Fraser Valley West
was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1968 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Burnaby—Coquitlam

Burnaby—Coquitlam

Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding....

, Fraser Valley

Fraser Valley (electoral district)

Fraser Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968 and from 1997 to 2004....

 and New Westminster

New Westminster (electoral district)

New Westminster was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1979....

  ridings.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Langley—Mastqui

Langley—Abbotsford

Langley—Abbotsford was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.- Geography :...

 riding.

It consisted initially of the western part of Matsqui District Municipality and including Crescent Island in the Central Fraser Valley Regional District and part of Surrey District Municipality.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

• the City of Langley;
• the northeastern part of Langley District Municipality, lying north and east of the City of Langley, the Fraser Highway and 240th Street; and
• the northwestern part of Matsqui District Municipality, lying north and west of Matsqui Power Railway right-of-way, and the south boundary of Matsqui District Municipality.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby—Coquitlam Burnaby—Coquitlam Burnaby—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Burnaby—Richmond riding.... , Fraser Valley Fraser Valley (electoral district) Fraser Valley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968 and from 1997 to 2004....  and New Westminster prior to 1966
28th Canadian federal election, 1968 The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...	1968-1972		Mark Rose	New Democratic Party New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
29th Canadian federal election, 1972 The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...	1972-1974
30th Canadian federal election, 1974 The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term...	1974-1979		Robert Wenman Robert Wenman Robert Lloyd Wenman was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman, investment counsellor and teacher by career....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
31st Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...	1979-1980
32nd Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...	1980-1984
33rd Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...	1984-1988
34th Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....	1988-1993
35th Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...	1993-1997		Randy White Randy White (politician) Randy White is an accountant and former Canadian politician.White was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as theReform Party Member of Parliament for...	Reform Reform Party of Canada The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....

Election results

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|ROSE, Mark ||align=right| 14,410
|-

|MURPHY, Edward Patrick ||align=right| 13,745
|-

|LOHNES, Warren ||align=right|4,997
|-

|PRICE, Bert ||align=right| 3,224
|-

|ROSE, Mark ||align=right| 22,612
|-

|ARMSTRONG, Trevor ||align=right| 14,863
|-

|AUSTRING, Oscar ||align=right|9,870
|-

|KANE, Dave Charles ||align=right| 275
|-

|WENMAN, Robert L. ||align=right|22,925
|-

|ROSE, Mark ||align=right|17,732
|-

|BAIZLEY, Ralph Gordon ||align=right|13,152
|-

|HIBBS, Edward ||align=right|1,205
|-

|PRITCHETT, Harold J. ||align=right|204
|-

|JACKSON, Ronald William ||align=right| 167
|-

|WENMAN, Robert L. ||align=right|26,892
|-

|BARKVED, Cyril ||align=right|15,322
|-

|BOUWMAN, Roland J. ||align=right|7,235
|-

|SWANN, Vi ||align=right|94
|-

|BAINS, Kirpal ||align=right| 62
|-

|WENMAN, Robert L. ||align=right|25,770
|-

|LECLAIR, Joe ||align=right|16,568
|-

|NOWAK, Ben B.M. ||align=right|8,483
|-

|DEOL, Sweg ||align=right|83
|-

|WENMAN, Robert Lloyd ||align=right|35,984
|-

|LECLAIR, Joe ||align=right|19,878
|-

|MCKINNON, Don ||align=right|8,349
|-

|SLICK, Earl ||align=right|474
|-

|MACDONALD, Martin ||align=right|420
|-

|HURD, Allan ||align=right| 277
|-

|SMITH, Lenard M. ||align=right| 180
|-

|SWANN, Viola M. ||align=right|103
|-

|KNIGHT, Donald I. ||align=right|94
|-

|WENMAN, Robert L. ||align=right|23,565
|-

|FAIRALL, Lynn ||align=right| 13,178
|-

|WATTIE, Tony ||align=right|10,079
|-

|VAN WOUDENBERG, Edward John ||align=right| 2,428
|-

|WALSH, John Russell ||align=right| 1,804
|-

|MARSDEN, J. Wayne ||align=right|358
|-

|WHITE, Randy ||align=right| 30,310
|-

|WARKENTIN, Peter ||align=right| 18,289
|-

|NUNDAL, Donald Lyle ||align=right|6,956
|-

|FAIRALL, Lynn ||align=right|3,210
|-

|BILLYARD, Robert J. ||align=right| 1,279
|-

|VANWOUDENBERG, Edward John ||align=right| 1,028
|-

|SCARFF, Terry ||align=right| 331
|-

|DAHLBY, Lewis C. ||align=right|247
|-

|NAGLE, Conan ||align=right| 132

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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