Delta South is a provincial

electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The current MLA for this riding is Ian Paton. The previous member was Vicki Huntington, the only Independent elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election, and was re-elected in 2013. Huntington did not seek re-election in the 2017 provincial election.

History

The electoral district was created for the 1991 election from part of the dual-member

Delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * Delta Air Lines, a major US carrier ...

riding.

Election results

, Independent , Vicki Huntington , align="right", 9,977 , align="right", 42.63% , align="right", , align="right", $61,113 , Independent , John Shavluk , align="right", 60 , align="right", 0.26% , align="right", , align="right", $250 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 23,477 !align="right", 100% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 69 !align="right", 0.29% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 23,546 !align="right", 68.59% !align="right", , - , - , Independent , Vicki Huntington , align="right", 8,043 , align="right", 33.08% , align="right", , align="right", $23,746 , NDP , Dileep Joseph Anthony Athaide , align="right", 5,828 , align="right", 23.97% , align="right", , align="right", $19,996 , Independent , George Mann , align="right", 58 , align="right", 0.24% , align="right", , align="right", $9,901 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 24,311 !align="right", 100% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 88 !align="right", 0.36% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 24,399 !align="right", 70.81% !align="right", , - , - , NDP , Ruth Mary Adams , align="right", 2,053 , align="right", 9.42% , align="right", , align="right", $5,268 , Independent , George Mann , align="right", 114 , align="right", 0.52% , align="right", , align="right", $2,265 , Independent , Paul Dhillon , align="right", 105 , align="right", 0.49% , align="right", , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 21,785 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 64 !align="right", 0.29% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 21,849 !align="right", 73.15% !align="right", , - , - , NDP , Richard Tones , align="right", 433 , align="right", 2.44% , align="right", , align="right", $14,504 , Independent , Allan Warnke , align="right", 153 , align="right", 0.86% , align="right", , align="right", $2,398 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 17,737 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 41 !align="right", 0.23% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 17,778 !align="right", 59.78% !align="right", , - , NDP , Lloyd MacDonald , align="right", 5,984 , align="right", 26.22% , align="right", , align="right", $5,553 , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 22,822 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 76 !align="right", 0.33% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 22,898 !align="right", 74.55% !align="right", , - , NDP , Brent Kennedy , align="right", 6,559 , align="right", 29.74% , align="right", , align="right", $33,043 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 22,055 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 286 !align="right", 0.33% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 22,341 !align="right", 80.85% !align="right", , -

References

External links

BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)Results of 2001 electionWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 1991–2001 British Columbia provincial electoral districts Politics of Delta, British Columbia Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley