SURREY NORTH

Profile
''Surrey North'' in relation to the other Vancouver area ridings''
Population, 2001	106,904
Electors	62,644
Area (km²)	49
Population density (people per km²)	2181.7

'Surrey North' is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It covers the northern part of Surrey.
It is home to 106,904 residents in 2001, more than 46 percent of which are immigrants -- 21 percent of residents are East Indian, the second-highest concentration in Canada.[1] Most residents are employed in the manufacturing and service sectors, with an average family income of $50,445 and an unemployment rate of nine percent.[2]

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Geography

Bounded by the Fraser River at the north and west, the riding stretches south to 88th Avenue, King George Highway, 120th Street, and 96th Avenue, and east to Fraser Highway and 152nd Street.

History

The riding was formed in 1986 from portions of Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, Surrey Central, and Fraser Valley West ridings. The riding was revised in 1996 and 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
# 1988-1993: Jim Karpoff - New Democratic Party
# 1993-1997: Margaret Bridgman - Reform
# 1997-2005: Chuck Cadman - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004), Independent (2004-2005)
# 2006-present Penny Priddy - New Democratic Party

Current Member of Parliament

Surrey North's current Member of Parliament is Penny Priddy. She represents the NDP and was first elected in 2006.

Election results

Party		2006		2004		2000		1997		1993		1988		Liberal		Surjit Kooner 6,951		Dan Sheel 5,413		Shinder Purewal 10,729		Clayton J. Campbell 9,723		Prem S. Vinning 15,893		Don Ross 13,412	Conservative		Dave Matta 9,864		Jasbir Singh Cheema 4,340									Canadian Alliance						Chuck Cadman 19,973							Reform								Chuck Cadman 16,158		Margaret Bridgman 22,302		Ray Herd 1,247	New Democratic Party		Penny Priddy 16,226		Jim Karpoff 8,312		Art Hildebrant 2,619		Judy Villeneuve 6,579		Jim Karpoff 10,332		Jim Karpoff 19,940	Progressive Conservative						Dareck Faichuk 1,714		David Sikal 1,093		Cliff Blair 8,326		Cliff Blair 17,674	Green		Roy Whyte 956		Sunny Athwal 658		Brian Lutes 556		Suzanne Shephard 280				Child Buffalo 156	Christian Heritage		Kevin Pielak 411		Gerhard Herwig 460				Allen Gray 291		Bill Stilwell 900		Bill Stilwell 883	Progressive Canadian		Nikolas Langlands 221											Communist				Joyce Holmes 93		Tyler Campbell 174							Libertarian												Jack Boulogne 247	Action				Roy Tyler Whyte 85				Vlad Marjanovic 87					Rhinoceros												Toney The Weasel Wiezoreck 219	Natural Law								Anthony Quance 70		Anthony Quance 378			National										Shirely Ann Stonier 1,997			Marxist-Leninist								Mardi Couture 42					Commonwealth										Louise J. Belanger 83			Independent		Nina Rivet 512 John Baloun 420		Chuck Cadman 15,089		Gerhard Herwig 285		Donald I. Knights 200		Braden Karringten 125		Harbhajan Cheema 103

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|Penny Priddy
|align="right"|16,226
|align="right"|45.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$69,873.23
|David Matta
|align="right"|9864
|align="right"|27.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Surjit Kooner
|align="right"|6951
|align="right"|19.5%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Roy Whyte
|align="right"|956
|align="right"|2.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$411.02
|Nina Rivet
|align="right"|512
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,064.73
|John Baloun
|align="right"|420
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|Christian Heritage
|Kevin Pielak
|align="right"|411
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,647.05
|Nikolas Langlands
|align="right"|221
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,247.11
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|35,687
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|156
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|35,843
!align="right"|56.1%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|No affiliation
|Chuck Cadman
|15,089
|43.79%
|
|$67,419
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Jim Karpoff
|8,312
|24.12%
|
|$42,786
|-
|Liberal
|Dan Sheel
|5,413
|15.71%
|
|$62,788
|-
|Conservative
|Jasbir Singh Cheema
|4,340
|12.59%
|
|$68,848
|-
|Green
|Sunny Athwal
|658
|1.91%
|
|$6,169
|-
|Christian Heritage
|Gerhard Herwig
|460
|1.33%
|
|$5,235
|Communist
|Joyce Holmes
|93
|0.26%
|
|$512
|Canadian Action
|Roy Tyler Whyte
|85
|0.24%
|
|$444
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|34,450
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|254
!align="right"|0.73%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|34,704
!align="right"|55.40%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Chuck Cadman
|align="right"|19,973
|align="right"|56.10%
|
|align="right"|$54,054
|Liberal
|Shinder Purewal
|align="right"|10,279
|align="right"|28.87%
|
|align="right"|$60,897
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Art Hildebrant
|align="right"|2,619
|align="right"|7.35%
|
|align="right"|$6,657
|Progressive Conservative
|Dareck Faichuk
|align="right"|1,714
|align="right"|4.81%
|
|align="right"|$2,651
|Green
|Brian Lutes
|align="right"|556
|align="right"|1.56%
|
|align="right"|
|No affiliation
|Gerhard Herwig
|align="right"|285
|align="right"|0.80%
|
|align="right"|$2,138
|Communist
|Tyler Campbell
|align="right"|174
|align="right"|0.48%
|
|align="right"|$189
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|35,600
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|192
!align="right"|0.54%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|35,792
!align="right"|55.42%
!
!
|-
|Reform
|Chuck Cadman
|align="right"|16,158
|align="right"|46.80%
|
|align="right"|$56,674
|Liberal
|Clayton J. Campbell
|align="right"|9,723
|align="right"|28.16%
|
|align="right"|$55,219
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Judy Villeneuve
|align="right"|6,579
|align="right"|19.05%
|
|align="right"|$44,861
|Progressive Conservative
|David Sikal
|align="right"|1,093
|align="right"|3.16%
|
|align="right"|$11,791
|Christian Heritage
|Allen Gray
|align="right"|291
|align="right"|0.84%
|
|align="right"|$1,573
|Green
|Suzanne Shephard
|align="right"|280
|align="right"|0.81%
|
|align="right"|
|Independent
|Donald I. Knight
|align="right"|200
|align="right"|0.57%
|
|align="right"|$10,505
|Canadian Action
|Vlad Marjanovic
|align="right"|87
|align="right"|0.25%
|
|align="right"|$2,335
|Natural Law
|Anthony Quance
|align="right"|70
|align="right"|0.20%
|
|align="right"|
|Marxist-Leninist
|Mardi Couture
|align="right"|42
|align="right"|0.12%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|34,523
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|234
!align="right"|0.67%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|34,757
!align="right"|61.01%
!
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ CBC Riding Profile

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures – 1997

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada