Surrey Centre

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Surrey Centre
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Surrey Centre (Canadian electoral district) (2022 redistribution).svg
Surrey Centre
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Coordinates: 49°11′24″N122°50′49″W / 49.190°N 122.847°W / 49.190; -122.847
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Randeep Sarai
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2015
Last contested 2025
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 120,172
Electors (2015)68,719
Area (km²) [1] 40
Pop. density (per km²)3,004.3
Census division(s) Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s) Surrey (part)

Surrey Centre (French : Surrey-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Surrey North. [2]

Contents

Surrey Centre was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. [3]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Surrey Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group
2021 [4] 2016 [5] 2011 [6]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
South Asian 52,06041,51536,530
European [a] 28,84536,03039,670
Southeast Asian [b] 18,80015,06514,325
East Asian [c] 9,6808,9107,320
Middle Eastern [d] 5,4204,1952,235
African 4,5453,2252,035
Indigenous 3,6604,4654,175
Latin American 2,9552,4502,110
Other [e] 4,0502,5551,530
Total responses130,010118,410109,915
Total population131,670120,172111,486
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Surrey Centre
Riding created from Surrey North
42nd  2015–2019   Randeep Sarai Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Surrey Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 21,10347.89+3.26
Conservative Rajvir Dhillon19,07143.27+22.61
New Democratic Dominic Denofrio3,0096.83–20.74
Green Krishan Khurana4220.96–1.25
People's Beverly Tanchak2750.62–3.24
Communist Ryan Abbott1900.43+0.03
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout44,07062.10
Eligible voters70,970
Liberal notional hold Swing –9.68
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
2021 federal election redistributed results [9]
PartyVote%
  Liberal 15,75344.63
  New Democratic 9,72927.57
  Conservative 7,29220.66
  People's 1,3613.86
  Green 7802.21
 Others3791.07

2013 representation order

2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 16,86244.4+7.0$88,830.88
New Democratic Sonia Andhi10,26827.0-0.5$48,702.94
Conservative Tina Bains8,07521.2-4.2$16,911.31
People's Joe Kennedy1,5394.0+2.3$2,301.17
Green Felix Kongyuy8382.2-4.0$0.00
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak2890.8-0.1$3,869.07
Communist Ryan Abbott1370.4+0.1$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit38,38698.7$108,719.22
Total rejected ballots5101.3
Turnout38,89651.7
Eligible voters75,297
Liberal hold Swing +3.8
Source: Elections Canada [10]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 15,45337.40-7.62$83,457.32
New Democratic Sarjit Singh Saran11,35327.48-2.60$50,584.88
Conservative Tina Bains10,50525.42+5.62$45,184.43
Green John Werring2,5586.19+2.73$2,721.98
People's Jaswinder Singh Dilawari7091.72$5,821.65
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak3780.91-0.37none listed
Independent Jeffrey Breti2430.59none listed
Communist George Gidora1200.29-0.02none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit41,31998.87
Total rejected ballots4711.13+0.32
Turnout41,79054.46-6.05
Eligible voters76,731
Liberal hold Swing -2.54
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 19,47145.07+27.31$106,885.13
New Democratic Jasbir Sandhu 12,99230.08-9.95$128,114.24
Conservative Sucha Thind8,55619.81-15.85$93,713.10
Green Jeremiah Deneault1,4933.46-0.18
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak5531.28$5,295.88
Communist Iqbal Kahlon1330.31
Total valid votes/expense limit43,19899.19 $203,771.47
Total rejected ballots3520.81
Turnout43,55060.51
Eligible voters71,966
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +18.63
Source: Elections Canada [13] [14]
2011 federal election redistributed results [15]
PartyVote%
  New Democratic 13,04140.03
  Conservative 11,61835.66
  Liberal 5,78717.76
  Green 1,1863.64
 Others9492.91

See also

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Final Report – British Columbia
  3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  7. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  8. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  9. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  10. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  12. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Surrey Centre, 30 September 2015
  14. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  15. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections