Surrey Centre

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Surrey Centre
British Columbia electoral district
Coordinates:49°11′24″N 122°50′49″W / 49.190°N 122.847°W / 49.190; -122.847Coordinates: 49°11′24″N 122°50′49″W / 49.190°N 122.847°W / 49.190; -122.847
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Randeep Sarai
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, 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

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]

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[]

Ethnic groups in Surrey Centre (2016)
Source: [1]		 Population %
Ethnic group South Asian 41,515 35.1%
European 36,890 31.2%
Filipino 10,710 9%
Chinese 6,800 5.7%
Aboriginal 4,565 3.9%
Southeast Asian 4,355 3.7%
Black 3,225 2.7%
Arab 2,960 2.5%
Latin American 2,450 2.1%
Korean 1,600 1.4%
West Asian 1,235 1%
Japanese 510 0.4%
Multiple minorities 1,740 1.5%
Visible minority, n.i.e. 815 0.7%
Total population 118,410 100%

Members of Parliament[]

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Surrey Centre
Riding created from Surrey North
42nd  2015–2019     Randeep Sarai Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–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)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 16,862 44.4 +7.0
New Democratic Sonia Andhi 10,268 27.0 -0.5
Conservative Tina Bains 8,075 21.2 -4.2
People's Joe Kennedy 1,539 4.0 +2.3
Green Felix Kongyuy 838 2.2 -4.0
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 289 0.8 -0.1
Communist Ryan Abbott 137 0.4 +0.1
Total valid votes 38,386 98.7
Total rejected ballots 510 1.3
Turnout 38,896 51.7
Eligible voters 75,297
Liberal hold Swing +3.8
Source: Elections Canada[4]
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2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 15,453 37.40 -7.62 $83,457.32
New Democratic Sarjit Singh Saran 11,353 27.48 -2.60 $50,584.88
Conservative Tina Bains 10,505 25.42 +5.62 $45,184.43
Green John Werring 2,558 6.19 +2.73 $2,721.98
People's Jaswinder Singh Dilawari 709 1.72 $5,821.65
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 378 0.91 -0.37 none listed
Independent Jeffrey Breti 243 0.59 none listed
Communist George Gidora 120 0.29 -0.02 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,319 98.87
Total rejected ballots 471 1.13 +0.32
Turnout 41,790 54.46 -6.05
Eligible voters 76,731
Liberal hold Swing -2.54
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Randeep Sarai 19,471 45.07 +27.31 $106,885.13
New Democratic Jasbir Sandhu 12,992 30.08 -9.95 $128,114.24
Conservative Sucha Thind 8,556 19.81 -15.85 $93,713.10
Green Jeremiah Deneault 1,493 3.46 -0.18 –
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 553 1.28 – $5,295.88
Communist Iqbal Kahlon 133 0.31 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,198 99.19   $203,771.47
Total rejected ballots 352 0.81 –
Turnout 43,550 60.51 –
Eligible voters 71,966
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +18.63
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 13,041 40.03
  Conservative 11,618 35.66
  Liberal 5,787 17.76
  Green 1,186 3.64
  Others 949 2.91

References[]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Final Report – British Columbia
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Surrey Centre, 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  9. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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