South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

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South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings
Population, 2001	99,317
Electors	77,012
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 History 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

This electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of South Surrey—White Rock—Langley and Surrey Central ridings.

[edit] Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Russ Hiebert, a former lawyer and political assistant. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He serves as a member on the 'Legislative Committee on Bill C-38' and the 'Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russ Hiebert	26,383	46.72%		$80,147.47
	Liberal	Jim McMurtry	17,291	30.62%		$49,292.26
	New Democratic Party	Libby Thornton	9,522	16.86%		$16,609.94
	Green	Pierre Rovtar	2,980	5.28%		$3,412.00
Total valid votes				100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russ Hiebert	22,760	42.67%		$67,081
	Liberal	Judy Higginbotham	19,611	36.76%		$67,534
	New Democratic Party	Pummy Kaur	7,663	14.36%		$16,050
	Green	Romeo de la Pena	3,032	5.68%		$850
	Canadian Action	Pat Taylor	272	0.50%
Total valid votes			53,338	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			132	0.25%
Turnout			53,470	69.43%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in the Fraser Valley and Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
Liberal	Newton—North Delta | Richmond
New Democratic	Surrey North

Federal Ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	British Columbia Southern Interior | Cariboo—Prince George | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Kelowna—Lake Country | Kootenay—Columbia | Okanagan—Coquihalla | Okanagan—Shuswap | Prince George—Peace River | Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford | Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon | Delta—Richmond East | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Langley | Newton—North Delta | Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission | Richmond | South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale | Surrey North
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby—Douglas | Burnaby—New Westminster | New Westminster—Coquitlam | North Vancouver | Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam | Vancouver Centre | Vancouver East | Vancouver Kingsway | Vancouver Quadra | Vancouver South | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca | Nanaimo—Alberni | Nanaimo—Cowichan | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Vancouver Island North | Victoria