# Chilliwack North

Chilliwack North is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was defined by the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution for use in the 2024 British Columbia general election onwards, with boundaries largely corresponding to a predecessor district called Chilliwack in use until 2024.
A series of electoral districts called "Chilliwack" have existed in BC since 1916 incorporating different boundaries. This was the successor to the Chilliwhack electoral district the name of which was based on the older spelling of the name.

## Political geography and history

Chilliwack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond, which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas. The latter takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie (part of the City of Abbotsford), while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lands along the banks of the Fraser towards Hope. Following the 2008 redistribution, Chilliwack was reconstituted, primarily out of Chilliwack-Sumas, while much of Chilliwack-Kent was joined with parts of the Fraser Canyon previously in Yale-Lillooet to form Chilliwack-Hope.

## History

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Chilliwack |||||
| Created from Chilliwack-Sumas and Chilliwack-Kent |||||
| 39th | 2009–2013 | John Les | Liberal |
| 40th | 2013–2017 | John Martin | Liberal |
| 41st | 2017–2020 | John Martin | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2020–2024 | Dan Coulter | New Democratic |
| Chilliwack North |||||
| 43rd | 2024–present | Heather Maahs | Conservative |

## Member of the 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. John Les of the British Columbia Liberal Party was initially elected during the 2005 election to the Chilliwack-Sumas riding. He successfully ran for re-election in the newly created Chilliwack riding.

## Electoral history
### Post-2008

vte2024 British Columbia general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Heather Maahs | 11,776 | 54.6% |
| | New Democratic | Dan Coulter | 8,125 | 37.7% |
| | Green | Tim Cooper | 1,187 | 5.5% |
| | Independent | Dan Grice | 487 | 2.3% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,575 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
2020 provincial election redistributed results :
| Party | % |
| New Democratic | 39.6 |
| Liberal | 31.3 |
| Conservative | 14.9 |
| Green | 10.1 |
vte2020 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Dan Coulter | 7,349 | 41.56 | +9.18 | $5,919.34 |
| | Liberal | John Martin | 5,102 | 28.85 | −19.57 | $36,378.86 |
| | Conservative | Diane Janzen | 2,910 | 16.46 | – | $20,583.54 |
| | Green | Tim Cooper | 1,888 | 10.68 | −6.42 | $2,161.84 |
| | Independent | Josue Anderson | 257 | 1.45 | – | $2,965.16 |
| | Libertarian | Andrew Coombes | 177 | 1.00 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,683 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 216 | 1.21 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,899 | 47.04 | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 38,054 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2017 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | John Martin | 9,280 | 48.42 | +0.84 | $43,462 |
| | New Democratic | Tracey Lorrean O'Hara | 6,207 | 32.38 | +1.17 | $7,077 |
| | Green | Wayne Froese | 3,277 | 17.10 | +8.71 | $855 |
| | Independent | Ryan McKinnon | 402 | 2.10 | – | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,166 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,305 | 55.43 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2013 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John Martin | 9,983 | 47.58 |
| | New Democratic | Patti MacAhonic | 6,548 | 31.21 |
| | Conservative | Chad Elton Eros | 2,510 | 11.96 |
| | Green | Kim Reimer | 1,761 | 8.39 |
| | Excalibur | Michael Raymond Halliday | 181 | 0.86 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,002 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,103 | 55.85 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
B.C. General Election 2009 Chilliwack :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Les | 8,138 | 44.61 | |
| | NDP | Mason Goulden | 5,908 | 32.39 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Besler | 2,672 | 14.65 | |
| | Green | Fraea Bolding | 1,523 | 8.35 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | | 18,241 | 100.00% |

### Pre-2008

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
14th British Columbia election, 1916 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 987 | 55.64% | unknown |
| | Conservative | William Lyle Macken | 787 | 44.36% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,774 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
15th British Columbia election, 1920 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 1,911 | 53.16% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Andrew Leslie Coote | 1,684 | 46.84% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,595 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 1,429 | 37.83% |
| | Provincial | John Alexander MacLeod | 1,281 | 33.928% |
| | Independent Conservative | John J. McPhee | 1,067 | 28.25% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,777 | 100.00% |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | William Atkinson | 2,595 | 55.51% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 2,080 | 44.49% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,675 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 79 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 2,273 | 44.96% | | unknown |
| | Non-Partisan Independent Group | Alexander Ingvald Hougen | 1,128 | 22.31% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | John Perriman Wheeler | 1,655 | 32.73% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,056 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 70 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Edward Dodsley Barrow | 2,220 | 35.25% | – | unknown |
| | Conservative | Leslie Harvey Eyres | 2,524 | 40.08% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Thomas Luxton | 1,554 | 24.67% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,298 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 77 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Leslie Harvey Eyres | 2,704 | 37.78% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Eric Symonds Fowerdew | 1,810 | 25.29% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frederick Alexander Menzies | 2,644 | 36.94% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,158 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 42 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
21st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Coalition | Leslie Harvey Eyres | 3,804 | 62.37% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Thomas Richards | 2,295 | 37.63% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,099 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 35 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | George Henry Barefoot | 2,712 | 22.65% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Leslie Harvey Eyres | 6,847 | 57.17% | – | unknown |
| | BC Social Credit League | Peer Vernon Paynter | 2,417 | 20.18% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,976 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 167 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952$^8$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Leslie Harvey Eyres | 2,097 | 13.62% | 2,097 | 13.62% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Alexander Ingvald Hougen | 2,543 | 16.52% | 2,543 | 16.52% | unknown |
| | Social Credit]] | William Kenneth Kiernan | 8,509 | 55.29% | 8,059 | 55.29% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James John Sutherland | 2,242 | 14.57% | 2,242 | 14.57% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,391 | 100.00% | 15,391 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 421 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^8$ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^9$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Emil Anderson | 2,456 | 16.99% | 2,456 | 16.99% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Lloyd Truman Beharrell | 2,631 | 18.20% | 2,631 | 18.20% | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 8,776 | 60.73% | 8,776 | 60.73% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henry Edward Taylor | 589 | 4.08% | 589 | 4.08% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,452 | 100.00% | 14,452 | % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 775 | | | | |
| Total Registered Voters | Total Registered Voters | | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | % | | | | |
| $^9$ Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only required in this riding.. |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Henry Goosen | 3,118 | 19.76% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 9,008 | 57.10% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Michael Kournossoff | 2,992 | 18.97% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Douglas Grant Burton Taylor | 658 | 4.17% | - | -.- % |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,776 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 138 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 10,051 | 54.30% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Douglas Grant Burton Taylor | 1,173 | 6.34% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock | 4,123 | 22.27% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Frank Wilson | 3,163 | 17.09% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,510 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 150 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Oscar Murray Dayton | 1,757 | 10.24% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 10,031 | 58.44% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Fife Spencer | 2,252 | 13.12% | – | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Leslie Malcolm Walker Tetlock | 3,125 | 18.21% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,165 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 118 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | William Kerr | 3,081 | 25.26% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 7,703 | 63.17% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | Lillian Louise Lancaster | 1,411 | 11.57% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,195 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 164 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Frank Edward Hollins | 3,688 | 20.72% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Kenneth Jessiman | 2,366 | 13.29% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | William Kenneth Kiernan | 11,747 | 65.99% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,801 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 165 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Independent | Kenneth Leyden Christensen | 107 x | 107 0.49% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Johann Erickson | 3,782 | 17.45% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Allan Bryan Holder | 4,134 | 19.07% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Harvey Schroeder | 8,712 | 40.19% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Kelly Margaret Weger | 4,942 | 22.80% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,677 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 264 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Ian McBeth Cameron | 6,628 | 25.35% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Johann Erickson | 2,987 | 11.43% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Harvey Schroeder | 16,528 | 63.22% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,143 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 79 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | David Carstairs (Dave) Menzies | 5,792 | 31.41% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Thomas Fitzgerland (Jerry) Pirie | 1,413 | 7.66% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Harvey Schroeder | 11,236 | 60.93% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,441 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 238 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Scott Orman Fast | 7,955 | 35.34% | | unknown |
| | Western Canada Concept | Clarence Ernest Hjalmarson | 953 | 4.23% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Harvey Schroeder | 12,255 | 54.45% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Thomas Matthew Tyson | 847 | 3.76% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Hartwig B. Warnke | 500 | 2.22% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,510 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 289 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
34th British Columbia election, 1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Scott Orman Fast | 6,626 | 30.44% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Clinton E. Hames | 1,859 | 8.54% | – | unknown |
| | Social Credit | John Jansen | 12,838 | 58.97% | – | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gerald James Edward Kirby | 446 | 2.05% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,769 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 300 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
35th British Columbia election, 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Gladys Doreen Brown | 5,688 | 25.68% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Robert Chisholm | 8,601 | 38.83% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | John Jansen | 7,619 | 43.40% | – | unknown |
| | Green | Steve Kisby | 241 | 1.49% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,149 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 408 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
vte1996 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Barry Penner | 9,273 | 37.90 | -0.93 |
| | New Democratic | Rollie Keith | 5,989 | 24.48 | -0.80 |
| | No Affiliation | Bob Chisholm | 5,736 | 23.44 | – |
| | Reform | Bill Wimpney | 3,237 | 13.23 | – |
| | Green | Steve Kisby | 232 | 0.95 | -0.14 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,467 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 107 | 0.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,574 | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -0.87 |