South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

British Columbia electoral district
South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale in relation to other federal electoral districts in Vancouver
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Russ Hiebert Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,756
Electors (2011)	84,964
Area (km²)	153
Pop. density (per km²)	730.4
Census divisions	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey, White Rock

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

History

This electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of South Surrey—White Rock—Langley and Surrey Central ridings.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
38th	2004–2006		Russ Hiebert	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Its Member of Parliament is Russ Hiebert, a former lawyer and political assistant. He was first elected in 2004. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He has served as a Parliamentary Secretary in Defence and in Intergovernmental Affairs and has served on several House Committees. During the latest (40th) Parliament, he was the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the 'Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on International Human Rights.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russell Hiebert	31,990	54.55	-2.10
	New Democratic	Susan Keeping	11,888	20.27	+7.30
	Liberal	Hardy Staub	9,775	16.67	-4.23
	Green	Larry Colero	3,245	5.53	-3.46
	Independent	Aart Looye	753	1.28	–
	Christian Heritage	Mike Schouten	429	0.73	–
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	228	0.39	-0.11
	Independent	David Hawkins	189	0.33	–
	Independent	Kevin Peter Donohoe	152	0.26	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,642	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			158	0.27	-0.13
Turnout			58,800	65.15	+0.15
Eligible voters			90,249	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russ Hiebert	31,216	56.65	+9.93	$86,306
	Liberal	Judy Higginbotham	11,515	20.90	-9.72	$73,897
	New Democratic	Peter Prontzos	7,146	12.97	-3.89	$15,823
	Green	David Blair	4,951	8.99	+3.71	$2,003
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	273	0.50	–	$308
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,101	100	$88,340
Total rejected ballots			195	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			55,296	65	-5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russ Hiebert	26,383	46.72	+4.05	$80,147
	Liberal	Jim McMurtry	17,336	30.62	-6.14	$49,292
	New Democratic	Libby Thornton	9,525	16.86	+2.50	$16,610
	Green	Pierre Rovtar	2,980	5.28	-0.40	$3,412
	Progressive Canadian	Brian Marlatt	293	0.5	–	$750
Total valid votes			56,522	100
Total rejected ballots			99	0.2
Turnout			56,616	70	+1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Russ Hiebert	22,760	42.67	–	$67,081
	Liberal	Judy Higginbotham	19,611	36.76	–	$67,534
	New Democratic	Pummy Kaur	7,663	14.36	–	$16,050
	Green	Romeo de la Pena	3,032	5.68	–	$850
	Canadian Action	Pat Taylor	272	0.50	–
Total valid votes			53,338	100
Total rejected ballots			132	0.25
Turnout			53,470	69

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament