ɪt wʌz ɪnˈɪʃəli ɐ tˈuːmˈɛmbɚɹ ᵻlˈɛktɚɹˌeɪt, bˌʌt wʌz tʃˈeɪndʒd tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn ˈoʊnli ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl mˈɛmbɚɹ ɪnðə ɹˌiːdˌɪstɹɪbjˈuːʃən ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ wɛn sˈɛvɹəl nˈuː dˈɪstɹɪkts wɜː kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ˈæbətsfɚd.
It was initially a two-member electorate, but was changed to return only a single member in the redistribution of 1904 when several new districts were created including Abbotsford.