The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Chilliwack—Hope
Federal riding · BC · No. 59005 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Mark Strahl Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 12,773 votes
- Turnout
- 67.8% of 97,390 electors
- Population
- 119,080 2021 census
- Area
- 6,955 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Length of the ballot6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada
- Population, largest first119,080 people, 2021 census · 79th of 343 in Canada
- Area, largest first6,955 km² · 84th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Mark Strahl held the seat for the Conservatives by 12,773 votes (+19.4 points).
- 48% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 49.5% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is the 68th lowest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Mark Strahl
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 48% of today's Chilliwack—Hope came from ridings other than the old Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
52.2%Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon 16% of it kept
47.8%Chilliwack—Hope
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Mark Strahl
Conservative
36,027
54.8% of valid votes
Margin
12,773
votes · +19.4 pts
Runner-up
Zeeshan Khan
Liberal
23,254
35.4% of valid votes
Conservative 54.8% · Liberal 35.4% · New Democratic 7.3% · Green 1.6%
Turnout67.8% of 97,390 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Strahl | Conservative | 36,027 | 54.8% | 45.8% | +9.0 |
| Zeeshan Khan | Liberal | 23,254 | 35.4% | 17.0% | +18.4 |
| Teri Westerby | New Democratic | 4,779 | 7.3% | 26.3% | −19.0 |
| Salina Derish | Green | 1,083 | 1.6% | 2.8% | −1.2 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Jeff Galbraith | People's | 482 | 0.7% |
| Christopher Adam | Other | 129 | 0.2% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
9.7 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
4,779 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 12,773-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
13 of 191
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 6,387 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 9.7% of the 65,754 valid votes, 9.7 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative36,027
Liberal23,254
Still Conservative by 12,773 votes. Actual margin: 12,773.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 49.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative57.0%52.6%−4.4
Liberal31.8%38.8%+7.0
New Democratic8.1%6.5%−1.6
Green2.0%1.3%−0.7
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest147th lowest of 343
- Median age is 43.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest118th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.0% — about 64 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest68th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 14.3% — about 83 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest158th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 74.3% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest127th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest101st lowest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59005BC · 2025
Chilliwack—Hope
Mark Strahl
- Result
- Conservative hold by 12,773
- Turnout
- 67.8%
- Population
- 119,080
- Area
- 6,955 km²
Length of the ballotPopulation, largest firstArea, largest first
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