Surrey (provincial electoral district)

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.

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

Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New DemocraticErnest Hall 7,039 48.20% unknown
Social CreditRoderick Anthony Archer 6,254 42.82% unknown
     Liberal Renaldo Angelo Masi 1,234 8.45% unknown
CommunistJean Maryl MacLaren 77 0.53% unknown
Total valid votes 14,604 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 119
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Ernest Hall 9,398 47.23% unknown
Social CreditAnthony (Tony) Hatcher 8,921 44.83% unknown
     Liberal Robert Jacobs 1,581 7.94% unknown
Total valid votes 19,900 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 223
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New DemocraticErnest Hall 12,574 52.49% unknown
Social CreditJames B. Wallace 5,877 24.53% unknown
     Liberal William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 3,995 16.68% unknown
     Progressive Conservative William Earl (Bill) Reid 1,415 5.91% unknown
CommunistFrederick Joseph Bianco 95 0.40% unknown
Total valid votes 23,956 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 395
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditWilliam Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 14,341 53.35% unknown
New DemocraticErnest Hall 11,214 41.72% unknown
     Liberal Donald Alvin Ross 1,257 4.68% unknown
CommunistFrederick Joseph Bianco 67 0.25% unknown
Total valid votes 26,879 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 386
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditWilliam Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 29,693 24.88% unknown
New DemocraticErnest Hall 28,644 24.00% unknown
New DemocraticMichael Garry Watkins 28,497 23.87% unknown
Social CreditDalton O. Jones 26,306 22.04% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Brian Kent Westwood 5,834 4.89% unknown
CommunistTimothy George Gidora 204 0.17% unknown
CommunistJosephine P. Arland 183 0.15% unknown
Total valid votes 119,361 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,368
Turnout %
1 Seat increased to two members from one.
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social CreditRita Margaret Johnston 38,081 25.24% unknown
Social CreditWilliam Earl (Bill) Reid 37,370 24.76% unknown
New DemocraticErnest Hall 34,082 22.59% unknown
New DemocraticCarol Langford 32,748 21.70% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Frank Nelson Wright 2,531 1.68% unknown
     Liberal Judith E. Higginbotham 1,673 1.11% unknown
     Liberal Donald Peter McKinnon 1,651 1.09% unknown
Western Canada ConceptDavid J. Bannister 1,181 1.25% unknown
GreenJack Boulogne 692 0.46% unknown
CommunistViola Swann 185 0.12% unknown
Total valid votes 150,894 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,018
Turnout %

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

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