Fraser Valley East was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fraser Valley, Kamloops and Okanagan Boundary ridings.
It was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Fraser Valley riding.
It initially consisted of:
- the Fraser-Cheam Regional District; and
- the part of the Central Fraser Valley Regional District lying east of Bradner Road in Matsqui District Municipality.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:
- the Fraser-Cheam Regional District;
- the part of Central Fraser Regional District lying east of a line drawn from the north boundary of the regional district south to Glenmore Road, along that road and the British Columbia Hydro & Power Railway right-of-way to the south boundary of Matsqui District Municipality, and west and south along that boundary to the southeast corner of Matsqui.
Read more about Fraser Valley East: Members of Parliament, Election Results
Famous quotes containing the words valley and/or east:
“As I went forth early on a still and frosty morning, the trees looked like airy creatures of darkness caught napping; on this side huddled together, with their gray hairs streaming, in a secluded valley which the sun had not penetrated; on that, hurrying off in Indian file along some watercourse, while the shrubs and grasses, like elves and fairies of the night, sought to hide their diminished heads in the snow.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)