Surrey (electoral district)
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Surrey was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The riding's predecessor was the Delta riding.
For other historical and current ridings in Vancouver or the North Shore see Vancouver (electoral districts). For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts).
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[edit] Demographics
| Population, 1966 | |
| Population change, 1966-1986 | |
| Area (km²) | |
| Population density (people per km²) |
[edit] Political geography
[edit] Notable elections
[edit] Notable MLAs
Bill Vander Zalm
Rita Johnston
(both later BC Premiers)
[edit] Electoral history
Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
| 28th British Columbia election, 1966 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Social Credit | Roderick Anthony Archer | 6,254 | 42.82% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 7,039 | 48.20% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Renaldo Angelo Masi | 1,234 | 8.45% | unknown | ||
| Communist | Jean Maryl MacLaren | 77 | 0.53% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 14,604 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 119 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 29th British Columbia election, 1969 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 9,398 | 47.23% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Anthony (Tony) Hatcher | 8,921 | 44.83% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Robert Jacobs | 1,581 | 7.94% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,900 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 223 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 30th British Columbia election, 1972 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Communist | Frederick Joseph Bianco | 95 | 0.40% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 12,574 | 52.49% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | William Earl (Bill) Reid | 1,415 | 5.91% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm | 3,995 | 16.68% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | James B. Wallace | 5,877 | 24.53% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 23,956 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 395 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 31st British Columbia election, 1975 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Communist | Frederick Joseph Bianco | 67 | 0.25% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 11,214 | 41.72% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Donald Alvin Ross | 1,257 | 4.68% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm | 14,341 | 53.35% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 26,879 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 386 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 32nd British Columbia election, 1979 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Communist | Josephine P. Arland | 183 | 0.15% | unknown | ||
| Communist | Timothy George Gidora | 204 | 0.17% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 28,644 | 24.00% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Dalton O. Jones | 26,306 | 22.04% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm | 29,693 | 24.88% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Michael Garry Watkins | 28,497 | 23.87% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Kent Westwood | 5,834 | 4.89% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 119,361 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,368 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Seat increased to two members from one. | ||||||
| 33rd British Columbia election, 1983 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Western Canada Concept | David J. Bannister | 1,181 | 1.25% | unknown | ||
| Green | Jack Boulogne | 692 | 0.46% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Ernest Hall | 34,082 | 22.59% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Judith E. Higginbotham | 1,673 | 1.11% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | Rita Margaret Johnston | 38,081 | 25.24% | unknown | ||
| New Democrat | Carol Langford | 32,748 | 21.70% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | Donald Peter McKinnon | 1,651 | 1.09% | unknown | ||
| Social Credit | William Earl (Bill) Reid | 37,370 | 24.76% | unknown | ||
| Communist | Viola Swann | 185 | 0.12% | unknown | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Nelson Wright | 2,531 | 1.68% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 150,894 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,018 | |||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
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-Guildford-Whalley and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. Further growth has subdivided those ridings further into:
