Surrey-White Rock is a provincial

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for the

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, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.

Demographics

Geography

The riding is bounded on the south and west by

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, on the east by Highway 99, and on the north by 24th Avenue. The riding contains the southwest corner of

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, the city of White Rock, and the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve.

History

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Member of the Legislative Assembly

The current MLA is

Trevor Halford Trevor Halford is a Canadian politician who currently serves as member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for the electoral district of Surrey-White Rock. First elected in the 2020 British Columbia general election as a membe ...

. 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 Gordon "Gordie" Hogg (born August 24, 1946) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Surrey—White Rock in the House of Commons of Canada from 2017 to 2019, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. H ...

, a former mayor of White Rock first elected in a 1997

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

. Hogg and Redies represented the BC Liberals, while Halford, representing

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, defected to the

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Election results

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, Matt Todd , align="right", 3,415 , align="right", 12.56% , align="right", -13.87% , align="right", $5,509 , - , - , - ,

, David Thompson , align="right", 8,215 , align="right", 26.43% , align="right", -5.55% , align="right", $46,434 , Independent , Kathy Burden , align="right", 295 , align="right", 0.95% , align="right", - , align="right", , - ,

, Donna Osatiuk , align="right", 9,063 , align="right", 31.98% , align="right", , align="right", $28,721 , -

Notes

Formerly known as the BC Liberals until 2023.

References

External links

BC StatsResults of 2001 election (pdf)2001 Expenditures (pdf)1996 ExpendituresWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2017–2024 British Columbia provincial electoral districts Politics of Surrey, British Columbia Politics of White Rock, British Columbia Provincial electoral districts in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley