Surrey (electoral district)
{{Short description|Former Canadian electoral district}}
{{For|the federal electoral district 1968–1971|Surrey—White Rock—South Langley}}
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Surrey was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The area it covered was formerly part of the electoral district of Delta. It returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of B.C. from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter. It was abolished prior to the 1986 election into Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, Surrey-Newton and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.
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).
Demographics
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Political geography
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Notable elections
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Notable MLAs
Electoral history
{{Election FPTP begin | title=28th British Columbia election, 1966}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ernest Hall|7,039 |48.20%||unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Roderick Anthony Archer |6,254 |42.82% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|align="right"|1,234
|align="right"|8.45%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Jean Maryl MacLaren|77 |0.53%||unknown}}
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|14,604
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|119
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=29th British Columbia election, 1969}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|align="right"|9,398
|align="right"|47.23%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Anthony (Tony) Hatcher |8,921 |44.83% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Robert Jacobs
|align="right"|1,581
|align="right"|7.94%
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|align="right"|unknown
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|19,900
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|223
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=30th British Columbia election, 1972}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ernest Hall|12,574 |52.49%||unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |James B. Wallace |5,877 |24.53% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm
|align="right"|3,995
|align="right"|16.68%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|William Earl (Bill) Reid
|align="right"|1,415
|align="right"|5.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Frederick Joseph Bianco|95 |0.40%||unknown}}
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,956
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|395
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=31st British Columbia election, 1975}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |14,341 |53.35% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ernest Hall|11,214 |41.72%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Donald Alvin Ross
|align="right"|1,257
|align="right"|4.68%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Frederick Joseph Bianco|67 |0.25%||unknown}}
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|26,879
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|386
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=32nd British Columbia election, 1979 1}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm |29,693 |24.88% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ernest Hall|28,644 |24.00%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Michael Garry Watkins|28,497 |23.87%||unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Dalton O. Jones |26,306 |22.04% |– |unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Brian Kent Westwood
|align="right"|5,834
|align="right"|4.89%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Timothy George Gidora|204 |0.17%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Josephine P. Arland|183 |0.15%||unknown}}
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|119,361
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,368
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 Seat increased to two members from one.
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{{Election FPTP begin | title=33rd British Columbia election, 1983}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |Rita Margaret Johnston |38,081 |25.24% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec |BC |Social Credit |William Earl (Bill) Reid |37,370 |24.76% |– |unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Ernest Hall|34,082 |22.59%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|Carol Langford|32,748 |21.70%||unknown}}
{{Canadian party colour|BC|PC|row}}
|Frank Nelson Wright
|align="right"|2,531
|align="right"|1.68%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Judith E. Higginbotham
|align="right"|1,673
|align="right"|1.11%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row}}
|Donald Peter McKinnon
|align="right"|1,651
|align="right"|1.09%
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|align="right"|unknown
{{CANelec|BC|Western Canada Concept|David J. Bannister|1,181 |1.25%||unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Jack Boulogne|692 |0.46%|–|unknown}}
{{CANelec|BC|Communist|Viola Swann|185 |0.12%||unknown}}
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|150,894
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|1,018
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
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The riding was reconstituted into three ridings for the 1986 election: Surrey-Newton, Surrey-Guildford-Whalley and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. These were later reconstituted into the following ridings:
Sources
- [http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/resource-centre/electoral-history-of-bc/ Elections BC Historical Returns]
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1979-1991}}
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1966-1979}}
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