South Surrey—White Rock
British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 94,678 | ||
Electors (2015) | 76,078 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 154 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 614.8 | ||
Census divisions | Metro Vancouver | ||
Census subdivisions | Surrey, White Rock |
South Surrey—White Rock (French: Surrey-Sud—White Rock) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompass a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta, and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale.[2]
South Surrey—White Rock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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South Surrey—White Rock Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Dianne Watts | Conservative |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Dianne Watts | 24,934 | 44.03 | -8.85 | – | |||
Liberal | Judith Higginbotham | 23,495 | 41.49 | +22.40 | – | |||
New Democratic | Pixie Hobby | 5,895 | 10.41 | -8.78 | – | |||
Green | Larry Colero | 1,938 | 3.42 | -2.44 | – | |||
Libertarian | Bonnie Hu | 261 | 0.46 | – | – | |||
Progressive Canadian | Brian Marlatt | 108 | 0.19 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,631 | 100.00 | $207,072.75 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 219 | 0.39 | – | |||||
Turnout | 56,850 | 74.73 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 76,078 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.63 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 23,890 | 52.9 | |
New Democratic | 8,671 | 19.2 | |
Liberal | 8,624 | 19.0 | |
Green | 2,648 | 5.9 | |
Others | 1,344 | 3.0 |
References
- 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Final Report – British Columbia
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for South Surrey—White Rock, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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