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2024 British Columbia general election: Surrey-White Rock
Trevor Halford
MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Surrey-White Rock
Assumed office
October 24, 2020
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 [15]
2020 British Columbia general election : Surrey-White Rock
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 [16] [17]

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