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).

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Political geography
3 Notable elections
4 Notable MLAs
5 Electoral history
6 Source

Demographics

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966-1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Bill Vander Zalm

Rita Johnston

(both later BC Premiers)

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

|- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Roderick Anthony Archer |align="right"|6,254 |align="right"|42.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|7,039 |align="right"|48.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Renaldo Angelo Masi |align="right"|1,234 |align="right"|8.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Jean Maryl MacLaren |align="right"|77 |align="right"|0.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|14,604 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|119 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|9,398 |align="right"|47.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Anthony (Tony) Hatcher |align="right"|8,921 |align="right"|44.83% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Robert Jacobs |align="right"|1,581 |align="right"|7.94% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|19,900 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|223 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Frederick Joseph Bianco |align="right"|95 |align="right"|0.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|12,574 |align="right"|52.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |William Earl (Bill) Reid |align="right"|1,415 |align="right"|5.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |align="right"|3,995 |align="right"|16.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |James B. Wallace |align="right"|5,877 |align="right"|24.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|23,956 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|395 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Frederick Joseph Bianco |align="right"|67 |align="right"|0.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|11,214 |align="right"|41.72% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Donald Alvin Ross |align="right"|1,257 |align="right"|4.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |align="right"|14,341 |align="right"|53.35% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|26,879 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|386 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Josephine P. Arland |align="right"|183 |align="right"|0.15% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Timothy George Gidora |align="right"|204 |align="right"|0.17% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|28,644 |align="right"|24.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Dalton O. Jones |align="right"|26,306 |align="right"|22.04% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |align="right"|29,693 |align="right"|24.88% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Michael Garry Watkins |align="right"|28,497 |align="right"|23.87% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Brian Kent Westwood |align="right"|5,834 |align="right"|4.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|119,361 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,368 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7|¹ Seat increased to two members from one. |}
|- |bgcolor="khaki"| |Western Canada Concept |David J. Bannister |align="right"|1,181 |align="right"|1.25% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Jack Boulogne |align="right"|692 |align="right"|0.46% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Ernest Hall |align="right"|34,082 |align="right"|22.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Judith E. Higginbotham |align="right"|1,673 |align="right"|1.11% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |Rita Margaret Johnston |align="right"|38,081 |align="right"|25.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democrat |Carol Langford |align="right"|32,748 |align="right"|21.70% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Donald Peter McKinnon |align="right"|1,651 |align="right"|1.09% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="lightblue"| |Social Credit |William Earl (Bill) Reid |align="right"|37,370 |align="right"|24.76% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Viola Swann |align="right"|185 |align="right"|0.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Frank Nelson Wright |align="right"|2,531 |align="right"|1.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|unknown |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|150,894 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|1,018 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}
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:

Surrey-Newton
*Surrey-Panorama Ridge
*Surrey-Tynehead
Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
*Surrey-Green Timbers
*Surrey-Whalley
Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale
*Surrey-White Rock
*Surrey-Cloverdale

Source
[Elections BC Historical Returns]

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