Delta (British Columbia) 81/338

 Delta (British Columbia) 

Today we're in the Lower Mainland with Delta!

Delta existed as a riding from 1988-1997 and was recreated in 2012, from Newton—North Delta and Delta—Richmond East. The population was 103,064 in 2016. The riding is made up of the district municipality of Delta (102,238 in 2016), which contains the communities of North Delta, Ladner (22,193 in 2016), and Tsawwassen (21,588 in 2016). The riding borders the town of Point Roberts, Washington, which was given to the United States when the Canada/US border was determined to be the 49th parallel, despite the peninsula being less than 5 square miles. 

Politically, this seat had been held by a conservative MP from 1972-2015, voting in line with the rest of the southern Lower Mainland. However, that streak was broken in 2015 when the Liberals won their majority and won more than half the seats in the Lower Mainland. Despite the Liberals falling out of favour in 2019, they still won this seat by 41.2%, still 8.2% more than the Conservative candidate. This seat is currently held by Liberal MP and minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, Carla Qualtrough.

Carla Qualtrough was born in Calgary and raised in my hometown of Langley, British Columbia. She is visually impaired and won three bronze medals from her time at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics for swimming. She served as a human rights lawyer, specifically with the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Her human rights work netted her the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. In 2019, this seat was 19/42 in BC and 83/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 10/10 - Perfect. Why can't all municipalities have the perfect boundaries for electoral districts?

Shape: 10/10 - Read above.

Individuality: 8.6/10 - I love how it led us on by staying conservative until 2015 hit and hasn't really been close since.

Total: 28.6/30 (95.3%)

Tomorrow we're in northern Saskatchewan with Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River!