Surrey Centre
Surrey Centre (French: Surrey-Centre) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral district of Surrey North.[2]
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| Coordinates: | 49.190°N 122.847°W | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 120,172 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 68,719 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 40 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3,004.3 | ||
| Census divisions | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivisions | Surrey | ||
Surrey Centre 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.[3]
Demographics
| Ethnic groups in Surrey Centre (2016) Source: | Population | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group | South Asian | 41,515 | 35.1% |
| European | 36,890 | 31.2% | |
| Filipino | 10,710 | 9% | |
| Chinese | 6,800 | 5.7% | |
| Aboriginal | 4,565 | 3.9% | |
| Southeast Asian | 4,355 | 3.7% | |
| Black | 3,225 | 2.7% | |
| Arab | 2,960 | 2.5% | |
| Latin American | 2,450 | 2.1% | |
| Korean | 1,600 | 1.4% | |
| West Asian | 1,235 | 1% | |
| Japanese | 510 | 0.4% | |
| Multiple minorities | 1,740 | 1.5% | |
| Visible minority, n.i.e. | 815 | 0.7% | |
| Total population | 118,410 | 100% | |
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Centre Riding created from Surrey North |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Randeep Sarai | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–present | |||
Election results
Graph of election results in Surrey Centre (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 | Randeep Sarai | 15,435 | 37.4 | |||||
| New Democratic | Sarjit Singh Saran | 11,353 | 27.5 | |||||
| Conservative | Tina Bains | 10,505 | 25.4 | |||||
| Green | John Werring | 2,558 | 6.2 | |||||
| People's | Jaswinder Singh Dilawari | 709 | 1.7 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Pielak | 378 | 0.9 | |||||
| Independent | Jeffrey Breti | 243 | 0.6 | |||||
| Communist | George Gidora | 120 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,319 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,790 | 54.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,170 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Randeep Sarai | 19,471 | 45.07 | +27.31 | $106,885.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Jasbir Sandhu | 12,992 | 30.08 | -9.95 | $128,114.24 | |||
| Conservative | Sucha Thind | 8,556 | 19.81 | -15.85 | $93,713.10 | |||
| Green | Jeremiah Deneault | 1,493 | 3.46 | -0.18 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Pielak | 553 | 1.28 | – | $5,295.88 | |||
| Communist | Iqbal Kahlon | 133 | 0.31 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,198 | 100.00 | $203,771.47 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 352 | 0.81 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,550 | 61.78 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,493 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 13,041 | 40.03 | |
| Conservative | 11,618 | 35.66 | |
| Liberal | 5,787 | 17.76 | |
| Green | 1,186 | 3.64 | |
| Others | 949 | 2.91 | |
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References
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- Final Report – British Columbia
- Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Surrey Centre, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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