South Surrey—White Rock—Langley
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South Surrey—White Rock—Langley was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
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[edit] Geography
This electoral district included the City of White Rock and City of Langley, as well as the southern portions of the Township of Langley and the City of Surrey.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1996 from Fraser Valley West and Surrey—White Rock—South Langley ridings.
In 2003, it was abolished and parts of it went to help form Langley and South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale ridings.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
- 1996-2003: Val Meredith - Reform (1996-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004) - She previously represented Surrey—White Rock—South Langley.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Expenditures | ||
| Canadian Alliance | Val Meredith | 28,762 | $61,569 | ||
| Liberal | Bill Brooks | 10,200 | $32,115 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Alistair Johnston | 4,796 | $10,453 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Matt Todd | 2,718 | $3,375 | ||
| Green | Steve Chitty | 844 | |||
| Marijuana | Mavis Louise | 559 | |||
| Natural Law | Daphne Quance | 100 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Reform | Val Meredith | 25,141 | 54.87% | $51,726 | ||
| Liberal | Wilf Hurd | 13,810 | 30.14% | $52,648 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Julie A. Grenier | 3,616 | 7.89% | $11,952 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorraine Mary Brazeau | 2,068 | 4.51% | $22,219 | ||
| Green | Steve Chitty | 756 | 1.64% | $656 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Marcia Cecile Husson | 169 | 0.36% | |||
| Canadian Action | Marie Fortier | 130 | 0.28% | $1,566 | ||
| Natural Law | Kathy McClement | 129 | 0.28% | |||
| Total valid votes | 45,819 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 104 | 0.23% | ||||
| Turnout | 45,923 | 71.36% | ||||
