Surrey Centre

Surrey Centre
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Randeep Sarai
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 111,486
Electors (2015) 68,719
Area (km²)[1] 44
Pop. density (per km²) 2,533.8
Census divisions Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions Surrey

Surrey Centre (French: Surrey-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Surrey North.[2]

Surrey Centre was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Surrey Centre
Riding created from Surrey North
42nd  2015–Present     Randeep Sarai Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalRandeep Sarai 19,471 45.07 +27.31
New DemocraticJasbir Sandhu 12,992 30.08 -9.95
ConservativeSucha Thind 8,556 19.81 -15.85
GreenJeremiah Deneault 1,493 3.46 -0.18
Christian HeritageKevin Pielak 553 1.28
CommunistIqbal Kahlon 133 0.31
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,198100.00 $202,328.76
Total rejected ballots 3520.81
Turnout 43,55061.78
Eligible voters 70,493
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +18.63
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 13,041 40.03
  Conservative 11,618 35.66
  Liberal 5,787 17.76
  Green 1,186 3.64
  Others 949 2.91

References

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