Surrey-Serpentine River

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Surrey-Serpentine River
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
2023 330 Surrey-Serpentine River.svg
Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Linda Hepner
Conservative
District created 2021
First contested 2024
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Census division(s) Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s) Surrey

Surrey-Serpentine River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding will first be contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1] It was created out of parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Panorama and Surrey-Fleetwood.

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Geography

The riding is named after the Serpentine River which flows through this area of Surrey. [2]

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Baltej Singh Dhillon
Conservative Linda Hepner
Independent James McMurtry
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party %
  New Democratic 51.2
  Liberal 40.0
  Green 6.0
  Conservative 1.9
 Others0.9

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References

  1. "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. "Prominent Surrey doctor to run for BC United in Surrey-Cloverdale riding". Surrey Now-Leader. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  3. "Surrey-Serpentine River". 338Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2024.