Surrey (electoral district)

For the federal electoral district 1968–1971, see Surrey—White Rock—South Langley.

Surrey was a provincial electoral district of British Columbia, Canada, from 1966 to 1983. The area it covered was formerly part of the electoral district of Delta. It returned one member to the Legislative Assembly of BC from 1966 to 1975 and two members thereafter. It was abolished prior to the 1986 election into Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, Surrey-Newton, and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Surrey elected members to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1983. The members it elected were:[1]

28th British Columbia election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New Democratic Ernest Hall 7,039 48.20% unknown
Social Credit Roderick Anthony Archer 6,254 42.82% – unknown
  Liberal Renaldo Angelo Masi 1,234 8.45% unknown
Communist Jean Maryl MacLaren 77 0.53% unknown
Total valid votes 14,604 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 119
Turnout %
29th British Columbia election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
  New Democrat Ernest Hall 9,398 47.23% unknown
Social Credit Anthony (Tony) Hatcher 8,921 44.83% – unknown
  Liberal Robert Jacobs 1,581 7.94% unknown
Total valid votes 19,900 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 223
Turnout %
30th British Columbia election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
New Democratic Ernest Hall 12,574 52.49% unknown
Social Credit James B. Wallace 5,877 24.53% – unknown
  Liberal William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 3,995 16.68% unknown
  Progressive Conservative William Earl (Bill) Reid 1,415 5.91% unknown
Communist Frederick Joseph Bianco 95 0.40% unknown
Total valid votes 23,956 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 395
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 14,341 53.35% – unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 11,214 41.72% unknown
  Liberal Donald Alvin Ross 1,257 4.68% unknown
Communist Frederick Joseph Bianco 67 0.25% unknown
Total valid votes 26,879 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 386
Turnout %
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 1
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit William Nick (Bill) Vander Zalm 29,693 24.88% – unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 28,644 24.00% unknown
New Democratic Michael Garry Watkins 28,497 23.87% unknown
Social Credit Dalton O. Jones 26,306 22.04% – unknown
  Progressive Conservative Brian Kent Westwood 5,834 4.89% unknown
Communist Timothy George Gidora 204 0.17% unknown
Communist Josephine P. Arland 183 0.15% unknown
Total valid votes 119,361 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,368
Turnout %
1 Seat increased to two members from one.
33rd British Columbia election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Social Credit Rita Margaret Johnston 38,081 25.24% – unknown
Social Credit William Earl (Bill) Reid 37,370 24.76% – unknown
New Democratic Ernest Hall 34,082 22.59% unknown
New Democratic Carol Langford 32,748 21.70% unknown
  Progressive Conservative Frank Nelson Wright 2,531 1.68% unknown
  Liberal Judith E. Higginbotham 1,673 1.11% unknown
  Liberal Donald Peter McKinnon 1,651 1.09% unknown
Western Canada Concept David J. Bannister 1,181 1.25% unknown
Green Jack Boulogne 692 0.46% – unknown
Communist Viola Swann 185 0.12% unknown
Total valid votes 150,894 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1,018
Turnout %

The riding was reconstituted into three ridings for the 1986 election: Surrey-Newton, Surrey-Guildford-Whalley, and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale. These were later reconstituted into the following ridings:

See also

References

  1. ^ Sayers, Anthony (2017). "Surrey (British Columbia)". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved June 26, 2025.

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