Surrey-Panorama Ridge

Surrey-Panorama Ridge was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.

Demographics

Population, 2008	66 321
Population Change, 1996–2008	47.2%
Area (km²)	28.16
Pop. Density (people per km²)	1,892

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Surrey-Panorama Ridge was created from

• the southern half of Surrey-Newton
• the western portion of Surrey-Cloverdale

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. Gulzar Cheema, Liberal (2001-2004)
2. Jagrup Brar, New Democrat (2004-2009)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2005: Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Jagrup Brar	11,553	53.17%
	Liberal	Bob Hans	8,573	39.45%
	Green	Romeo D. De La Pena	1,370	6.30%	–
	Marijuana	Troy Allan Chan	234	1.08%
Total			21,730	100.00%

Surrey-Panorama Ridge by-election, 28 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Jagrup Brar	6,740	53.59%
	Liberal	Mary Polak	4,194	33.35%
	Green	Adriane Carr	1,053	8.37%	–
	Conservative	David James Evans	276	2.19%
	Reform	Shirley Abraham	246	1.96%
	Independent	Joe Pal	68	0.54%
Total Valid Votes			12,577	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			41	0.33%
Turnout			12,618	52.15%

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gulzar Cheema	9,590	58.94%
	NDP	Bruce Ralston	3,240	19.91%
	Green	Sunny Athwal	1,437	8.83%	–
	Unity	Heather Stilwell	1,123	6.90%
	Marijuana	Randy Caine	424	2.61%
	Reform	Shirley Ann Abraham	408	2.51%
	Action	Ed Weiland	50	0.30%
Total Valid Votes			16,272	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			128	0.79%
Turnout			16,400	69.04%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001
• 2004 Surrey-Panorama Ridge By-election Report (pdf)
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Jagrup Brar biography