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{{short description|Former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Chilliwack-Kent
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = BC 2015 Chilliwack-Kent.png
| caption             = 
| prov-status         = inactive
| prov-created        = 2015
| prov-abolished      = 2024
| prov-election-first = 2017
| prov-election-last  = 2020
| prov-rep            = Kelli Paddon
| prov-rep-link       = 
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = New Democratic Party of British Columbia
| demo-census-date    = 
| demo-pop            = 
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 
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| demo-csd            = 
}}

'''Chilliwack-Kent''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada that existed from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2017 to 2024.

Between 2009 and 2017, it was replaced by the [[Chilliwack-Hope (provincial electoral district)|Chilliwack-Hope]] riding. In the [[British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015|2015 redistribution]], the eastern portion of Chilliwack-Hope was adjusted and the name Chilliwack-Kent was brought back into service and was contested in the [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017 general election]]. Under the [[2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution]] that took effect for the [[2024 British Columbia general election|2024 general election]], riding was eliminated: Kent and other communities north of the [[Fraser River]] were redistributed to [[Fraser-Nicola]], lands between the Fraser and [[British Columbia Highway 1|Trans-Canada Highway]] were redistributed to [[Chilliwack North]], and the remaining southern portion of the riding formed the new electoral district of [[Chilliwack-Cultus Lake]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-12 |title=Proposed 2 new Chilliwack ridings could have dramatically different boundaries |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/proposed-2-new-chilliwack-ridings-could-have-dramatically-different-boundaries-1940222 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Chilliwack Progress |language=en}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2014
|51,021
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|3,168
|}
<ref>bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf</ref>

== Geography ==

===1999 redistribution===
Changes from '''Chilliwack''' to '''Chilliwack-Kent''' include:

==History==
{{BC-MLA|Chilliwack-Kent}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|'''''Riding created from''''' [[Abbotsford (provincial electoral district)|'''Abbotsford''']]''',''' [[Chilliwack (provincial electoral district)|'''Chilliwack''']] '''''and''''' [[Mission-Kent|'''Mission-Kent''']]}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = Barry Penner
| BCParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|[[Chilliwack-Hope (provincial electoral district)|'''Chilliwack-Hope''']]}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2012
| Assembly# = 39
| RepName = Barry Penner
| BCParty = Liberal
| #ByElections = 1
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2012
| ToYr = 2013
| RepName = Gwen O'Mahony
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
| RepName = Laurie Throness
| BCParty = Liberal
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|'''Chilliwack-Kent'''}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
| RepName = Laurie Throness
| BCParty = Liberal
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
| RepName = Kelli Paddon
| BCParty = NDP
}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|'''''Riding dissolved into''''' [[Chilliwack-Cultus Lake|'''Chilliwack-Cultus Lake''']]''',''' [[Chilliwack North|'''Chilliwack North''']] '''''and''''' [[Fraser-Nicola|'''Fraser-Nicola''']]}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
As of the 2020 election, its [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] is [[Kelli Paddon]], replacing [[Laurie Throness]], who was first elected to represent the [[Chilliwack-Hope (provincial electoral district)|Chilliwack-Hope]] riding in 2013. From 2001 to 2009, Chilliwack-Kent was represented by [[Barry Penner]].<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Votes
  | publisher = CBC.ca
  | url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/013/?v=ridingtalk
  | accessdate = 2009-04-12}}
</ref>

== Election results ==
{{2020 British Columbia general election/Chilliwack-Kent}}
{{2017 British Columbia general election/Chilliwack-Kent}}

=== 2009-2017, Riding dissolved into [[Chilliwack-Hope (provincial electoral district)|Chilliwack-Hope]] ===

{{2005 British Columbia general election/Chilliwack-Kent}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Chilliwack-Kent}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Liberal |[[Barry Penner]] |13,814 |74.88% | |$40,938}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Malcolm James
|align="right"|2,155
|align="right"|11.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,979
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Larry Commodore |1,511 |8.19% |&ndash; |$890}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|David Ferguson|968|5.25%||$1,496}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |18,448 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |94 |0.51%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |18,542 |71.63%}}
{{end}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_11.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050226132200/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/chk.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

==References==
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{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|2017|2020}}
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts|2001|2005}}

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[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Politics of Chilliwack]]
[[Category:British Columbian provincial electoral districts disestablished in 2024]]

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