The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59005British Columbia

Chilliwack—Hope

Chilliwack—Hope is a federal riding in British Columbia. Mark Strahl (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2011) represents Chilliwack—Hope. Mark Strahl (Conservative) held Chilliwack—Hope for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 12,773 votes (19.4 points), with 54.8% of the vote. Zeeshan Khan (Liberal) was second with 35.4%, on a turnout of 67.8% of 97,390 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Chilliwack—Hope on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Chilliwack—Hope

Mark Strahl's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Mark Strahl

Member of Parliament for Chilliwack—Hope

Conservative

MP since 2011-05-02 · 5 terms

45 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on The Economy.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Chilliwack—Hope, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 65,754 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Strahl	Conservative	36,027	54.8%
Zeeshan Khan	Liberal	23,254	35.4%
Teri Westerby	New Democratic	4,779	7.3%
Salina Derish	Green	1,083	1.6%
Others (2)		611	0.9%

Mark Strahl (Conservative) won Chilliwack—Hope on April 28, 2025 with 36,027 votes, 54.8% of the 65,754 valid votes. Zeeshan Khan (Liberal) was second with 23,254 (35.4%), 12,773 votes and 19.4 points behind.

Of the 65,754 valid votes, Mark Strahl (Conservative) took 54.8%, Zeeshan Khan (Liberal) 35.4%, Teri Westerby (New Democratic) 7.3% and Salina Derish (Green) 1.6%; the 2 other candidates took 0.9% together. Turnout was 67.8% of 97,390 electors: 66,059 ballots cast, 65,754 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 9.0 (45.8% to 54.8%), the Liberals up 18.4 (17.0% to 35.4%), the New Democrats down 19.0 (26.3% to 7.3%) and the Greens down 1.2 (2.8% to 1.6%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Chilliwack—Hope at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative53.7%by 33.1 points over the New Democrats
2006Conservative56.0%by 35.1 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative62.3%by 43.6 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative57.2%by 31.4 points over the New Democrats
2015Conservative41.9%by 7.9 points over the Liberals
2019Conservative49.2%by 28.6 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative45.8%by 19.5 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative54.8%by 19.4 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	53.7%	New Democratic	33.1	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	56.0%	New Democratic	35.1	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	62.3%	New Democratic	43.6	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	57.2%	New Democratic	31.4	carried, our estimate
2015	Conservative	41.9%	Liberal	7.9	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	49.2%	Liberal	28.6	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	45.8%	New Democratic	19.5	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	54.8%	Liberal	19.4	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 27.3 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 54.8% of the vote here, 2.5 points above their average of 52.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (53.7%), 2006 (56.0%), 2008 (62.3%), 2011 (57.2%), 2015 (41.9%), 2019 (49.2%), 2021 (45.8%) and 2025 (54.8%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Mark Strahl, by 10,060 votes (19.3 pts)
2019 Conservative · Mark Strahl, by 15,824 votes (29.4 pts)
2015 Conservative · Mark Strahl, by 4,331 votes (8.5 pts)

In the old Chilliwack—Hope on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Chilliwack—Hope lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Chilliwack—Hope is

Population: 119,0802021 census
Area: 6,955km²
Density: 17people per km²
Electors: 97,390on the 2025 lists

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 with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest101st lowest of 343
Median age is 43.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest118th highest 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
Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest147th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 14.3% — about 83 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest158th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 94% of the 2025 electors in today's Chilliwack—Hope lived in the old Chilliwack—Hope; by area, 52% of the riding came from the old Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

94.1%Chilliwack—Hope 47.8% of the area

5.9%Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon 52.2% of the area · 16% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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

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.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (176) · ■ won by another party (13) · ▨ tied (2).

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.

Voters who switch: 0012,774

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.

On election day the Conservatives took 57.0%, the Liberals 31.8%, the New Democrats 8.1% and the Greens 2.0%; in advance and special ballots, 52.6%, 38.8%, 6.5% and 1.3%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Chilliwack—Hope, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	57.0%	52.6%	−4.4
Liberal	31.8%	38.8%	+7.0
New Democratic	8.1%	6.5%	−1.6
Green	2.0%	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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Chilliwack—Hope and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Chilliwack—Hope — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/chilliwack-hope/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.