Surrey-White Rock

Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.[1]

Surrey-White Rock

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Tracy Redies Liberal
Demographics
Census divisions	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivisions	Surrey, White Rock

Demographics

Population, 2001	52,770
Population Change, 1996–2001	6.8%
Area (km²)	24.07
Pop. Density (people per km²)	2,192

Geography

The riding is bounded on the south and west by Semiahmoo Bay, on the east by Highway 99, and on the north by 24th Avenue. The riding contains the southwest corner of Surrey, the city of White Rock, and the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve.[1]

History

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Wilf Hurd	Liberal
36th	1996–2001
37th	2001–2005		Gordon Hogg
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
40th	2017–present		Tracy Redies

Member of Legislative Assembly

The current MLA, Tracy Redies, was elected in 2017. The previous MLA was Gordon Hogg, a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997 by-election. Both Hogg and Redies represent the British Columbia Liberal Party.

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tracy Redies	14,101	49.87	-8.22
	New Democratic	Niovi Patsicakis	8,648	30.59	+2.96
	Green	Bill Marshall	4,574	16.18	+7.31
	Independent	Tom Bryant	950	3.36
Total valid votes			28,273	100.00
Source: Elections BC[2]

B.C. General Election 2013: Surrey-White Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	15,092	58.09%	-3.96%
	New Democratic	Susan Keeping	7,180	27.63%	+0.27%
	Green	Don Pitcairn	2,304	8.87%	+0.18%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Pagtakhan	1,301	5.01%	-
	British Columbia Party	Jim Laurence	105	0.40%	-
Total Valid Votes			25,982	99.7%
Total Rejected Ballots			74	0.3%
Turnout			26,056	64.73%

2009 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	15,121	62.05	+4.19
	New Democratic	Drina Allen	6,668	27.36	+0.96
	Green	Don Pitcairn	2,118	8.69	−2.03
	Reform	David Charles Hawkins	464	1.90
Total			24,371	100.00
Source:"2009 Official Election Results for Surrey-White Rock". Elections BC. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

2005 British Columbia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	16,462	57.86	−10.84
	New Democratic	Moh Chelali	7,511	26.40	+13.24
	Green	Ashley Brie Hughes	3,051	10.72	−2.44
	Conservative	David James Evans	1,340	4.71
	Democratic Reform	Ronald Edward Dunsford	87	0.31
Total			28,451	100.00

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-White Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon J. Hogg	18,678	68.70%	+10.66%	$46,685
	Green	Ruth Christine	3,577	13.16%	+10.98%	$2,700
	NDP	Matt Todd	3,415	12.56%	-13.87%	$5,509
	Unity	Garry Sahl	983	3.62%	-
	Marijuana	David Bourgeois	536	1.96%	-	$394
Total valid votes			27,189	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			91	0.33%
Turnout			27,280	77.64%

Byelection September 15, 1997: Surrey-White Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	10,497	51.73%	-6.31%
	Reform	David Secord	5,298	26.11%	+18.01%
	New Democratic	David Thompson	2,520	12.42%	-14.01%
	Green	Stuart Parker	910	4.49%	+2.31%
	Progressive Democrat	Bill Gardner	876	4.27%	+0.70%
	Family Coalition	Jim Hessels	198	0.98%	-
Total valid votes			20,290	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			32
Turnout			20,322

B.C. General Election 1996: Surrey-White Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilf Hurd	18,039	58.04%	+19.20%	$43,193
	NDP	David Thompson	8,215	26.43%	-5.55%	$46,434
	Reform	David Secord	2,519	8.10%	-	$22,924
	Progressive Democrat	Ahmad Bajwa	1,110	3.57%	-	$100
	Green	Steve Chitty	677	2.18%	-	$400
	Independent	Kathy Burden	295	0.95%	-
	Social Credit	Rick Post	226	0.73%	-27.71%	$3,395
Total valid votes			31,081	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			118	0.38%
Turnout			31,199	75.89%

B.C. General Election 1991: Surrey-White Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wilf Hurd	11,008	38.84%		$7,291
	NDP	Donna Osatiuk	9,063	31.98%		$28,721
	Social Credit	Chip Barrett	8,062	28.44%	–	$54,719
	Conservative	Bill Smith	209	0.74%		$1,188
Total valid votes			28,342	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			540	1.50%
Turnout			28,882	80.36%

References

1. "Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes". CBCNEWS.ca. CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
2. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

External links

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