Surrey-Guildford

Surrey-Guildford
British Columbia electoral district
Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA
 
 
 
Garry Begg
New Democratic
District created2015
First contested2017
Last contested2024
Demographics
Census division(s)Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)Surrey

Surrey-Guildford is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Surrey-Tynehead and Surrey-Whalley. It was first contested in the 2017 election. Surrey-Guildford consists of a large part of what used to be Surrey-Tynehead, a provincial riding that was held by the BC Liberals since Dave Hayer was first elected in 2001, and then re-elected in 2005 and 2009.[1]

Geography

The district is named after the Surrey neighbourhood of Guildford.

Demographics

Source: [2]

Population, 2014 58,037
Area (km2) 42

MLAs

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Surrey-Guildford
Assembly Years Member Party
Surrey-Tynehead and Surrey-Whalley prior to 2017
41st 2017–2020     Garry Begg New Democratic
42nd 2020–2024
43rd 2024–present

Election results

Graph of the election results in Surrey-Guildford (minor parties combined into "Others")
2024 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Garry Begg 8,938 46.95 −13.64
Conservative Honveer Singh Randhawa 8,911 46.80
Green Manjeet Singh Sahota 821 4.31 −3.52
Independent Kabir Qurban 369 1.94
Total valid vote 19,039 100%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
2020 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Garry Begg 10,403 60.59 +10.99 $40,309.39
Liberal Dave Hans 5,139 29.93 −8.21 $42,168.46
Green Jodi Murphy 1,345 7.83 −1.98 $1,281.64
Independent Sam Kofalt 282 1.64 $1,015.24
Total valid votes 17,169 100.00
Total rejected ballots 148 0.85 +0.14
Turnout 17,317 45.69 −10.07
Registered voters 37,905
Source: Elections BC[3][4]
2017 British Columbia general election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
New Democratic Garry Begg 9,263 49.85 $67,072
Liberal Amrik Virk 7,015 37.76 $71,381
Green Jodi Murphy 1,840 9.90 $,1838
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 462 2.49 $1,015
Total valid votes 18,580 100.00
Total rejected ballots 133 0.71
Turnout 18,713 55.76
Registered voters 33,561
Source: Elections BC[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "RIDING PROFILE: Surrey-Guildford". October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ http://bc-ebc.ca/docs/BC-EBC[permanent dead link] Population of Proposed Electoral Districts.pdf
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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