Surrey North (federal electoral district)

Surrey North
British Columbia electoral district
	Surrey North in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Coordinates:	49°11′28″N122°50′49″W / 49.191°N 122.847°W
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1986
District abolished	2013
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	125,963
Electors (2011)	68,137
Area (km²)	44.88
Census division	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision	Surrey

Last updated December 03, 2025

Surrey North was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It covered the northern part of Surrey.

It was home to 106,904 residents in 2001, more than 46 percent of whom are immigrants—21 percent of residents are East Indian, the second-highest concentration in Canada.^[2] Most residents are employed in the manufacturing and service sectors, with an average family income of $50,445 and an unemployment rate of nine percent.^[2]

Geography

Bounded by the Fraser River at the north and west, the riding stretched south to 88th Avenue, King George Highway, 120th Street, and 96th Avenue, and east to Fraser Highway and 152nd Street.

History

The riding was formed in 1986 from portions of Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, and Fraser Valley West ridings. The riding was revised in 1996 and 2003.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Surrey North Riding created from Surrey—White Rock—North Delta and Fraser Valley West
34th	1988–1993	Jim Karpoff	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Margaret Bridgman	Reform
36th	1997–2000	Chuck Cadman	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2005		Independent
38th	2005–2006		Vacant
39th	2006–2008	Penny Priddy	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011	Dona Cadman	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	Jasbir Sandhu	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Surrey Centre and Surrey—Newton

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jasbir Sandhu	14,678	39.69	+3.52
	Conservative	Dona Cadman	13,181	35.64	-3.71
	Liberal	Shinder Purewal	6,797	18.38	+3.37
	Green	Bernadette Keenan	1,289	3.49	-2.08
	Independent	Jamie Scott	451	1.22	–
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	303	0.82	-0.57
	Libertarian	Norris Barens	284	0.77	-0.23
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,983	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			267	0.72	-0.13
Turnout			37,250	52.31	0
Eligible voters			71,212	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dona Cadman	13,718	39.35	+11.61	$68,144
	New Democratic	Rachid Arab	12,608	36.17	-9.46	$67,292
	Liberal	Marc Muhammed	5,232	15.01	-4.54	$38,326
	Green	Dan Kashagama	1,941	5.57	+2.88	--
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	484	1.39	+0.23	$6,530
	Libertarian	Alex Joehl	347	1.00	–	--
	Independent	Bernadette Keenan	271	0.78	–	$10
	Progressive Canadian	Nikolas Langlands	152	0.44	-0.18	$2,098
	Canadian Action	Psam Frank	105	0.30	–	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,808	100.00	$80,200
Total rejected ballots			297	0.85	+0.42
Turnout			35,130	52	-4
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+10.5

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Penny Priddy	16,226	45.63	+21.51	$69,873
	Conservative	David Matta	9,864	27.74	+15.15	$72,366
	Liberal	Surjit Kooner	6,951	19.55	+3.84
	Green	Roy Whyte	956	2.7	+0.78	$411.02
	Independent	Nina Rivet	512	1.44	–	$4,065
	Independent	John Baloun	420	1.18	–	$2,545
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	411	1.16	-0.17	$8,647
	Progressive Canadian	Nikolas Langlands	221	0.62	–	$2,247
Total valid votes			35,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156	0.43	-0.30
Turnout			35,843	56	+1
	NDP gain from Independent		Swing	+3.2

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Chuck Cadman	15,089	43.79	*	$67,419
	New Democratic	Jim Karpoff	8,312	24.12	+16.77	$42,786
	Liberal	Dan Sheel	5,413	15.71	-13.16	$62,788
	Conservative	Jasbir Singh Cheema	4,340	12.59	-48.32 ^	$68,848
	Green	Sunny Athwal	658	1.91	–	$6,169
	Christian Heritage	Gerhard Herwig	460	1.33	–	$5,235
	Communist	Joyce Holmes	93	0.26	-0.22	$512
	Canadian Action	Roy Tyler Whyte	85	0.24	–	$444
Total valid votes			34,450	100.00
Total rejected ballots			254	0.73	+0.29
Turnout			34,704	55.4	0

* Note: Chuck Cadman's share of the popular vote as an independent candidate declined by -12.31 from his share as the Canadian Alliance candidate in the 2000 election.

^ Note: Conservative Party vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Chuck Cadman	19,973	56.10	+9.30	$54,054
	Liberal	Shinder Purewal	10,279	28.87	+0.71	$60,897
	New Democratic	Art Hildebrant	2,619	7.35	-11.70	$6,657
	Progressive Conservative	Dareck Faichuk	1,714	4.81	+1.65	$2,651
	Green	Brian Lutes	556	1.56	+0.75
	Independent	Gerhard Herwig	285	0.80	–	$2,138
	Communist	Tyler Campbell	174	0.48	–	$189
Total valid votes			35,600	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192	0.54	-0.13
Turnout			35,792	55.4	-6

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform Party vote in the 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Chuck Cadman	16,158	46.80	+9.84	$56,674
	Liberal	Clayton J. Campbell	9,723	28.16	+1.82	$55,219
	New Democratic	Judy Villeneuve	6,579	19.05	+1.93	$44,861
	Progressive Conservative	David Sikal	1,093	3.16	-10.64	$11,791
	Christian Heritage	Allen Gray	291	0.84	-0.65	$1,573
	Green	Suzanne Shephard	280	0.81	–
	Independent	Donald I. Knight	200	0.57	–	$10,505
	Canadian Action	Vlad Marjanovic	87	0.25	–	$2,335
	Natural Law	Anthony Quance	70	0.20	-0.43
	Marxist–Leninist	Mardi Couture	42	0.12	–
Total valid votes			34,523	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234	0.67
Turnout			34,757	61

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Margaret Bridgman	22,302	36.96	+34.65
	Liberal	Prem S. Vinning	15,893	26.34	+1.45
	New Democratic	Jim Karpoff	10,332	17.12	-19.88
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Blair	8,326	13.80	-19.00
	National	Shirley Ann Stonier	1,997	3.31
	Christian Heritage	Bill Stilwell	900	1.49	-0.15
	Natural Law	Anthony F. Quance	378	0.63
	Independent	Braden Karringten	125	0.21
	Commonwealth of Canada	Louise J. Belanger	83	0.14
Total valid votes			60,336	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Jim Karpoff	19,940	37.01
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Blair	17,674	32.80
	Liberal	Don Ross	13,412	24.89
	Reform	Ray Herd	1,247	2.31
	Christian Heritage	Bill Stilwell	883	1.64
	Libertarian	Jack Boulogne	247	0.46
	Rhinoceros	Toney The Weasel Wiezoreck	219	0.41
	Green	Child Buffalo	156	0.29
	Independent	Harbhajan Cheema	103	0.19
Total valid votes			53,881	100.00

References

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
1 2 "CBC - Canada Votes 2004". Archived from the original on 2004-05-29.

"Surrey North (federal electoral district) (Code 59028) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2011-03-06.
CBC Riding Profile
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures – 2004
Expenditures – 2000
Expenditures – 1997

External links

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[ReferenceA-1] 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012

[CanVotes-2] 1 2 "CBC - Canada Votes 2004". Archived from the original on 2004-05-29.

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