Surrey-Newton (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Surrey—Newton.

Surrey-Newton

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Harry Bains New Democratic
Demographics
Population (2001)	58,340
Area (km²)	12
Pop. density (per km²)	4,861.7
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Surrey

Surrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

The riding was first created out of the two-member Surrey district in 1986, which had been in existence since 1966. Surrey had always been a battleground between the NDP and Social Credit, trading back and forth between the two parties. The riding was represented by Premier Rita Johnston, who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991.

In 1991, Penny Priddy defeated the sitting Premier in a realigning election that saw Social Credit experience massive defeats all across the province. During the NDP government (1991-2001), Priddy emerged as a prominent Cabinet minister in portfolios such as Women's Equality, Tourism and Culture, Health, Labour and Children and Families.

Although the riding was won by the Liberals during their 2001 landslide victory, it has been a relatively safe NDP seat since 2005. The riding is home to a large South Asian community, whose population has exploded in Surrey since the early 1990s. The shift towards the NDP can largely be attributed to the party's inroads in the Indo-Canadian community.

Demographics

Population, 2001	50,281
Population Change, 1996–2001	16.4%
Area (km²)	21
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,388

Geography

1999 Redistribution

Surrey-Newton has its entire southern half removed.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2013. He represents the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Surrey 1986-1991
35th	1986–1991		Rita Johnston	Social Credit
35th	1991–1996		Penny Priddy	NDP
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Tony Bhullar	Liberal
38th	2005–2009		Harry Bains	NDP
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–present

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Harry Bains	9,744	57.31	+0.89	$41,769
	Liberal	Gurminder Singh Parihar	5,099	29.99	−8.08	$73,162
	Green	Richard Krieger	1,172	6.89	–	$225
	No affiliation	Balpreet Singh Bal	988	5.81	–	$8,768
Total valid votes			17,003	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			114	0.67	−0.42
Turnout			17,117	58.14	+5.58
Registered voters			29,442
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Harry Bains	9,788	56.42	−12.51	$90,282
	Liberal	Sukhminder S. Virk	6,604	38.07	+2.25	$86,997
	Conservative	Satinder Singh	674	3.89	–	$3,660
	Helping Hand	Alan Saldanha	282	1.63	–	$250
Total valid votes			17,348	100.00
Total rejected ballots			191	1.09
Turnout			17,539	52.56
Source: Elections BC

2009 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Harry Bains	10,709	68.93	+11.04
	Liberal	Ajay Caleb	4,011	25.82	−9.07
	Green	Trevor Loke	759	4.89	+0.17
	Communist	George Gidora	58	0.37	–

2005 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Harry Bains	10,741	57.89
	Liberal	Daniel Igali	6,473	34.89
	Green	Dan Deresh	876	4.72
	Democratic Reform	Harry Grewal	268	1.44
	Work Less	Gordon Scott	123	0.66
	Platinum	Jeff Robert Evans	72	0.39
Total			18,553	100.00

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tony Bhullar	6,750	49.45%		$51,429
	NDP	Param Grewal	3,949	28.93%		$32,318
	Green	David Walters	1,673	12.26%	–	$2,471
	Unity	Paul Joshi	498	3.65%		$4,578
	Marijuana	Stephen Kawamoto	364	2.20%		$394
	Reform	Margaret Bridgman	159	0.96%		$1,285
Total valid votes			13,649	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			92	0.67%
Turnout			13,741	65.51%

B.C. General Election 1996: Surrey-Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Penny Priddy	13,969	49.54%		$42,833
	Liberal	Indra Thind	9,788	34.71%		$54,778
	Progressive Democrat	Ian Brown	1,841	6.53%	–	$100
	Reform	Liaqat Bajwa	1,244	4.41%		$12,184
	Family Coalition	Bill Stilwell	577	2.05%	–	$890
	Green	Maureen A. MacDonald	340	1.21%	–	$100
	Conservative	John Keith Bannister	217	0.77%		$931
	Social Credit	Neil Maharaj	174	0.62%	–	$3,600
	Natural Law	Shane Laporte	48	0.17%		$118
Total valid votes			28,198	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			244	0.86%
Turnout			28,442	71.33%

B.C. General Election 1991: Surrey-Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	NDP	Penny Priddy	10,193	42.28%		$47,584
	Social Credit	Rita Johnston	7,796	32.33%	–	$126,919
	Liberal	A. Charles McKinney	5,923	24.57%		$1,942
	Green	Paul George	197	0.82%	–	$2,740
Total valid votes			24,109	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			638	2.58%
Turnout			24,747	76.28%

External links

• BC Stats - 2001
• Results of 2001 election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia