chiu Tam | 3,464 | 13.22 | +5.01 | $9,786 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Hamilton | 935 | 3.57 | −1.80 | |
| | Libertarian | Jeff Monds | 148 | 0.57 | – | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,200 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,328 | 61.69 |
| Registered Voters | Registered Voters | Registered Voters | 42,678 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2013 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Dalton | 10,327 | 46.59 | +0.87 |
| | New Democratic | Mike Bocking | 8,820 | 39.81 | –5.58 |
| | Green | Alex Pope | 1,818 | 8.21 | +1.01 |
| | Conservative | Chad Thompson | 1,190 | 5.37 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,155 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,307 | 57.91 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
B.C. General Election 2009 Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marc Dalton | 8,802 | 45.72% | |
| | NDP | Mike Bocking | 8,738 | 45.39% | |
| | Green | Michael Gildersleeve | 1,387 | 7.20% | – |
| | Reform | Ian Vaughan | 325 | 1.69% | |
| Total | Total | Total | 19,252 | 100.00% | |
vte2005 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Randy Hawes | 12,095 | 44.30 |
| | New Democratic | Jenny Stevens | 11,896 | 43.57 |
| | Green | William Stanley Walsh | 2,633 | 9.64 |
| | Marijuana | Carol Gwilt | 314 | 1.15 |
| | Independent | Chum Richardson | 312 | 1.14 |
| | Platinum | Keith Smith | 53 | 0.19 |
| Total | Total | Total | 26,080 | 100.00 |
vte2001 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Randy Hawes | 12,920 | 56.67 | $36,054 |
| | New Democratic | Rose Bennett | 4,710 | 20.66 | $19,157 |
| | Green | Dawn Paley | 2,910 | 12.76 | $296 |
| | Unity | David Ritchie | 1,037 | 4.55 | $1,487 |
| | Marijuana | Denise Briere-Smart | 908 | 3.98 | $394 |
| | Independent | Dale Randall | 252 | 1.11 | $4,144 |
| | Independent | Chum Richardson | 81 | 0.49 | $103 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,800 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 127 | 0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,927 | 70.87 |