Fleetwood—Port Kells
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| Population, 2001 | 101,198 |
| Electors | 66,821 |
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Fleetwood—Port Kells is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
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[edit] Geography
It consists of the northeast part of the City of Surrey, Barnston Island, and Barnston Island Indian Reserve No. 3 the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
[edit] History
The electoral district was created in 2003 from Surrey Central and some of Surrey North riding.
[edit] Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Nina Grewal, a former sales manager. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She represents the Conservative Party of Canada. She serves as the Vice-Chair on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Her husband, Gurmant Grewal, was also a Conservative MP but stepped down in 2005.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | (X)Nina Grewal | 14,577 | 33.5% | -2.3% | $72,464.56 | |
| Liberal | Brenda Locke | 13,749 | 31.6% | +2.1% | ||
| New Democratic Party | Barry Bell | 10,961 | 25.2% | -2.8% | $18,907.49 | |
| Independent | Jack Cook | 3,202 | 7.4% | +7.4% | ||
| Green | Duncan McDonald | 1,059 | 2.4% | -3.9% | ||
| Total valid votes | 43,548 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,675 | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Nina Grewal | 14,052 | 35.80% | $67,710 | ||
| Liberal | Gulzar Cheema | 11,568 | 29.47% | $69,483 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Barry Bell | 10,976 | 27.96% | $7,669 | ||
| Green | David Walters | 2,484 | 6.32% | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Joseph Theriault | 167 | 0.42% | |||
| Total valid votes | 39,247 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | 0.55% | ||||
| Turnout | 39,465 | 59.06% | ||||
