Surrey-Newton

Surrey-Newton

British Columbia electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Harry Bains
NDP

District created

Demographics

Population (2001)

50,281

Area (km²)

2,388

Pop. density (per km²)

21.1

Census divisions

Metro Vancouver

Census subdivisions

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

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Geography
- 2.1 1999 Redistribution
3 History
4 Member of Legislative Assembly
5 Election results
6 References
7 External links

Demographics

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

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Surrey-Newton has its entire southern half removed.

History

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2009 Surrey-Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Harry Bains	10,709	68.93%	+11.04%
	BC Liberal	Ajay Caleb	4,011	25.82%	-9.07%
	Green	Trevor Loke	759	4.89%	+0.17%
	Communist	George Gidora	58	0.37%	-
Total

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%

References

External links

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2009–)

North / Central	Cariboo-Chilcotin • Cariboo North • Nechako Lakes • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mackenzie • Prince George-Valemount • Skeena • Stikine

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen • Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kamloops-South Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Kootenay East • Kootenay West • Fraser-Nicola • Nelson-Creston • Penticton • Shuswap • Vernon-Monashee • Westside-Kelowna

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Mission • Abbotsford South • Abbotsford West • Chilliwack • Chilliwack-Hope • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Fleetwood • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Deer Lake • Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby-Lougheed • Burnaby North • Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Coquitlam • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-False Creek • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • Vancouver-West End • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Pacific Rim • Comox Valley • Cowichan Valley • Esquimalt-Royal Roads • Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-North Cowichan • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Swan Lake

See also:	Electoral boundary redistribution of 2008 • List of British Columbia general elections • 2009 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • East Kootenay • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kelowna-Lake Country • Kelowna-Mission • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Westside • Okanagan-Vernon • Penticton-Okanagan Valley • Shuswap • West Kootenay-Boundary • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford-Clayburn • Abbotsford-Mount Lehman • Chilliwack-Kent • Chilliwack-Sumas • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Mission • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Panorama Ridge • Surrey-Tynehead • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Burquitlam • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain • Port Moody-Westwood • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fairview • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni-Qualicum • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • Nanaimo-Parksville • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	1999 electoral redistribution • 2001 general election • 2005 general election • 2008 electoral redistribution • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1991–2001)

North / Central	Bulkley Valley-Stikine • Cariboo North • Cariboo South • North Coast • Peace River North • Peace River South • Prince George-Mount Robson • Prince George North • Prince George-Omineca • Skeena

Southern Interior	Columbia River-Revelstoke • Kamloops • Kamloops-North Thompson • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan-Boundary • Okanagan East • Okanagan-Penticton • Okanagan-Vernon • Okanagan West • Shuswap • Rossland-Trail • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Abbotsford • Chilliwack • Delta North • Delta South • Fort Langley-Aldergrove • Langley • Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows • Matsqui • Mission-Kent • Richmond Centre • Richmond East • Richmond-Steveston • Surrey-Cloverdale • Surrey-Green Timbers • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-Whalley • Surrey-White Rock

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Maillardville • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Lonsdale • North Vancouver-Seymour • Port Coquitlam • Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain • Vancouver-Burrard • Vancouver-Fraserview • Vancouver-Hastings • Vancouver-Kensington • Vancouver-Kingsway • Vancouver-Langara • Vancouver-Little Mountain • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant • Vancouver-Point Grey • Vancouver-Quilchena • West Vancouver-Capilano • West Vancouver-Garibaldi

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox Valley • Cowichan-Ladysmith • Esquimalt-Metchosin • Malahat-Juan de Fuca • Nanaimo • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Parksville-Qualicum • Powell River-Sunshine Coast • Saanich North and the Islands • Saanich South • Victoria-Beacon Hill • Victoria-Hillside

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1991 general election • 1996 general election • Defunct districts

British Columbia provincial electoral districts (1979–1991)

North / Central	Atlin • Cariboo ‡ • North Peace River • Omineca • Prince George North • Prince George South • Prince Rupert • Skeena • South Peace River

Southern Interior	Boundary-Similkameen ‡ • Columbia River • Kamloops ‡ • Kootenay • Nelson-Creston • Okanagan North • Okanagan South ‡ • Rossland-Trail • Shuswap-Revelstoke • Yale-Lillooet

Fraser Valley / South LM	Central Fraser Valley ‡ • Chilliwack • Delta ‡ • Dewdney ‡ • Langley ‡ • Richmond ‡ • Surrey (2) †

Vancouver / North LM	Burnaby-Edmonds • Burnaby North • Burnaby-Willingdon • Coquitlam-Moody • Maillardville-Coquitlam • New Westminster • North Vancouver-Capilano • North Vancouver-Seymour • Vancouver Centre (2) • Vancouver East (2) • Vancouver-Little Mountain (2) • Vancouver-Point Grey (2) • Vancouver South (2) • West Vancouver-Howe Sound

Vancouver Island / South Coast	Alberni • Comox • Cowichan-Malahat • Esquimalt-Port Renfrew • Mackenzie • Nanaimo ‡ • North Island • Oak Bay-Gordon Head • Saanich and the Islands ‡ • Victoria (2)

Notes	‡ - from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency † - from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies: Surrey-Guildford-Whalley • Surrey-Newton • Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale

See also:	List of British Columbia general elections • 1979 general election • 1983 general election • 1986 general election • Defunct districts