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South Surrey—White Rock—Langley was a federal
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 ...
in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1997 to 2004.


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.


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 South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until the 2015 election. History This electoral district was created in 2003 ...
ridings.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected only one Member of Parliament: * 1997-2004:
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(1997-2000),
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(2000-2003),
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(2003-2004) - She previously represented Surrey—White Rock—South Langley.


Election results


See also

*
List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References


External links


Library of Parliament Riding Profile 1996-2003

Expenditures - 2000

Expenditures – 1997
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
Former federal electoral districts of British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-poli-stub