Surrey—Newton

Surrey—Newton

British Columbia electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	114,605
Electors (2015)	62,855
Area (km²)	30
Pop. density (per km²)	3,820.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	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.

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.

The riding takes its name from Newton, Surrey.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Surrey Newton (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	South Asian	68,880	60.7%
	European	25,500	22.5%
	Filipino	5,405	4.8%
	Chinese	3,250	2.9%
	Aboriginal	2,940	2.6%
	Black	2,270	2%
	Latin American	1,640	1.4%
	Southeast Asian	1,245	1.1%
	Arab	860	0.8%
	West Asian	830	0.7%
	Japanese	360	0.3%
	Korean	155	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	1,205	1.1%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	335	0.3%
Total population		113,490	100%

Members of Parliament

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	2015–2019		Sukh Dhaliwal	Liberal
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Surrey—Newton (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	18,960	45.0	−10.98	$89,331.46
	New Democratic	Harjit Singh Gill	12,306	29.2	+3.08	none listed
	Conservative	Harpreet Singh	8,824	21.0	+5.29	none listed
	Green	Rabaab Khehra	1,355	3.2	+1.01	none listed
	People's	Holly Verchère	653	1.6	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,098	100.0		$102,264.49
Total rejected ballots			505	1.19	+0.46
Turnout			42,603	63.4	−5.66
Eligible voters			67,247
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.03
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sukh Dhaliwal	24,869	55.98	+21.90	$165,371.15
	New Democratic	Jinny Sims	11,602	26.12	-9.17	$123,083.62
	Conservative	Harpreet Singh	6,978	15.71	-11.71	$89,371.95
	Green	Pamela Sangha	975	2.19	-0.40	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,424	100.00		$199,113.86
Total rejected ballots			328	0.73	–
Turnout			44,752	69.06	–
Eligible voters			64,798
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.54
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
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