Surrey Centre
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 49°11′24″N 122°50′49″W / 49.190°N 122.847°WCoordinates: 49°11′24″N 122°50′49″W / 49.190°N 122.847°W | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| 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 (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]
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[edit]
| Ethnic groups in Surrey Centre (2016) Source: [1] |
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[edit]
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–present | Randeep Sarai | Liberal | |
Election results[edit]
| 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[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Final Report – British Columbia
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ 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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