Surrey-White Rock

Surrey-White Rock
British Columbia electoral district
	Location in Surrey
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Trevor Halford; Conservative
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First contested	1991
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	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]

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

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

Surrey-White Rock
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
35th	1991–1996		Wilf Hurd	Liberal
36th	1996–1997		Wilf Hurd
36th	1997–2001		Gordon Hogg
37th	2001–2005
38th	2005–2009
39th	2009–2013
40th	2013–2017
41st	2017–2020		Tracy Redies
42nd	2020–2023		Trevor Halford
	2023–2024			United
	2024–present			Conservative

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The current MLA is Trevor Halford. He was elected in 2020. The previous MLA was Tracy Redies, first elected in 2017, she was the former CEO of Coast Capital Savings and is now the CEO for Science World. And before Redies was Gordon Hogg, a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997 by-election. Hogg and Redies represented the BC Liberals, while Halford, representing BC United^[1], defected to the Conservatives.

Election results

Graph of the election results in Surrey-White Rock (minor parties are combined into "Others")

2024 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Trevor Halford
	Libertarian	Damyn Tassie
	New Democratic	Darryl Walker
Total valid votes				–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Trevor Halford	10,718	39.51	−10.36	$57,028.20
	New Democratic	Bryn Smith	10,494	38.69	+8.10	$9,021.54
	Green	Beverly Hobby	3,862	14.24	−1.94	$1,442.61
	Independent	Megan Knight	1,607	5.92	–	$17,304.20
	Libertarian	Jason Bax	443	1.63	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			27,124	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			266	0.97	+0.54
Turnout			27,390	61.23	−5.90
Registered voters			44,733
	Liberal hold		Swing		−9.23
Source: Elections BC^[2]^[3]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tracy Redies	14,101	49.87	-8.22	$47,304
	New Democratic	Niovi Patsicakis	8,648	30.59	+2.96	$11,988
	Green	Bill Marshall	4,574	16.18	+7.31	$1,549
	Independent	Tom Bryant	950	3.36	–	$9,087
Total valid votes			28,273	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			123	0.43	+0.13
Turnout			28,396	67.13	+2.40
Registered voters			42,303
Source: Elections BC^[4]^[5]

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%

v t e 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. June 5, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

v t e 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	%	±
	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%

Notes

^ Formerly known as the BC Liberals until 2023.

References

^ ^a ^b "Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes". CBCNEWS.ca. CBC.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

External links

[vote2009-1] "Surrey-White Rock B.C. votes". CBCNEWS.ca. CBC.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2009.

[2] "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

[3] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

[4] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

[5] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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See also:	2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution List of British Columbia general elections 2024 general election Defunct districts

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See also	2015 British Columbia electoral redistribution List of British Columbia general elections 2017 general election 2020 general election Defunct districts