Surrey—Newton

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Surrey—Newton
British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Sukh Dhaliwal
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 105,183
Electors (2015) 62,855
Area (km²)[2] 30
Pop. density (per km²) 3,506.1
Census divisions Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions Surrey

Surrey—Newton is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Fleetwood—Port Kells, Newton—North Delta and Surrey North.[3]

Surrey—Newton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Surrey—Newton
Riding created from Fleetwood—Port Kells,
Newton—North Delta and Surrey North
42nd  2015–Present     Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal

Election results[edit]

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal
Green Pamela Sangha
New Democratic Jinny Sims
Conservative Harpreet Singh
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0     $197,640.76
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 62,855
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic 11,459 35.29
  Liberal 11,066 34.08
  Conservative 8,903 27.42
  Green 844 2.60
  Others 199 0.61

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