Surrey-White Rock

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Surrey-White Rock
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
2023 332 Surrey-White Rock.svg
Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 		 
Trevor Halford
Conservative
First contested 1991
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Census division(s) Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s) 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]

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Demographics

Population, 200152,770
Population Change, 1996–20016.8%
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]

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Surrey-White Rock
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
35th 1991–1996   Wilf Hurd Liberal
36th 1996–1997
1997–2001 Gordon Hogg
37th 2001–2005
38th 2005–2009
39th 2009–2013
40th 2013–2017
41st 2017–2020 Tracy Redies
42nd 2020–2023 Trevor Halford
2023–2024   United
2024–present   Conservative

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The current MLA is Trevor Halford. He was elected in 2020. The previous MLA was Tracy Redies, first elected in 2017, she was the former CEO of Coast Capital Savings and is now the CEO for Science World. And before Redies was Gordon Hogg, a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997 by-election. Hogg and Redies represented the BC Liberals, while Halford, representing BC United , defected to the Conservatives.

Election results

Graph of the election results in Surrey-White Rock (minor parties are combined into "Others")
2024 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Trevor Halford 14,66752.3%
New Democratic Darryl Walker12,69945.3%
Libertarian Damyn Tassie6712.4%
Total valid votes28,037–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [2]
2020 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Trevor Halford 10,71839.51−10.36$57,028.20
New Democratic Bryn Smith10,49438.69+8.10$9,021.54
Green Beverly Hobby3,86214.24−1.94$1,442.61
Independent Megan Knight1,6075.92–$17,304.20
Libertarian Jason Bax4431.63–$0.00
Total valid votes27,124100.00–
Total rejected ballots2660.97+0.54
Turnout27,39061.23−5.90
Registered voters44,733
Liberal hold Swing −9.23
Source: Elections BC [3] [4]
2017 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Tracy Redies 14,10149.87-8.22$47,304
New Democratic Niovi Patsicakis8,64830.59+2.96$11,988
Green Bill Marshall4,57416.18+7.31$1,549
Independent Tom Bryant9503.36–$9,087
Total valid votes28,273100.00–
Total rejected ballots1230.43+0.13
Turnout28,39667.13+2.40
Registered voters42,303
Source: Elections BC [5] [6]
B.C. General Election 2013: Surrey-White Rock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Hogg15,09258.09%-3.96%
New Democratic Susan Keeping7,18027.63%+0.27%
Green Don Pitcairn2,3048.87%+0.18%
Conservative Elizabeth Pagtakhan1,3015.01%-
British Columbia Party Jim Laurence1050.40%-
Total Valid Votes25,98299.7%
Total Rejected Ballots740.3%
Turnout26,05664.73%
2009 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Hogg 15,12162.05+4.19
New Democratic Drina Allen6,66827.36+0.96
Green Don Pitcairn2,1188.69−2.03
Reform David Charles Hawkins4641.90
Total24,371 100.00
Source: "2009 Official Election Results for Surrey-White Rock". Elections BC. June 5, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.[ dead link ‍]
2005 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Hogg 16,46257.86−10.84
New Democratic Moh Chelali7,51126.40+13.24
Green Ashley Brie Hughes3,05110.72−2.44
Conservative David James Evans1,3404.71
Democratic Reform Ronald Edward Dunsford870.31
Total28,451 100.00
B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-White Rock
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Gordon J. Hogg18,67868.70%+10.66%$46,685
Green Ruth Christine3,57713.16%+10.98%$2,700
  NDP Matt Todd3,41512.56%-13.87%$5,509
Unity Garry Sahl9833.62%-
Marijuana David Bourgeois5361.96%-$394
Total valid votes27,189 100.00%
Total rejected ballots91 0.33%
Turnout27,280 77.64%
Byelection September 15, 1997: Surrey-White Rock
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Gordon Hogg 10,49751.73%-6.31%
Reform David Secord5,29826.11%+18.01%
New Democratic David Thompson2,52012.42%-14.01%
Green Stuart Parker9104.49%+2.31%
Progressive Democrat Bill Gardner8764.27%+0.70%
Family Coalition Jim Hessels1980.98%-
Total valid votes20,290 100.00%
Total rejected ballots32
Turnout20,322
B.C. General Election 1996: Surrey-White Rock
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Wilf Hurd 18,03958.04%+19.20%$43,193
  NDP David Thompson8,21526.43%-5.55%$46,434
Reform David Secord2,5198.10%-$22,924
Progressive Democrat Ahmad Bajwa1,1103.57%-$100
Green Steve Chitty6772.18%-$400
 IndependentKathy Burden2950.95%-
Social Credit Rick Post2260.73%-27.71%$3,395
Total valid votes31,081 100.00%
Total rejected ballots118 0.38%
Turnout31,199 75.89%
B.C. General Election 1991: Surrey-White Rock
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Wilf Hurd 11,00838.84%$7,291
  NDP Donna Osatiuk9,06331.98%$28,721
Social Credit Chip Barrett8,06228.44%–$54,719
Conservative Bill Smith2090.74%$1,188
Total valid votes28,342 100.00%
Total rejected ballots540 1.50%
Turnout28,882 80.36%

Notes

^ Formerly known as the BC Liberals until 2023.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes". CBCNEWS.ca. CBC.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  2. ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779110/bc-election-2024-results-surrey-white-rock/
  3. ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  5. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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