Newton—North Delta

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Newton—North Delta

British Columbia electoral district
Newton—North Delta in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,649
Electors (2006)	69,725
Area (km²)	52
Pop. density (per km²)	2,281.7
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey, Delta

Newton—North Delta is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It has the highest percentage of Sikhs in Canada, at 27.6%

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

It is located within the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and consists of

• the eastern part of the Corporation of Delta, and
• the western and central parts of the City of Surrey.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Delta—South Richmond and Surrey Central prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006		Gurmant Grewal	Conservative
39th	2006-2008		Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal
40th	2008-present

During the 40th Parliament, since January 2009, Dhaliwal has been a member of the 'Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	16,481	36.4%	+2.4%	$79,459
	Conservative	Sandeep Pandher	13,988	30.9%	+0.5%	--
	New Democrat	Teresa Townsley	11,824	26.1%	-6.3%	$41,739
	Green	Liz Walker	2,533	5.6%	+3.7%	$2,243
	Communist	Harjit Daudharia	121	0.3%	0.0%	$377
	Independent	James W. Miller-Cousineau	179	0.4%		--
	Independent	John Shavluk	126	0.3%		--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,252	100.0%		$81,605
Total rejected ballots			255	0.6%
Turnout			45,507

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	15,306	34.0%	+2.4%	$76,831
	New Democrat	Nancy Clegg	14,306	32.4%	+3.2%	$50,542
	Conservative	Phil Eidsvik	13,416	30.4%	-2.4%	$76,831
	Green	Sunny Athwal	853	1.9%	-4.3%	$12,622
	Independent	Rob Girn	319	0.7%		--
	Communist	Harjit Daudharia	112	0.3%	+0.1%	$379
	Independent	Mike Saifie	106	0.2%
Total valid votes			44,118	100.0%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			44,118	64.1%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gurmant Grewal	13,529	32.8%		$72,183
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	13,009	31.6%		$64,449
	New Democrat	Nancy Clegg	12,037	29.2%		$28,384
	Green	John Hague	2,535	6.2%		$3,135
	Communist	Nazir Rizvi	98	0.2%		$389
Total valid votes			41,228	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			216	0.5%
Turnout			41,444	63.0%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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