Fleetwood—Port Kells

British Columbia electoral district

Fleetwood—Port Kells in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Nina Grewal
Conservative

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

160,129

Electors (2011)

86,503

Area (km²)^[1]

105.96

Pop. density (per km²)

1,511.2

Census subdivisions

Surrey, Greater Vancouver A

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.

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. The communities of Fleetwood, East Newton, Fraser Heights, Port Kells and North Clayton are contained within this riding.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Surrey Central and some of Surrey North riding.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Fleetwood—Port Kells Riding created from Surrey Central and Surrey North
38th	2004 − 2006	Nina Grewal	Conservative
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Nina Grewal, a former sales manager. She was first elected in the 2004 election. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Her husband, Gurmant Grewal, was also a Conservative MP but stepped down in 2005. During the 39th Parliament she served as the Vice-Chair on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. During the 40th Parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Future

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Fleetwood—Port Kells should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[2] The redefined Fleetwood—Port Kells gains very small areas from the current ridings of Surrey North and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale while losing significant portions of its current territory to the new districts of Cloverdale—Langley City, South Surrey—White Rock and Surrey—Newton. These new boundaries will be legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which is likely to come into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. In the unlikely event an election is called prior to April 2014, the current electoral boundaries would remain in effect.^[3]

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	23,950	47.5	+2.8
	New Democratic	Nao Fernando	16,533	32.8	+10.0
	Liberal	Pam Dhanoa	8,041	16.0	-10.1
	Green	Alan Saldanha*	1,476	2.9	-3.5
	Libertarian	Alex Joehl	370	0.7	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,370	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			266	0.5	0.0
Turnout			50,636	53.7	-2
Eligible voters			94,302	–	–

* Alan Saldanha withdrew after a controversial quote on Facebook.

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	21,389	44.7	+11.2	$79,909
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	12,502	26.1	-5.5	$75,331
	New Democratic	Nao Fernando	10,916	22.8	-2.4	$65,022
	Green	Brian Newbold	3,045	6.4	+4.0	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,852	100.0	$88,579
Total rejected ballots			219	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			48,071	56	+3

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(X)Nina Grewal	14,577	33.5	-2.3	$72,464
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	13,749	31.6	+2.1	$54,768
	New Democratic	Barry Bell	10,961	25.2	-2.8	$18,907
	Independent	Jack Cook	3,202	7.4	+7.4	$75,818
	Green	Duncan McDonald	1,059	2.4	-3.9	--
Total valid votes			43,548	100.0
Total rejected ballots			127	0.3	-0.3
Turnout			43,675	59	0
	Conservative	hold	Swing	-2.2	–

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,052	35.8	–	$67,710
	Liberal	Gulzar Cheema	11,568	29.5	–	$69,483
	New Democratic	Barry Bell	10,976	28.0	–	$7,669
	Green	David Walters	2,484	6.3	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	167	0.4	–
Total valid votes			39,247	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.6
Turnout			39,465	59

References

"(Code 59009) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Website of the Parliament of Canada
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004

Notes

Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley

Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Delta—Richmond East Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Richmond South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

New Democratic	Newton—North Delta 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