Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{About|the electoral district that existed from 1966 to 1996|the electoral district of a similar name|South Surrey—White Rock—Langley}}

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Surrey—White Rock—South Langley (formerly known as Surrey—White Rock, South Surrey—White Rock and Surrey) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1988 to 1997.

Geography

This electoral district included the City of White Rock, the southern portions of the Township of Langley, and the City of Surrey.

History

This riding was created in 1966 as "Surrey" from New Westminster riding.

In 1971, it was renamed “Surrey—White Rock".

In 1976, Surrey—White Rock was abolished and redistributed into Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.

The riding was re-created in 1987 as "Surrey—White Rock" from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.

In 1990, it was renamed "Surrey—White Rock—South Langley".

In 1996, it was abolished, with parts of it going to form the ridings of South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, Surrey Central and Langley—Abbotsford.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1968

| ToYr = 1972

| Assembly# = 28

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Barry Mather

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1972

| ToYr = 1974

| Assembly# = 29

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Barry Mather

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1974

| ToYr = 1979

| Assembly# = 30

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = Benno Friesen

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley West and
Surrey—White Rock—North Delta}}

{{CanMP nodata|Surrey—White Rock
Riding re-created from Fraser Valley West and
Surrey—White Rock—North Delta}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1988

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 34

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = Benno Friesen

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1993

| ToYr = 1997

| Assembly# = 35

| CanParty = Reform

| RepName = Val Meredith

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into South Surrey—White Rock—Langley,
Surrey Central and Langley—Abbotsford}}

Election results