Surrey-White Rock
Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
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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]
 British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Surrey | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | ||
| MLA |
Conservative | ||
| First contested | 1991 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census division | Metro Vancouver | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Surrey, White Rock | ||
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]
Members 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, defected to the Conservatives. 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 | |||
| 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 | BC United | |||
| 2024–2024 | Conservative | |||
| 43rd | 2024–present | |||
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 | 14,667 | 52.3% | n/a | ||||
| New Democratic | Darryl Walker | 12,699 | 45.3% | +6.61 | ||||
| Libertarian | Damyn Tassie | 671 | 2.4% | +0.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,037 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2] | ||||||||
| Note:Trevor Halford was elected as a Liberal in 2020, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives on September 3, 2024. | ||||||||
| 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[3][4] | ||||||||
| 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[5][6] | ||||||||
| 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% | |||
| 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] | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 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% | ||||
| 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.