Surrey City Centre (electoral district)

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Surrey City Centre
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
2023 323 Surrey City Centre.svg
Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Amna Shah
New Democratic
District created 2023
First contested Next election
Demographics
Census division(s) Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s) Surrey

Surrey City Centre 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-Whalley, Surrey-Green Timbers and a sliver of Surrey-Guildford.

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Geography

The district corresponds to the Surrey City Centre core of the community of Whalley. Its southern boundary is 96 Avenue, with the included areas centered on the King George Boulevard corridor.

Election results

2024 British Columbia general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Amna Shah 6,43946.24-23.3
Conservative Zeeshan Wahla6,34345.55
Green Colin Boyd8456.07
Independent Saeed Naguib1551.11
Communist Ryan Abbott1431.03
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
New Democratic hold Swing –34.41
2020 provincial election redistributed results [2]
Party %
  New Democratic 69.5
  Liberal 28.4
 Others2.1

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References

  1. "2024 Provincial Election Maps". Elections BC. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. "Surrey City Centre". 338Canada. Retrieved 13 July 2024.