Surrey North

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Surrey North in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings''
Population, 2001 106,904
Electors 62,644
Area (km²) 49
Population density (people per km²) 2181.7
Surrey North is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It covers the northern part of Surrey.

Profile
Surrey North in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings''
Population, 2001	106,904
Electors	62,644
Area (km²)	49
Population density (people per km²)	2181.7

It is home to 106,904 residents in 2001, more than 46 percent of which are immigrants -- 21 percent of residents are East Indian, the second-highest concentration in Canada.[link] Most residents are employed in the manufacturing and service sectors, with an average family income of $50,445 and an unemployment rate of nine percent.[link]

Contents

1 Geography
2 History

2.1 Members of Parliament
2.2 Current Member of Parliament

3 Election results
4 See also
5 External links

Geography

Bounded by the Fraser River at the north and west, the riding stretches south to 88th Avenue, King George Highway, 120th Street, and 96th Avenue, and east to Fraser Highway and 152nd Street.

History

The riding was formed in 1986 from portions of Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, Surrey Central, and Fraser Valley West ridings. The riding was revised in 1996 and 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1988-1993: Jim Karpoff - New Democratic Party
1993-1997: Margaret Bridgman - Reform
1997-2005: Chuck Cadman - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004), Independent (2004-2005)
2006-present Penny Priddy - New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Surrey North's current Member of Parliament is Penny Priddy. She represents the NDP and was first elected in 2006.

Election results

Party 2006 2004 2000 1997 1993 1988 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal Surjit Kooner
6,951 Dan Sheel
5,413 Shinder Purewal
10,729 Clayton J. Campbell
9,723 Prem S. Vinning
15,893 Don Ross
13,412 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|     Conservative Dave Matta
9,864 Jasbir Singh Cheema
4,340 |- |bgcolor="cadetblue"|     Canadian Alliance Chuck Cadman
19,973 |- |bgcolor="mediumseagreen"|     Reform Chuck Cadman
16,158 Margaret Bridgman
22,302 Ray Herd
1,247 |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic Party Penny Priddy
16,226 Jim Karpoff
8,312 Art Hildebrant
2,619 Judy Villeneuve
6,579 Jim Karpoff
10,332 Jim Karpoff
19,940 |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative Dareck Faichuk
1,714 David Sikal
1,093 Cliff Blair
8,326 Cliff Blair
17,674 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"|     Green Roy Whyte
956 Sunny Athwal
658 Brian Lutes
556 Suzanne Shephard
280 Child Buffalo
156 |- |bgcolor="#CC6699"|     Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak
411 Gerhard Herwig
460 Allen Gray
291 Bill Stilwell
900 Bill Stilwell
883 |- || Progressive Canadian Nikolas Langlands
221
|- |bgcolor="tomato"|
Communist Joyce Holmes
93 Tyler Campbell
174 |- |bgcolor="green"|     Libertarian Jack Boulogne
247 |- |bgcolor="powderblue"|     Action Roy Tyler Whyte
85 Vlad Marjanovic
87 |- |bgcolor="thistle"|     Rhinoceros Toney The Weasel Wiezoreck
219 |- |bgcolor="lavender"|     Natural Law Anthony Quance
70 Anthony Quance
378 |- |bgcolor="mediumturquoise"|     National Shirely Ann Stonier
1,997 |- |bgcolor="indianred"|     Marxist-Leninist Mardi Couture
42 |- |bgcolor="lightsalmon"|     Commonwealth Louise J. Belanger
83 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent Nina Rivet
512

John Baloun
420 Chuck Cadman
15,089 Gerhard Herwig
285 Donald I. Knights
200 Braden Karringten
125 Harbhajan Cheema
103

|- |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |No affiliation |Chuck Cadman |15,089 |43.79% | |$67,419 |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democratic Party |Jim Karpoff |8,312 |24.12% | |$42,786 |- |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Dan Sheel |5,413 |15.71% | |$62,788 |- |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"| |Conservative |Jasbir Singh Cheema |4,340 |12.59% | |$68,848 |- |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Sunny Athwal |658 |1.91% | |$6,169 |- |- |bgcolor="#CC6699"| |Christian Heritage |Gerhard Herwig |460 |1.33% | |$5,235 |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Joyce Holmes |93 |0.26% | |$512 |- |bgcolor="powderblue"| |Canadian Action |Roy Tyler Whyte |85 |0.24% | |$444 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|34,450 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|254 !align="right"|0.73% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|34,704 !align="right"|55.40% !align="right"| !align="right"| |}

|- |- |bgcolor="cadetblue"| |Canadian Alliance |Chuck Cadman |align="right"|19,973 |align="right"|56.10% | |align="right"|$54,054 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Shinder Purewal |align="right"|10,279 |align="right"|28.87% | |align="right"|$60,897 |- |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"| |New Democratic Party |Art Hildebrant |align="right"|2,619 |align="right"|7.35% | |align="right"|$6,657 |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"| |Progressive Conservative |Dareck Faichuk |align="right"|1,714 |align="right"|4.81% | |align="right"|$2,651 |- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"| |Green |Brian Lutes |align="right"|556 |align="right"|1.56% | |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |No affiliation |Gerhard Herwig |align="right"|285 |align="right"|0.80% | |align="right"|$2,138 |- |bgcolor="tomato"| |Communist |Tyler Campbell |align="right"|174 |align="right"|0.48% | |align="right"|$189 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|35,600 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|192 !align="right"|0.54% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|35,792 !align="right"|55.42% ! ! |}

|- |- |bgcolor="mediumseagreen"| |Reform |Chuck Cadman |align="right"|16,158 |align="right"|46.80% | |align="right"|$56,674 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"| |Liberal |Clayton J. Campbell |align="right"|9,723 |align="right"|28.16% | |align="right"|$55,219 |-

|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"| |Independent |Donald I. Knight |align="right"|200 |align="right"|0.57% | |align="right"|$10,505 |- |bgcolor="powderblue"| |Canadian Action |Vlad Marjanovic |align="right"|87 |align="right"|0.25% | |align="right"|$2,335 |- |bgcolor="lavender"| |Natural Law |Anthony Quance |align="right"|70 |align="right"|0.20% | |align="right"| |- |bgcolor="indianred"| |Marxist-Leninist |Mardi Couture |align="right"|42 |align="right"|0.12% | |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|34,523 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|234 !align="right"|0.67% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|34,757 !align="right"|61.01% ! ! |}

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