South Surrey—White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Dianne Watts
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 94,678
Electors (2015) 76,078
Area (km²)[1] 154
Pop. density (per km²) 614.8
Census divisions Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions Surrey, White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock (French: Surrey-Sud—White Rock) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompass a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta, and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale.[2]

South Surrey—White Rock 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
South Surrey—White Rock
Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta
and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
42nd  2015–Present     Dianne Watts Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDianne Watts 24,934 44.03 -8.85
LiberalJudith Higginbotham 23,495 41.49 +22.40
New DemocraticPixie Hobby 5,895 10.41 -8.78
GreenLarry Colero 1,938 3.42 -2.44
LibertarianBonnie Hu 261 0.46
Progressive CanadianBrian Marlatt 108 0.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,631100.00 $207,072.75
Total rejected ballots 2190.39
Turnout 56,85074.73
Eligible voters 76,078
Conservative hold Swing -15.63
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 23,890 52.9
  New Democratic 8,671 19.2
  Liberal 8,624 19.0
  Green 2,648 5.9
  Others 1,344 3.0

References

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