Gwen O'Mahony

Gwen O'Mahony (born 1972 or 1973) is a Canadian politician, who represented Chilliwack-Hope in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from April 2012 until May 2013 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[2]

O'Mahony was previously the party's candidate in Chilliwack-Hope in the 2009 provincial election, as well as running federally for the New Democrats in Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon in the 2011 federal election.

She became the first New Democrat ever to represent the area.

In the 2013 provincial election, O'Mahony was defeated by BC Liberal Party candidate Laurie Throness, the same Liberal candidate she had faced in the 2012 by-election.

Electoral record

2013 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack-Hope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Laurie Throness	10,053	49.15
	New Democratic	Gwen O'Mahony	7,364	36.01
	Conservative	Michael Henshall	2,202	10.77
	Independent	Ryan Ashley McKinnon	833	4.07
Total valid votes			20,452	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117	0.57
Turnout			20,569	57.38
Source: Elections BC[3]

British Columbia provincial by-election, April 19, 2012: Chilliwack-Hope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gwen O'Mahony	6,022	41.89	+8
	Liberal	Laurie Throness	4,593	31.95	-22
	Conservative	John Martin	3,615	25.15	+18
	Libertarian	Lewis Dahlby	145	1.01
Total Valid Votes			14,375
Total Rejected Ballots			26
Turnout			14,401	41.12
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Port Moody-Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope By-elections" (PDF). Elections B.C. Retrieved 2013-03-07.

2011 Canadian federal election: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Strahl	28,160	57.20	-5.12
	New Democratic	Gwen O'Mahony	12,691	25.78	+7.02
	Liberal	Diane Janzen	5,320	10.81	+2.29
	Green	Jamie Hoskins	2,706	5.50	-3.27
	Western Block	Clive Edwards	180	0.37	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	173	0.35	+0.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,230	100.00
Total rejected ballots			152	0.31	+0.04
Turnout			49,382	58.99	+1
Eligible voters			83,713

2009 British Columbia general election: Chilliwack-Hope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Barry Penner	8,985	53.28	$67,073
	New Democratic	Gwen O'Mahony	5,638	33.43	$18,541
	Conservative	Hans Mulder	1,198	7.10	$250
	Green	Guy Durnin	951	5.64	$350
	People's Front	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	93	0.55	$260
Total Valid Votes			16,865
Total Rejected Ballots			95	0.56
Turnout			16,960	51.85
"Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

Motivated by gov't cuts Henderson, Paul J. Chilliwack Times [Chilliwack, B.C] 21 Apr 2009: 5.
"NDP win both B.C. byelections; Liberals in second place". Vancouver Sun, April 20, 2012.
"Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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