Surrey (electoral district)
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Surrey was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 from 1966 to 1983. The riding's predecessor was the Delta
Delta (provincial electoral district)
Delta was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia based on the municipality of Delta at the mouth of the Fraser River between the city of Vancouver and the US border...

 riding.

For other historical and current ridings in Vancouver or the North Shore see Vancouver (electoral districts)
Vancouver (electoral districts)
This page is a listing of federal and provincial electoral districts located in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, and for ridings which include the name Vancouver in their title, including those on Vancouver Island among which was the original first-use of the riding-name Vancouver...

. For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts)
New Westminster (electoral districts)
New Westminster was the name, or part of the name, of several Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts. All provincial and federal ridings in the area of the Lower Mainland were part of the original New Westminster ridings...

.

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Roderick Anthony Archer
|align="right"|6,254
|align="right"|42.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|7,039
|align="right"|48.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Renaldo Angelo Masi
|align="right"|1,234
|align="right"|8.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Jean Maryl MacLaren
|align="right"|77
|align="right"|0.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,604
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|119
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|New Democrat
|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|9,398
|align="right"|47.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Anthony (Tony) Hatcher
|align="right"|8,921
|align="right"|44.83%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Robert Jacobs
|align="right"|1,581
|align="right"|7.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|19,900
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|223
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Frederick Joseph Bianco
|align="right"|95
|align="right"|0.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|12,574
|align="right"|52.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|William Earl (Bill) Reid
|align="right"|1,415
|align="right"|5.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm
|align="right"|3,995
|align="right"|16.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|James B. Wallace
|align="right"|5,877
|align="right"|24.53%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,956
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|395
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Frederick Joseph Bianco
|align="right"|67
|align="right"|0.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|11,214
|align="right"|41.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Donald Alvin Ross
|align="right"|1,257
|align="right"|4.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm
|align="right"|14,341
|align="right"|53.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,879
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|386
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Josephine P. Arland
|align="right"|183
|align="right"|0.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Timothy George Gidora
|align="right"|204
|align="right"|0.17%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|28,644
|align="right"|24.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Dalton O. Jones
|align="right"|26,306
|align="right"|22.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm
|align="right"|29,693
|align="right"|24.88%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Michael Garry Watkins
|align="right"|28,497
|align="right"|23.87%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Brian Kent Westwood
|align="right"|5,834
|align="right"|4.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|119,361
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,368
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat increased to two members from one.
|}

|Western Canada Concept
Western Canada Concept
The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...


|David J. Bannister
|align="right"|1,181
|align="right"|1.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Green
|Jack Boulogne
|align="right"|692
|align="right"|0.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall
Ernest Hall was an English cricketer. Hall was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.Hall made his first-class debut for Hampshire 1880 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...


|align="right"|34,082
|align="right"|22.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Judith E. Higginbotham
|align="right"|1,673
|align="right"|1.11%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|Rita Margaret Johnston
|align="right"|38,081
|align="right"|25.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...


|Carol Langford
|align="right"|32,748
|align="right"|21.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...


|Donald Peter McKinnon
|align="right"|1,651
|align="right"|1.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...


|William Earl (Bill) Reid
|align="right"|37,370
|align="right"|24.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Communist
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...


|Viola Swann
|align="right"|185
|align="right"|0.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...


|Frank Nelson Wright
|align="right"|2,531
|align="right"|1.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|150,894
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,018
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}

The population boom in Surrey has created a series of new electoral districts since the 1986 election:

The population boom in Surrey saw Surrey broken into three ridings for the 1986 election, Surrey-Newton
Surrey-Newton
Surrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009...

, Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
Surrey-Guildford-Whalley was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 1986 only. The riding's predecessor was the Surrey riding, which first appeared in the 1933 election....

 and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 1986 only. The riding's predecessor was the Surrey riding, which first appeared in the 1933 election...

. Further growth has subdivided those ridings further into:
  • Surrey-Newton
    Surrey-Newton
    Surrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009...

    • Surrey-Panorama Ridge
      Surrey-Panorama Ridge
      Surrey-Panorama Ridge was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.- Demographics :-1999 Redistribution:Surrey-Panorama Ridge was created from*the southern half of Surrey-Newton...

    • Surrey-Tynehead
      Surrey-Tynehead
      Surrey-Tynehead is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries...

  • Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
    Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
    Surrey-Guildford-Whalley was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 1986 only. The riding's predecessor was the Surrey riding, which first appeared in the 1933 election....

    • Surrey-Green Timbers
      Surrey-Green Timbers
      Surrey-Green Timbers is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...

    • Surrey-Whalley
      Surrey-Whalley
      Surrey-Whalley is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries...

  • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
    Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
    Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia in 1986 only. The riding's predecessor was the Surrey riding, which first appeared in the 1933 election...

    • Surrey-White Rock
      Surrey-White Rock
      Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.- Demographics :- Geography :...

    • Surrey-Cloverdale
      Surrey-Cloverdale
      Surrey-Cloverdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-1999 Redistribution:Changes to Surrey-Cloverdale include*removal of northwestern-most half to Surrey-Tynehead...


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