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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
'''Chilliwack-Sumas''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada from 2001 to 2009.

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population, 2001
|46,700
|-
|Population Change, 1996–2001
|7.7%
|-
|Area (km²)
|259.46
|-
|Pop. Density (people per km²)
|180
|}

== Geography ==

===1999 redistribution===
Changes from '''Chilliwack''' to '''Chilliwack-Sumas''' include:
*Removal of half of the City of Chilliwack
*Removal of all area east of the City of Chilliwack

Changes from other electoral district to '''Chilliwack-Sumas'''
*Inclusion of the southwestern portion of the City of Abbotsford
*Inclusion of Sumas Mountain

== Member of the Legislative Assembly ==
Its [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] is Hon. [[John Les]], a former [[mayor]] of [[Chilliwack]]. He was first elected in 2001. He represents the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]]. Mr. Les was appointed Minister of Small Business and Economic Development on Jan. 26, 2004. He is seeking re-election in the newly created [[Chilliwack (provincial electoral district)|Chilliwack]] riding for the [[2009 British Columbia general election|2009 election]].{{Update inline|date=March 2014}}

== Election results ==
{{2005 British Columbia general election/Chilliwack-Sumas}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2001 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2001]]: Chilliwack-Sumas}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal |John Les |14,137 |74.80% | |$38,708}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|Christine Muise
|align="right"|2,434
|align="right"|12.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,360
{{CANelec|BC|Conservative|Grant Cepuran|1,199|6.34%||$354}}
{{CANelec|BC|Marijuana|Norm Siefken|1,130|5.98%||$973}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |18,900 |100.00%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |168 |0.89%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |19,068 |70.58%}}
{{end}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_12.pdf BC Stats - 2001 (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030530200440/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/chs.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]

{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2001-2009}}

[[Category:Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Politics of Chilliwack]]