Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
British Columbia electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1987 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1988 |
Last contested | 1993 |
Surrey—White Rock—South Langley (formerly known as Surrey—White Rock) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.
Geography
This electoral district included the City of White Rock, the southern portions of the Township of Langley, and the City of Surrey.
History
This riding was created in 1987 as "Surrey—White Rock" from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.
In 1990, it was renamed "Surrey—White Rock—South Langley".
In 1996, it was abolished, with parts of it going to form South Surrey—White Rock—Langley riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Surrey—White Rock Riding created from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Benno Friesen | Progressive Conservative | |
Surrey—White Rock—South Langley | ||||
35th | 1993–1997 | Val Meredith | Reform | |
Riding dissolved into South Surrey—White Rock—Langley |
Election results
Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Reform | Val Meredith | 31,916 | 43.92 | +37.61 | ||||
Liberal | Gordon Hogg | 24,648 | 33.91 | +10.42 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Norm Blain | 8,859 | 12.19 | −31.29 | ||||
New Democratic | Mota Jheeta | 3,046 | 4.20 | −20.13 | ||||
National | Carolyn Goertzen | 2,387 | 3.28 | – | ||||
Christian Heritage | Heather Stilwell | 871 | 1.20 | −0.20 | ||||
Green | Steve Chitty | 464 | 0.64 | +0.21 | ||||
Natural Law | Derek Nadeau | 252 | 0.35 | – | ||||
Canada Party | Farlie Paynter | 68 | 0.09 | – | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Charles Boylan | 67 | 0.09 | – | ||||
Independent | Rhonda Thiessen | 61 | 0.08 | – | ||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Giancarlo Dalla Valle | 37 | 0.05 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 72,676 | 100.0 | ||||||
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +13.60 |
Surrey—White Rock
Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Benno Friesen | 26,320 | 43.48 | |||||
New Democratic | Charan Gill | 14,725 | 24.33 | |||||
Liberal | Judy Higginbotham | 14,217 | 23.49 | |||||
Reform | Val Meredith | 3,821 | 6.31 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Roy Pilkey | 846 | 1.40 | |||||
Green | Steve Kisby | 263 | 0.43 | |||||
Libertarian | Joe Kyriakakis | 134 | 0.22 | |||||
Independent | Bill White | 109 | 0.18 | |||||
Communist | Viola Swann | 97 | 0.16 | |||||
Total valid votes | 60,532 | 100.0 | ||||||
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Benno Friesen was the incumbent from Surrey—White Rock—North Delta. |
See also
External links
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1987-1990
- Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1990-1996
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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