Surrey-White Rock

Surrey-White Rock

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Gordon Hogg Liberal
Demographics
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey, White Rock

Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.^[1]

Demographics

Population, 2001	52,770
Population Change, 1996–2001	6.8%
Area (km²)	24.07
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,192

Geography

The riding is bounded on the south and west by Semiahmoo Bay, on the east by Highway 99, and on the north by 24th Avenue. The riding contains the southwest corner of Surrey, the city of White Rock, and the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve.^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Gordon Hogg, a former mayor of White Rock. He was first elected in a 1997 by-election. He represents the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

B.C. General Election 1991: Surrey-White Rock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilf Hurd	11,008	38.84%		$7,291
	NDP	Donna Osatiuk	9,063	31.98%		$28,721
	Social Credit	Chip Barrett	8,062	28.44%	–	$54,719
	Conservative	Bill Smith	209	0.74%		$1,188
Total valid votes			28,342	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			540	1.50%
Turnout			28,882	80.36%

B.C. General Election 1996: Surrey-White Rock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilf Hurd	18,039	58.04%	+19.20%	$43,193
	NDP	David Thompson	8,215	26.43%	-5.55%	$46,434
	Reform	David Secord	2,519	8.10%	-	$22,924
	Progressive Democrat	Ahmad Bajwa	1,110	3.57%	-	$100
	Green	Steve Chitty	677	2.18%	-	$400
	Independent	Kathy Burden	295	0.95%	-
	Social Credit	Rick Post	226	0.73%	-27.71%	$3,395
Total valid votes			31,081	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			118	0.38%
Turnout			31,199	75.89%

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-White Rock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon J. Hogg	18,678	68.70%	+10.66%	$46,685
	Green	Ruth Christine	3,577	13.16%	+10.98%	$2,700
	NDP	Matt Todd	3,415	12.56%	-13.87%	$5,509
	Unity	Garry Sahl	983	3.62%	-
	Marijuana	David Bourgeois	536	1.96%	-	$394
Total valid votes			27,189	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			91	0.33%
Turnout			27,280	77.64%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	16,462	57.86%	−10.84%
	New Democratic	Moh Chelali	7,511	26.40%	+13.24%
	Green	Ashley Brie Hughes	3,051	10.72%	−2.44%
	Conservative	David James Evans	1,340	4.71%
	Democratic Reform	Ronald Edward Dunsford	87	0.31%
Total			28,451	100.00%

British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	15,121	62.05%	+4.19%
	New Democratic	Drina Allen	6,668	27.36%	+0.96%
	Green	Don Pitcairn	2,118	8.69%	−2.03%
	Reform	David Charles Hawkins	464	1.90%
Total			24,371	100.00%
Source:"2009 Official Election Results for Surrey-White Rock". Elections BC. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

B.C. General Election 2013: Surrey-White Rock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Don Pitcairn
	New Democratic	Susan Keeping
	British Columbia Party	Jim Laurence
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pagtakhan
Total Valid Votes
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

References

1. "Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes". CBCNEWS.ca. CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

External links

• BC Stats
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures (pdf)
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia