Surrey (electoral district)

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Surrey was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, 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 BC from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter. It was abolished prior to the 1986 election into Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, Surrey-Newton, and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.

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Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Surrey elected members to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The members it elected were: [1]

28th British Columbia election, 1966
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Ernest Hall 7,03948.20%unknown
Social Credit Roderick Anthony Archer6,25442.82%–unknown
  Liberal Renaldo Angelo Masi 1,2348.45%unknown
Communist Jean Maryl MacLaren770.53%unknown
Total valid votes14,604100.00%
Total rejected ballots119
Turnout%
29th British Columbia election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
  New Democrat Ernest Hall 9,39847.23%unknown
Social Credit Anthony (Tony) Hatcher8,92144.83%–unknown
  Liberal Robert Jacobs1,5817.94%unknown
Total valid votes19,900100.00%
Total rejected ballots223
Turnout%
30th British Columbia election, 1972
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
New Democratic Ernest Hall 12,57452.49%unknown
Social Credit James B. Wallace5,87724.53%–unknown
  Liberal William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 3,99516.68%unknown
  Progressive Conservative William Earl (Bill) Reid1,4155.91%unknown
Communist Frederick Joseph Bianco950.40%unknown
Total valid votes23,956100.00%
Total rejected ballots395
Turnout%
31st British Columbia election, 1975
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 14,34153.35%–unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 11,21441.72%unknown
  Liberal Donald Alvin Ross1,2574.68%unknown
Communist Frederick Joseph Bianco670.25%unknown
Total valid votes26,879100.00%
Total rejected ballots386
Turnout%
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 1
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 29,69324.88%–unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 28,64424.00%unknown
New Democratic Michael Garry Watkins28,49723.87%unknown
Social Credit Dalton O. Jones26,30622.04%–unknown
  Progressive Conservative Brian Kent Westwood5,8344.89%unknown
Communist Timothy George Gidora2040.17%unknown
Communist Josephine P. Arland1830.15%unknown
Total valid votes119,361100.00%
Total rejected ballots1,368
Turnout%
1 Seat increased to two members from one.
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Social Credit Rita Margaret Johnston 38,08125.24%–unknown
Social Credit William Earl (Bill) Reid 37,37024.76%–unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 34,08222.59%unknown
New Democratic Carol Langford32,74821.70%unknown
  Progressive Conservative Frank Nelson Wright2,5311.68%unknown
  Liberal Judith E. Higginbotham1,6731.11%unknown
  Liberal Donald Peter McKinnon1,6511.09%unknown
Western Canada Concept David J. Bannister1,1811.25%unknown
Green Jack Boulogne6920.46%–unknown
Communist Viola Swann1850.12%unknown
Total valid votes150,894100.00%
Total rejected ballots1,018
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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sayers, Anthony (2017). "Surrey (British Columbia)". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved June 26, 2025.

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