Chilliwack—Hope (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Chilliwack-Hope (provincial electoral district).

Chilliwack—Hope is a federal electoral district in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia.

Chilliwack—Hope

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Points indicate the communities of Chilliwack and Hope.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Strahl Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	92,734
Electors (2019)	82,178
Area (km²)[1]	3,355
Pop. density (per km²)	27.6
Census division(s)	Fraser Valley Regional District
Census subdivision(s)	Chilliwack, Hope, Kent (part), Tzeachten, Skowkale, Seabird Island, Kwawkwawapilt, Soowahlie, Skwah, Cheam

Chilliwack—Hope was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[2] It was created out of 76% of the electoral district of Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon.^[3]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Chilliwack—Hope (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[4]		2016[5]		2011[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	88,205	80.07%	82,320	83.88%	78,395	85.96%
Indigenous	10,155	9.22%	9,255	9.43%	8,355	9.16%
South Asian	3,255	2.95%	1,480	1.51%	955	1.05%
Southeast Asian[b]	2,585	2.35%	1,365	1.39%	980	1.07%
East Asian[c]	2,550	2.31%	1,835	1.87%	1,420	1.56%
Latin American	1,115	1.01%	555	0.57%	405	0.44%
African	1,060	0.96%	730	0.74%	345	0.38%
Middle Eastern[d]	520	0.47%	220	0.22%	80	0.09%
Other[e]	715	0.65%	380	0.39%	265	0.29%
Total responses	110,160	98.32%	98,135	98.01%	91,200	98.35%
Total population	112,037	100%	100,126	100%	92,734	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[7][8]

Ethnic groups: 86.0% White, 9.2% Aboriginal, 1.0% South Asian
Languages: 87.8% English, 3.2% German, 2.0% Dutch, 1.6% French
Religions: 55.5% Christian (13.1% Catholic, 5.8% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 2.3% Lutheran, 2.2% Pentecostal, 2.0% Baptist, 1.3% Presbyterian, 24.8% Other), 42.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $26,035
Average income (2010): $34,587

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ city
	Conservative	Chilliwack--Hope Conservative Association	Jeremy Giesbrecht	Chilliwack
	Green	Chilliwack--Hope Green Party Association	Debora L. Soutar	Chilliwack
	Liberal	Chilliwack--Hope Federal Liberal Association	Brian C. Martin	Chilliwack
	New Democratic	Chilliwack--Hope Federal NDP Riding Association	Danielle (DJ) J. Pohl	Chilliwack

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Chilliwack—Hope Riding created from Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
42nd	2015–2019		Mark Strahl	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Chilliwack—Hope (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	36,027	54.69	+8.80
	Liberal	Zeeshan Khan	23,256	35.37	+18.25
	New Democratic	Teri Westerby	4,779	7.27	–19.15
	Green	Salina Derish	1,083	1.65	–1.16
	People's	Jeff Galbraith	482	0.73	–6.92
	United	Christopher Adam	129	0.20	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			65,756	67.99
Eligible voters			96,714
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–4.73
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,421	45.99
	New Democratic	14,603	26.42
	Liberal	9,463	17.12
	People's	4,230	7.65
	Green	1,553	2.81

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	23,987	46.0	-3.6	$91,344.54
	New Democratic	DJ Pohl	13,927	26.7	+10.0	$41,511.72
	Liberal	Kelly Velonis	8,851	17.0	-3.2	$18,245.64
	People's	Rob Bogunovic	4,004	7.7	+4.4	$0.00
	Green	Arthur Green	1,391	2.7	-7.1	$3,746.80
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,160	99.5	–	$114,712.45
Total rejected ballots			250	0.5
Turnout			52,410	61.4
Eligible voters			85,413
	Conservative hold		Swing		-6.8
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	26,672	49.6	+7.27	$86,173.66
	Liberal	Kelly Velonis	10,848	20.2	-13.58	$33,357.09
	New Democratic	Heather McQuillan	8,957	16.7	+1.50	$9,116.65
	Green	Arthur Green	5,243	9.8	+5.09	$10,352.47
	People's	Rob Bogunovic	1,760	3.3	–	$5,190.90
	Christian Heritage	Daniel Lamache	202	0.4	–	$2,024.46
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	73	0.1	-0.06	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,755	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.42
Turnout			53,981	65.68
Eligible voters			82,178
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.43
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	21,445	42.33	-17.23	$123,128.62
	Liberal	Louis De Jaeger	17,114	33.78	+22.60	$60,637.40
	New Democratic	Seonaigh MacPherson	9,218	18.20	-5.30	$33,220.27
	Green	Thomas Cheney	2,386	4.71	-0.32	$1,715.67
	Libertarian	Alexander Johnson	416	0.82	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	82	0.16	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,661	100.00		$204,841.51
Total rejected ballots			154	0.30	–
Turnout			50,815	69.73	–
Eligible voters			72,874
	Conservative hold		Swing		-19.92
Source: Elections Canada[15][16][17]

2011 federal election redistributed results[18]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,748	59.57
	New Democratic	8,972	23.49
	Liberal	4,272	11.19
	Green	1,922	5.03
	Others	276	0.72

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.