Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

This article is about the electoral district that existed from 1966 to 1996. For the electoral district of a similar name, see South Surrey—White Rock—Langley.

Surrey—White Rock—South Langley (formerly known as Surrey—White Rock, South Surrey—White Rock and Surrey) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1988 to 1997.

Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

British Columbia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

Geography

This electoral district included the City of White Rock, the southern portions of the Township of Langley, and the City of Surrey.

History

This riding was created in 1966 as "Surrey" from New Westminster riding.

In 1971, it was renamed “Surrey—White Rock".

In 1976, Surrey—White Rock was abolished and redistributed into Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.

The riding was re-created in 1987 as "Surrey—White Rock" from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta ridings.

In 1990, it was renamed "Surrey—White Rock—South Langley".

In 1996, it was abolished, with parts of it going to form the ridings of South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, Surrey Central and Langley—Abbotsford.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Surrey Riding created from New Westminster
28th	1968–1972		Barry Mather	New Democratic
Surrey—White Rock
29th	1972–1974		Barry Mather	New Democratic
30th	1974–1979		Benno Friesen	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
Surrey—White Rock Riding re-created from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta
34th	1988–1993		Benno Friesen	Progressive Conservative
Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
35th	1993–1997		Val Meredith	Reform
Riding dissolved into South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, Surrey Central and Langley—Abbotsford

Election results

Surrey—White Rock—South Langley

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Val Meredith	32,918	44.11	+37.80
	Liberal	Gordon Hogg	24,683	33.82	+10.33
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Blain	8,885	12.17	−31.31
	New Democratic	Mota Jheeta	3,029	4.15	−20.18
	National	Carolyn Goertzen	2,387	3.27	–
	Christian Heritage	Heather Stilwell	877	1.20	−0.20
	Green	Steve Chitty	464	0.64	+0.20
	Natural Law	Derek Nadeau	251	0.34	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	67	0.09	–
	Independent	Rhonda Thiessen	59	0.08	–
	Canada Party	Farlie Paynter	56	0.08	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Giancarlo Dalla Valle	35	0.05	–
Total valid votes			72,991	99.54
Total rejected ballots			334	0.46
Turnout			73,325	71.77
Eligible voters			102,164
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.55

Surrey—White Rock

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Benno Friesen	26,320	43.48
	New Democratic	Charan Gill	14,725	24.33
	Liberal	Judy Higginbotham	14,217	23.49
	Reform	Val Meredith	3,821	6.31
	Christian Heritage	Roy Pilkey	846	1.40
	Green	Steve Kisby	263	0.43
	Libertarian	Joe Kyriakakis	134	0.22
	Independent	Bill White	109	0.18
	Communist	Viola Swann	97	0.16
Total valid votes			60,532	100.0
This riding was created from parts of Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Benno Friesen was the incumbent from Surrey—White Rock—North Delta.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1987-1990
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1990-1996
• Website of the Parliament of Canada