Surrey-Newton

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Surrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

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[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001 50,281
Population Change, 1996-2001 16.4%
Area (km²) 21
Pop. Density (people per km²) 2,388

[edit] Geography

[edit] 1999 Redistribution

Surrey-Newton has its entire southern half removed.

[edit] History

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

[edit] Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Surrey-Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP Harry Bains 10,741 57.89%
     BC Liberal Daniel Igali 6,473 34.89%
     Green Dan Deresh 876 4.72%
     DRBC Harry Grewal 268 1.44%
     Work Less Gordon Scott 123 0.66%
     Platinum Jeff Robert Evans 72 0.39%
Total 18,553 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     BC Liberal Tony Bhullar 6,750 49.45% $51,429
     NDP Param Grewal 3,949 28.93% $32,318
     Green David Walters 1,673 12.26% $2,471
     Unity Paul Joshi 498 3.65% $4,578
     Marijuana Stephen Kawamoto 364 2.20% $394
     BC Reform Margaret Bridgman 159 0.96% $1,285
Total Valid Votes 13,649 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 92 0.67%
Turnout 13,741 65.51%
B.C. General Election 1996: Surrey-Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Penny Priddy 13,969 49.54% $42,833
     BC Liberal Indra Thind 9,788 34.71% $54,778
     PDA Ian Brown 1,841 6.53% $100
     BC Reform Liaqat Bajwa 1,244 4.41% $12,184
     Family Coalition Bill Stilwell 577 2.05% $890
     Green Maureen A. MacDonald 340 1.21% $100
     Conservative John Keith Bannister 217 0.77% $931
     Social Credit Neil Maharaj 174 0.62% $3,600
     Natural Law Shane Laporte 48 0.17% $118
Total Valid Votes 28,198 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 244 0.86%
Turnout 28,442 71.33%
B.C. General Election 1991: Surrey-Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Penny Priddy 10,193 42.28% $47,584
     Social Credit Rita Johnston 7,796 32.33% $126,919
     BC Liberal A. Charles McKinney 5,923 24.57% $1,942
     Green Paul George 197 0.82% $2,740
Total Valid Votes 24,109 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 638 2.58%
Turnout 24,747 76.28%

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