2005 Candidates (as received from Elections B.C.):
- Rich Coleman, BC Liberal Party
- Stephen Christopher Davis, The Platinum Party
- Shane Dyson, New Democratic Party of B.C.
- Marc Scott Emery, British Columbia Marijuana Party
- Andrea Meagan Welling, Green Party of BC
District Profile:
This Fraser Valley riding abuts the U.S. border in the south, the Fraser River in the north, the city of Abbotsford in the east and the city of Surrey in the west. Though formerly agricultural, construction of freeways and bridges has transformed it into a suburban fringe of Greater Vancouver. Aldergrove is the main population centre, and retail trade and manufacturing are the main industries. At $74,762, average family incomes are well above the B.C. norm, while the 5.3 per cent unemployment rate is the province's sixth lowest. Immigrants account for 16 per cent of the overall population, which – at 56,872 – is the sixth highest in the province.
Political History:
The incumbent in Fort Langley-Aldergrove is Rich Coleman, a Liberal and B.C.'s solicitor general and minister of public safety. In the 2001 election Coleman's margin of victory was nearly 14,000 votes over runner-up Andrea Welling of the Greens. Five years earlier Coleman had gained office with a 4,636-vote win over New Democrat Charles Bradford. It was a familiar finish for Bradford; in 1991 he ran second to Liberal Gary Farrell-Collins (who in 1996 ran in the Vancouver-Little Mountain riding). Finishing third in 1991 was incumbent Dan Peterson of the Social Credit Party. He, along with fellow Socred Caroline Cran, had been elected into what was then a two-member riding in 1986. For the 14 years prior, the Socred's Bob McClelland served here.
In 2001, voter turnout in Fort Langley-Aldergrove was 73.5 per cent – somewhat above the provincial average.
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