Surrey-Tynehead

Surrey-Tynehead

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Amrik Virk Liberal
Demographics
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey

Surrey-Tynehead is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries. The newly created riding of Surrey-Tynehead has reserved just over half of the existing Surrey-Tynehead riding and added portions of Surrey-Whalley, and Surrey-Green Timbers.^[1]

Demographics historic

Population, 2001	59,081
Population Change, 1996–2001	24.3%
Area (km²)	70.81
Pop. Density	834

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include:

• Inclusion of all of Surrey-Tynehead, except for portion from Surrey-Green Timbers

Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include:

• Inclusion of the quartersections between 104th and 96th Avenue, and 152nd and 160th Street

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. Dave Hayer, Liberal (2001-2013)
2. Amrik Virk, Liberal (2013–present)

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013: Surrey-Tynehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Amrik Virk	8,425	48.13
	New Democratic	Avtar Bains	6,925	39.56
	Conservative	Barry Sikora	1,890	10.80
	Vision	Sukhil Gil	264	1.51
Total Valid Votes			17,399
Total Rejected Ballots			119
Turnout

B.C. General Election 2009 Surrey-Tynehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	8,814
	NDP	Pat Zanon	7,257
	Green	Gerald Singh	717		–
Total

B.C. General Election 2005: Surrey-Tynehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	12,052	51.37%
	NDP	Barry Bell	9,469	40.36%
	Green	Sean Orr	1,095	4.67%	–
	Marijuana	Donald Joseph Briere	243	1.04%
	Independent	Summer Davis	380	1.62%
	Independent	Gary Alan Hoffman	223	0.95%
Total			23,462	100.00%

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Tynehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dave Hayer	12,252	60.95%		$52,615
	NDP	Barry Bell	3,159	15.72%		$2,502
	Green	Joel Macht	1,876	9.33%	–	$305
	Unity	Bill Stilwell	1,234	6.14%		$2,831
	Independent	Marilyn Collins	880	4.38%		$9,970
	Marijuana	Donald Joseph Briere	385	1.92%		$821
	Reform	Enoch Ephraimson	265	1.31%		$3,452
	Independent	Mandir Benipal	50	0.25%		$1,400
Total valid votes			20,101	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			95	0.47%
Turnout			20,196	72.25%

References

1. "Surrey-Tynehead B.C. Votes". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

External links

• BC Stats - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• BCNDP Surrey-Tynehead Constituency Association