Surrey was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia 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 B.C. from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter.
For other historical and current ridings in Vancouver or the North Shore see Vancouver (electoral districts) . For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) .
Demographics [ ]
Population, 1966
Population change, 1966–1986
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)
Political geography [ ]
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Notable elections [ ]
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Notable MLAs [ ]
Electoral history [ ]
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Social Credit
Rita Margaret Johnston
38,081
25.24%
–
unknown
Social Credit
William Earl (Bill) Reid
37,370
24.76%
–
unknown
New Democratic
Ernest Hall
34,082
22.59%
unknown
New Democratic
Carol Langford
32,748
21.70%
unknown
Progressive Conservative
Frank Nelson Wright
2,531
1.68%
unknown
Liberal
Judith E. Higginbotham
1,673
1.11%
unknown
Liberal
Donald Peter McKinnon
1,651
1.09%
unknown
Western Canada Concept
David J. Bannister
1,181
1.25%
unknown
Green
Jack Boulogne
692
0.46%
–
unknown
Communist
Viola Swann
185
0.12%
unknown
Total valid votes
150,894
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
1,018
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:
Sources [ ]
show North / Central Southern Interior Fraser Valley / South LM Vancouver / North LM Vancouver Island / South Coast See also :
‡ – from 1986–1991, was a 2-seat constituency
† – from 1986–1991, was broken into 3 single-seat constituencies
show North / Central Southern Interior Lower Mainland Vancouver Island / South Coast See also :
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