Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district of a similar name, see Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge.

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution saw an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.^[1]

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

British Columbia electoral district
Location in the Lower Mainland
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Lisa Beare New Democratic
First contested	1991
Last contested	2024

Demographics

Population, 2001	56,272
Population Change, 1996–2001	8.2%
Area (km2)	112.75
Pop. Density (people per km2)	499

History

The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member Dewdney riding.

1999 electoral redistribution

Changes from Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows include:

• Removal of the majority of land in the District of Maple Ridge
• Removal of Douglas Island^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Dewdney prior to 1991
35th	1991–1996		William James Hartley	New Democratic
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Ken Stewart	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Michael Sather	New Democratic
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017		Doug Bing	Liberal
41st	2017–2020		Lisa Beare	New Democratic
42nd	2020–2024
43rd	Since 2024

Election results

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	14,480	54.89	-9.1	$50,684.56
	Conservative	Mike Morden	11,901	45.11	–	$38,078.29
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,381	99.64	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			94	0.36	–
Turnout			26,475	59.03	–
Registered voters			44,850
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-27.1
Source: Elections BC[2][3]

2020 provincial election redistributed results[4]
Party		%
	New Democratic	64.0
	Liberal	36.0

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	15,877	63.41	+18.61	$47,200.48
	Liberal	Cheryl Ashlie	9,163	36.59	−2.21	$42,453.66
Total valid votes			25,040	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	12,045	44.80	+1.92	$60,276
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,428	38.79	−6.70	$55,180
	Green	Alex Pope	3,329	12.38	+3.23	$6,534
	Conservative	Gary John O'Driscoll	676	2.51	+0.03
	Independent	Steve Ranta	408	1.52	–	$979
Total valid votes			26,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173	0.64
Turnout			27,059	64.50
Source: Elections BC[7]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,824	45.49	-0.26	$50,220
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Joan Rosenau	10,204	42.88	-4.19	$61,491
	Green	Michael Lawrence Patterson	2,178	9.15	+3.62	$1,188
	No Affiliation	Manuel "Mike" Pratas	589	2.48	–	$1,320
Total valid votes			23,795	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			184	0.77	+0.14
Turnout			23,979	59.87	+2.97
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections BC[8][9]

• Pratas campaigned with the BC Conservative Party but was listed as "No affiliation" on the ballot.

v t e 2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	9232	46.91	+0.53
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	9062	46.04	+3.30
	Green	Rob Hornsey	1064	5.41	−1.95
	Independent	Chum Richardson	194	0.99	–
	Refederation	Jay Ariken	129	0.66	–

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Michael Sather	11,786	46.38
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,861	42.74
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	1,869	7.36
	Democratic Reform	Rick Butler	534	2.10
	Marijuana	Denise Briere-Smart	360	1.42
Total			25,410	100.00

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	12,235	52.96	$39,898
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	5,764	24.95	$22,812
	Green	Mike Gildersleeve	3,069	13.29	$2,437
	Unity	Dave Hensman	1,220	5.28	$7,515
	Marijuana	Rick Cameron	716	3.10	$394
	Action	Michael Felgner	97	0.42	$300
Total valid votes			23,101	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.33
Turnout			23,178	72.90

v t e 1996 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	12,946	46.07	$34,860
	Liberal	Ken Stewart	10,960	39.00	$52,898
	Progressive Democrat	Peter Neufeld	2,011	7.16	$412
	Reform	Nick Walsh	1,470	5.23	–
	Green	Richard Hennick	464	1.65	$100
	Libertarian	Lewis Clarke Dahlby	158	0.56	–
	Natural Law	Matt Deacon	90	0.32	$118
Total valid votes			28,099	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137	0.49
Turnout			28,236	73.30

v t e 1991 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Hartley	11,591	45.16	$28,734
	Liberal	Steve Gilmore	8,786	34.23	$5,377
	Social Credit	Roman Evancic	4,986	19.42	$26,959
	Green	David B. Pehota	305	1.19	$310
Total valid votes			25,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335	1.29
Turnout			26,003	77.02
	New Democratic notional gain from Social Credit		Swing		N/A

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts