Delta (federal electoral district)

Delta
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Carla Qualtrough; Liberal
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	100,588
Electors (2015)	72,865
Area (km²)	207
Pop. density (per km²)	485.9
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Delta

Delta is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015.

History

The 1988–1997 edition of this riding was created in 1987 from parts of Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings. During this period of time, the riding consisted of the District Municipality of Delta and the southwest part of the District Municipality of Surrey. It was abolished in 1996, and became part of Delta—South Richmond.

The riding was recreated following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution.^[3] The boundaries for this edition of the riding are perfectly coterminal with the District Municipality of Delta. The riding was created from parts of Newton—North Delta and Delta—Richmond East. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Delta Riding created from Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
34th	1988–1993	Stan Wilbee	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	John Cummins	Reform
Riding dissolved into Delta—South Richmond
Riding re-created from Newton—North Delta and Delta—Richmond East
42nd	2015–present	Carla Qualtrough	Liberal

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carla Qualtrough	27,355	49.12	+30.55	$72,634.16
	Conservative	Kerry-Lynne Findlay	18,255	32.78	-15.17	$174,408.46
	New Democratic	Jeremy Leveque	8,311	14.92	-13.13	$59,352.24
	Green	Anthony Edward Devellano	1,768	3.17	-1.57	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,689	100.00		$206,935.20
Total rejected ballots			200	0.36	–
Turnout			55,889	74.47	–
Eligible voters			75,044
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+22.86
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,982	47.95
	New Democratic	12,862	28.06
	Liberal	8,514	18.57
	Green	2,177	4.75
	Others	307	0.67

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Cummins	17,161	38.30	+33.85
	Liberal	Karen Morgan	13,750	30.69	+10.80
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	9,245	20.63	-23.62
	New Democratic	Lloyd Macdonald	2,577	5.75	-23.36
	National	John Waller	1,173	2.62	–
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	347	0.77	-1.02
	Natural Law	Joan Buzik	177	0.40	–
	Green	Bryan Wagman	165	0.37	–
	Independent	Benjamin Brian Wolfe	103	0.23	–
	Independent	Ryan Bigge	59	0.13	–
	Independent	Carollyne Tayler	36	0.08	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Nevenka Kos	11	0.02	–
Total valid votes			44,804	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.52

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Wilbee	19,755	44.25
	New Democratic	Sylvia Bishop	12,995	29.11
	Liberal	Fred Gingell	8,880	19.89
	Reform	John Cummins	1,987	4.45
	Christian Heritage	Keith Gee	801	1.79
	Independent	Gerard Baisch	134	0.30
	Libertarian	Kurt Pokrandt	88	0.20
Total valid votes			44,640	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley West, Richmond—South Delta and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election.

v t e Federal ridings in the Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland
Conservative	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge South Surrey—White Rock
Liberal	Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Richmond Centre Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton

v t e List of federal ridings in British Columbia
British Columbia Interior	Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia North Okanagan—Shuswap Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Fraser Valley and the Southern Lower Mainland	Abbotsford Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Delta Fleetwood—Port Kells Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Richmond Centre South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton
Vancouver and the Northern Lower Mainland	Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam New Westminster—Burnaby North Vancouver Port Moody—Coquitlam Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Vancouver Island	Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Nanaimo—Ladysmith North Island—Powell River Saanich—Gulf Islands Victoria